The Contrary Farmstead
A large family's journey toward homestead resiliency.
We found 9 episodes of The Contrary Farmstead with the tag “homestead”.
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Pulling Irons From The Fire
November 11th, 2019 | 1 hr 49 mins
apiary, apples, banjo, bees, chicken, contrary farmstead, family living, farm, farming, farmstead, goats, guitar, hillbilly, home birth, homeschool, homestead, homesteading, honey, konmari, large family, ohio farm, orchard, permaculture, philosophy, pigs, pork, regenerative agriculture, the contrary farmstead, tidying up, trees
Sometimes you gotta pull irons from the fire to focus on the flame...
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LIVE SHOW-Pigs, Bees, House Update & The New RK Tractor
September 17th, 2019 | 1 hr 23 mins
apiary, apples, banjo, bees, chicken, contrary farmstead, family living, farm, farming, farmstead, goats, guitar, hillbilly, home birth, homeschool, homestead, homesteading, honey, konmari, large family, ohio farm, orchard, permaculture, philosophy, pigs, pork, regenerative agriculture, the contrary farmstead, tidying up, trees
Facebook Live episode where we're talking about this years PIGS, how we've neglected the BEES, progress on the HOME addition and the new TRACTOR!
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Making REAL Change w/ Mark Shepard
August 24th, 2019 | 1 hr 22 mins
beekeeper, beekeeping, bees, farmstead, fat bee man, homestead, hooting hills farm, mark shepard, permaculture, polyculture, rad, restoration agriculture
Join us for a conversation with THE Contrary Farmer himself, Mark Shepard. Mark sheds light into the previous biodynamic and back to land movements and how thru Innovation and Iteration, REAL change in this world is made.
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Wouldn't, Couldn't & Can't: Life Lessons Learned From The Fat Bee Man
June 7th, 2019 | 1 hr 13 mins
beekeeper, beekeeping, bees, farmstead, fat bee man, homestead, hooting hills farm, mark shepard, permaculture, polyculture, rad, restoration agriculture
Learn from The Fat Bee Man in his yard affords opportunities to mot only be a better beekeeper, but a better you too. Join us as we dive into what its like learning hands from Don and how impactful folks like him and Mark Shepard have been in our life.
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Spring Things & The Year Of Compromise
May 17th, 2019 | 1 hr 24 mins
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Today we're talking about Garden and Beeyard updates and how we're learning to accept compromise with things we want to do around the farmstead in an effort to put the time and money into the things that need it the most.
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Bees, Trees & Bacon Seeds
March 29th, 2019 | 1 hr 8 mins
apiary, apples, banjo, bees, chicken, contrary farmstead, family living, farm, farming, farmstead, goats, guitar, hillbilly, home birth, homeschool, homestead, homesteading, honey, konmari, large family, ohio farm, orchard, permaculture, philosophy, pigs, pork, regenerative agriculture, the contrary farmstead, tidying up, trees
How do bees fit into our context? Hard lessons learned in the orchard and putting the pigs to work!
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The OverAmbitious Farmstead
March 14th, 2019 | 59 mins 3 secs
apiary, apples, banjo, bees, chicken, contrary farmstead, family living, farm, farming, farmstead, goats, guitar, hillbilly, home birth, homeschool, homestead, homesteading, honey, konmari, large family, ohio farm, orchard, permaculture, philosophy, pigs, pork, regenerative agriculture, the contrary farmstead, tidying up, trees
Over ambitiousness results in casualty...Whether its mental, physical or financial the impact of biting off more than you can chew isn't without consequence. Context and scale is key. Join us as we dive into our struggle large family style...
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Kids, Keto & KonMari
February 28th, 2019 | 49 mins 52 secs
apiary, apples, banjo, bees, chicken, contrary farmstead, family living, farm, farming, farmstead, goats, guitar, hillbilly, home birth, homeschool, homestead, homesteading, honey, konmari, large family, ohio farm, orchard, permaculture, philosophy, pigs, pork, regenerative agriculture, the contrary farmstead, tidying up, trees
Today we're talking about goat Kids, how the Keto diet is impacting our lifestyle and how we're tidying up the homestead with the KonMari method.
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Welcome To The Contrary Farmstead
February 26th, 2019 | 21 mins 49 secs
apiary, apples, banjo, bees, chicken, contrary farmstead, family living, farm, farming, farmstead, goats, guitar, hillbilly, home birth, homeschool, homestead, homesteading, honey, large family, ohio farm, orchard, permaculture, philosophy, pigs, pork, regenerative agriculture, the contrary farmstead, trees
Welcome to the Farmstead! We're glad you're here. Pull up a chair and rest your heels...lets talk, large family living on the homestead!!