The Original Transplants Podcast Episode 52: Shelter at Homestead

The Original Transplants Podcast Episode 52 begins with covid-19 pandemic well-wishes from Satoyama Homestead stewards Will and Sarah. Sarah shares highlights from a list of more than fifty homestead plants and other products that are documented to promote wellness in the context of coronavirus symptoms and co-morbid conditions. Household preparedness can be as simple as resprouting the trimmings from store-bought produce for a continuous harvest (see Mother Earth News note). Will details preparations for spring bee package installations in the apiary, and the stewards ponder the impact of pandemic shelter-at-home orders on the road kill supply for carrion scavenger species. We explore homestead chores and fun, including pollinating our peach trees by hand with chicken feathers.



Notes

Satoyama Homestead "CoViD-19 Homestead All-stars"

https://www.satoyamahomestead.org/homestead-all-stars



Mother Earth News "The Garden of Rebirth" April/May 2020

https://www.motherearthnews.com/organic-gardening/the-garden-of-rebirth-zm0z2002znad



Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

https://www.xerces.org/



Robin Wall Kimmerer "The Honorable Harvest"

http://www.allcreation.org/home/honorable



Daves Garden "Hand Pollinating Your Peaches and Nectarines"

https://davesgarden.com/guides/articles/hand-pollinating-your-peaches-and-nectarines