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Rabbits are growing in popularity as a sustainable food source. I am on my second year of raising rabbits so I am certainly not an expert but in this show I will tell you what I have learned so far about raising rabbits for food. Join me for today's show where I address the following:
We are only given so much time in this life in which to build a legacy which means that we need to make the most of every moment. In this episode I share some tips and principles that I have learned about time management. The most important time management principle is knowing what activities fall into which category in the Time Management Chart.
There are a lot of food labels that are suppose to help the consumer make better food choices but how good are they? Today's show discusses 15 of the most common farming terms and how they effect the food that you eat. Here are the fifteen terms that are discussed:
In this episode I interview Doug Pruiett who has recently started a family business. I interview him on why and how he started his business with the hope to inspire others to start a family business where the next generation can be discipled, learn a trade, and contribute to society and the church.
Pruiett and Sons is a “father and sons” business that hand-crafts farm-style dining tables, benches, coffee tables, and more.
Doug spent seventeen years as an aerospace engineer at Cape Canaveral, working in the design and testing of long-range nuclear missiles.
In 1996 He went into full-time Christian work as a missionary, then pastor, and now an assistant VP of information technology for a Good News Jail and Prison Ministry.
He has always maintained his engineering interests and work in his Christian assignments. “My sons and I were taught the building and carpentry trades by a master-carpenter for over five years. One of my first lessons was that buildings (and most other things) do not require aerospace tolerances. Once I quit using a micrometer on everything, I began to build some nice things in a reasonable amount of time.”
In this show I talk about the Consumer side of food legacy. I address 6 considerations for those who are not producing their own food but want to be good stewards of resources
Why this is an important topic?
Not everyone is able to produce significant amounts of their own food.
In this show I talk about compost. The questions, What is it? Why do it? How to do it? Ways to do it? How to apply it? are all answered in this show.
What is compost?
decayed organic matter
It is part of the Created Cycles of abundance
Nitrate cycle
Composting plant and animal wastes exposes the nitrogen they contain to nitrogen-fixing microorganisms and decomposers that break it down into a form available to plants.
Just as in the water cycle God has made it possible for the same water be move around all over the world so too He has created the nitrate cycle so that nitrogen is reused over and over again. Part of that process is exposes organic matter at one stage to organisms that can break it down further so that it is at a stage usable by another.
carbon cycles.
Green plants use carbon dioxide gas, water, and sunlight to make sugars and other carbon containing compounds that animals use as food. Carbon compounds in plant and animal wastes provide food for decomposers in the compost pile. Materials that have passed through he decomposers body and the microbial bodies themselves contain nutrients used by plants to continue the carbon cycle. God uses natural recycling to provide a sustainable system.
Why compost?
recycles waste
Our landfills are a waste
Recycling efforts are helpful but think of all the unnecessary energy that goes into recycling the material when it could be recycled from the ground in which it was last used.
provides much need humus or organic material to the soil
Most soils have been so depleted of organic matter most are trying to grow in subsoil. There is very little left of the topsoil. The only way to provide more topsoil is to apply generous amounts of organic matter.
provides nutrition to the soil in a form most conducive to plant use.
There is no need for chemical fertilizers, or even organic fertilizers for that matter when compost is used.
How to make compost?
simply mix together different kinds of organic matter
for best results you want to mix green (high nitrogen material) with high carbon material) to a ratio of about 30:1.
Do not use manure from dogs, cats, pigs or humans in your compost pile or in your garden as they can contain harmful parasites and can cause diseases in humans.
Coffee Grounds (20:1)
Seaweed (19:1)
Plants and Plant Cuttings (20-40:1)
Leaves (50-80:1)
Legume Hay (15:1) and Non-Legume Hay (30:1)
Straw: (80:1)
Paper & Cardboard (150-200:1)
Eggshells
Tea Bags
Sawdust* (400:1)
Wood Ashes (25:1)
for best results aerobic activity so turn it often
maintain right moisture content
nitrogen activators
Ways to compost?
pile
at least a square yard in space for optimal
simple
problem is that you will have different levels of completion
row
the row keeps extending and you take the finished product from one side.
