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Category: No. 6 – Grow Your Own

Foodmageddon, Episode 16: Chickens and Canal Building

June 12, 2020

In this episode, we work on greenhouse irrigation, solarize beds, plant out beans and squash, process venison, and move the chicks to their forever home.

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Foodmageddon, Episode 15: Trellises and Compost

June 5, 2020

In this episode, we put up tomato trellises, get our compost on, and other early summer projects.

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Foodmageddon, Episode 14: Making Hay When . . .

May 22, 2020

In this episode, we start generating next year’s compost by mowing the lawn — with a scythe — and we get a lot planted: corn, lettuce, peas, beets, cucumber, etc.

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Foodmageddon, Episode 13: Waiting for Frost

May 15, 2020

In this episode, we plant oats, cucumbers, and eggplant, as well as work in the greenhouse and protect plants from a late hard frost.

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Foodmageddon: More Hour Data

May 11, 2020

This year, as we’re stepping up our growing operation, I’m still tracking my hours.

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Foodmageddon, Episode 12: Waiting for Frost

May 8, 2020

In this episode, we visit the bees, take a garden tour, combat invasives, move the baby chicks outside, and wait for historic frosts.

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Foodmageddon, Episode 11: More Plantings

May 1, 2020

In this episode, we plant potatoes, prepare more beds, and get rained out.

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Foodmageddon, Episode 10: Spring Plantings

April 24, 2020

In this episode, we press and wax cheese, plant flax, and work in the greenhouse and garden beds.

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Foodmageddon, Non-Episode: Check Out Our Other Videos

April 17, 2020

It’s been unseasonably cold and blustery this week, so we’re going to hold off on the next episode till next Friday. In the meantime, check out our other videos, linked throughout this short non-episode. … More Foodmageddon, Non-Episode: Check Out Our Other Videos

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Foodmageddon, Episode 9: Spring Chickens

April 10, 2020

In this episode, we hatch chickens, plant peas, and continue to work on small side projects.

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