Ripping Out the Garden - Time For A Change

Save 10% on my favorite work socks from Camel City Mill with Code: SHERATONPARKFARMS https://manly.link/sheraton-park-farm... Trellis Netting - https://amzn.to/3TAGY7P Today at Sheraton Park Farms, we are managing late-summer garden succession crops, tackling heavy trash hauling with the tractor, and addressing a major topic currently making headlines across the country: food safety and transparency in our food supply. We start the day in the shop sorting and packing yesterday's egg harvest before heading out to the main garden. It’s time to clear out the old green bean vines and trellis netting. With the first harvest complete, Chuck lays off fresh rows, seeds a succession crop of October beans, and checks on our sweet corn and pole beans that are already sprouting strong. We also get our very first taste of the season's black-eyed peas—a small harvest, but a great sign of things to come! From there, Chuck heads out to check on the pasture pigs and notices one of our hogs is favoring a leg. We talk through our process for monitoring livestock health without rushing to unnecessary measures. Then, it's time to fire up the tractor, load all the old garden debris into the dump trailer, and get the farm cleaned up. We close out today's episode on the tailgate of the buggy with a serious, direct conversation about recent news reports surrounding widespread foodborne illness and parasitic outbreaks in commercial produce. Chuck breaks down the stark difference between faceless, industrial agriculture conglomerates and local farms who look their customers in the eye every single week. When you know your farmer—or better yet, grow a portion of your own food—you take complete control over what goes onto your family's dinner table. TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - Shop Chores: Packing Fresh Eggs 4:24 - Clearing Old Green Bean Vines & Trellis Netting 10:35 - Succession Planting: Sowing October Beans & Checking Sprouting Corn 17:44 - First Black-Eyed Peas Harvest of the Season! 22:44 - Pasture Pig Health Check: Monitoring a Limping Hog 25:16 - Tractor Work: Hauling Garden Debris with the Dump Trailer 29:46 - Tailgate Talk: Parasites, Food Outbreaks, & The Power of Local Farms Become a Patron: www.patreon.com/SheratonPark Brooder Plans: https://www.patreon.com/posts/sherato... Stumphouse Farms Hatchery: https://www.stumphousefarms.com/?ref=... Consulting Services: https://www.sheratonparkfarms.com/far... ‪Amazon Affiliate Link: https://amzn.to/3yRoENF Connect with us on social media: www.sheratonparkfarms.com www.facebook.com/sheratonparkfarms www.instagram.com/sheratonparkfarms Some links may be affiliate meaning we earn a commission from a purchase using the link