Ep 61: Gone Cuckoo

The Original Transplants Podcast Episode 61: Gone Cuckoo The Original Transplants Podcast Episode 61, Gone Cuckoo, opens with Satoyama Homestead stewards Will and Sarah rating their growing season an 8 out of 10 so far. Will details progress in the bee yard, including a modest honey harvest and first varroa treatment. Sarah describes the drama of introducing the new flock of pullets to the rooster, Jumpy, and brooder hen, Mayapple, who are the lone survivors of Will's recent cull. The edible landscape is in full swing with summer squash, greens, beans, blackberries, currants, gooseberries, and a mayapple, with promises of winter squash, peaches, persimmons, tomatoes, peppers, kiwiberries, elderberries, maypops, and the second raspberry harvest on the horizon. Sarah advises on the use of plant tags in the garden after realizing she's been erroneously harvesting her pinto soup beans as Italian green beans all season. Homestead chores were driven by hosting the recent baby shower; the homesteaders hope to make time for food preservation prior to Baby Caverly's arrival, but will not have a fall planting this season. Will shares his birding discovery of the yellow-billed cuckoo for homestead fun. Agricultural news about no-till farming, manure technology, and the future of glyphosate and Roundup conclude the episode. Find Satoyama Homestead online at https://www.instagram.com/spreadcasts/ and https://spreadcasts.tumblr.com/ - and send your comments, questions, and suggestions to satoyamahs@gmail.com. Episode notes: Yellow-billed cuckoo | All About Birds | Cornell Lab: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Yellow-billed_Cuckoo/overview Compare call to wild turkey assembly call via National Wild Turkey Federation: https://www.nwtf.org/hunt/wild-turkey-basics/turkey-sounds Ninth Circuit Rejects 'Monkey Selfie' Copyright Claim by Nicholas Iovino for Courthouse News Service: https://www.courthousenews.com/ninth-circuit-rejects-monkey-selfie-copyright-claim/ Bayer Will Stop Selling Glyphosate to Honeowners by Philip Gruber for Lancaster Farming: https://www.lancasterfarming.com/farming/field_crops/bayer-will-stop-selling-glyphosate-to-homeowners/article_3f75332e-f0a2-11eb-a610-8f146accc0cd.html No-tiller: Farmers Should Follow Nature's Lead If They Want to Improve Soil Quality by Philip Gruber for Lancaster Farming: https://www.lancasterfarming.com/news/main_edition/no-tiller-farmers-should-follow-nature-s-lead-if-they-want-to-improve-soil-quality/article_5c5124a7-e8f1-5c64-a75f-3dc0ca5ed635.html Farmers Demonstrate Manure Technology by Courtney Love for Lancaster Farming: https://www.lancasterfarming.com/news/main_edition/farmers-demonstrate-manure-technology/article_0da8e2f0-c3f5-5883-819f-8b9057f90e43.html