The organism just migrate laterally.
is as easy as pile but eliminates the problem of uneven finishing
bends
pallets
fense
concrete
cinder blocks
nice for containing everything
show
bales of hay or straw
excellent for air flow
when they are broken down enough just add them to the pile and get new ones.
composting barrels
can be really fast
does not hold very much
is expensive
composting toilets
worm bends
makes the best compost, worm composting
easy to make to difficult
can stack functions under a rabbit cage
compost in place
garden is mulched place under mulch beside bed or in row
compost using livestock
hogs
chickens
rabbits
How to apply?
As a side dressing
worked into the soil
as mulch
as tea
Don’t be afraid to start composting today!
If you already are composting see how you can take it to the next level.
You cannot build a farming legacy if all your livestock are eaten by predators so today's show is about the importance of protecting farm animals from predators. I thought about this after I had a run-in with a coyote.
Our most recent farm predator
So in this show I talk about the threat of predators on the farm and what to do about them. I look at the various kinds of threats that we have here in Virginia. I also discuss three steps to take to prevent predator damage:
Have an alarm system
Have a means of protection
Manage your protection well
I would like to hear your predator protection stories at Steve@thelegacypodcast.com
The Hydrological Cycle or Water Cycle is a gift from God for our abundance. It is the movement of water across the globe. The key is being able to take the most advantage of it on your property. In this show I discuss four ways water leaves your property and some ways to slow down or prevent that water loss. Be sure to look at the diagram to help understand the water cycle. Here are the four ways I discuss:
Surface runoff
Infiltration and Percolation
Evaporation
Transpiration
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In this show we talk about your legacy drawer. This is a folder, drawer, or some other devise that can hold all your important documents. I discuss the reasons for having a legacy drawer as well as what to put into the drawer. You can see a list of most of the items I recommend to include in your legacy file at The legacy Drawer
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In this show I look at some questions you should ask yourself before starting a family business that will help you evaluate why and what kind of business you should start. When you own your own business or work for yourself you can have more freedom, better opportunity to disciple your kids, greater influence, and more profit from your labor. So what kind of business should you start? To answer that you need to evaluate at least 4 things: your passion, your resources, your goals, and the market. Join me as we discuss these today.
Be sure to check out 48 Days to get the best resources for starting a business. You can be up and running in 48 days!
We did our first chicken processing of the season today and thought I would use the opportunity to share with TLP comunity the steps we take to process our chickens.
The first step is taking them from their live pen to the killing station.
After the killing station they go to the scalder.
From the scalder they go to the feather plucker
Next they go to the feet, head, and pin feather removal station followed by the Evisceration table.
Notice the watering system overhead so we don't have to keep dragging hose over ground onto our clean surface. Notice also the wood under the table legs to slope the water where we want it.
After this they go to the cool tank, QC, and chill tanks.
In this episode I talk about building good soil. First I talk about why building good soil is important for those of us who want to build a legacy. Then I discuss 7 ways to build soil:
Herbivores on pasture
Mulch
No tilling
Compost
Cover Crop
Rotate crops and Polyculture
Don't spray
Be sure to check out Toby Hemenway's book for his pages on building soil.
In this episode I discuss why I chose a tree as a symbol for The Legacy Podcast. Among the many things that we can learn from a tree there are six I discuss here that relate to building a legacy.
A legacy like a tree can last for generations.
A legacy like a tree takes time and investment that are not often seen in the first generation.
A legacy like a tree has many branches from the one trunk.
A legacy like a tree has an influence or benefits that are amazing
A legacy like a tree must be free to grow
A legacy like a tree has great symbolism
Go Plant your Legacy Today!
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Jack Dody's resource Abundaculture is a great resource for more information. You can download it from the document page or visit The Christian Homesteading. You can also go the The Christian Homesteading website from the left column under Farming Links.
