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Barncast 201 — Geeks in Australia

andrew — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 11:02:19 +0000

Please make sure to go check out Todd’s Astronomy site at: www.calastro.webs.com. This week should finishes up the farm phone calls, and what a great run we had. We still need your calls though at 206-202-GOAT. We then go through what our initial impressions at being geeks in Australia is like.

Barncast 200 — Show 200!

andrew — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:18:50 +0000

Took me a little time to get this show together this week but it’s done! Amazing show, amazing calls!

Barncast 199 — Two Months of a Container Garden

andrew — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 21:17:54 +0000

We would love you call to the farm phone at 206-202-GOAT. This week we talk about my first two months with a container garden, and then we look back at getting seed catalogs in winter and how our tomatoes worked out last year in Indiana, and most importantly, what didn’t work out.

Barncast 198 — All Australia Cast

andrew — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 22:56:37 +0000

We focus on this weeks show before we get back to more normal programing. We need your call to farm phone 206-202-GOAT, ask questions about the farm, about Australia, tell us how your winter is going!

Misty’s been here two weeks now, and has started job hunting. So I ask her impressions and initial reactions to being in a new country.

Barncast 197 — Welcome to Oz!

andrew — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 10:46:38 +0000

Oy, we had some audio problems! But here’s our first podcast from down under! Next week will be better, I promise. Call the farm phone at 206-202-GOAT

Barncast 196 - Farmer’s Markets and More Container Gardening

misty — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 01:51:25 +0000

Great phone calls this week, plus audio from the Australian bush! Enjoy!

Barncast 195 - Thanksgiving and Container Gardening

misty — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:02:36 +0000

Happy Thanksgiving!

Barncast 194 - Worms & Wasps

misty — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:10:51 +0000

We talk about worms in goats, public transport in Australia, wasps in the house, and various other things. Enjoy!

Barncast 193 - Aussie Internet Situations

misty — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 02:52:47 +0000

We talk about the differences in internet service between the US and Australia. Enjoy!

Barncast 192 - Settling In

misty — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:50:01 +0000

We talk about our week. Andrew is settling in and Misty is getting into a routine.

Misty totally forgot to talk about her wonderful visit with Linda in Chicago. It was a blast, we saw two plays and just had a great time. Thanks, Linda!

New Show Coming Soon

misty — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:19:14 +0000

We’ve had a difficult time getting together to record because of the time difference. The show might be a bit different this week, but it is coming. Thanks for the farm phone calls we have had so far, and keep them coming! Any feedback on the sound quality of last week’s show? I don’t produce the show very often, so I was pretty nervous about it!

–Misty

Barncast 191 - By the Seat Of Our Pants

misty — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 04:00:30 +0000

It’s late, but I got the show done! We answer your questions and talk about what we’ve both been up to this week, while experiencing our first few days across the globe from one another.

Linda in Chicago, our own Chicken Lady, in the News

misty — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:21:01 +0000

The Wombat Has Landed!

misty — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:14:48 +0000

Andrew just sent me a TXT that he landed in Brisbane safe and sound!

Andrew’s 100% Whole Wheat Bread Machine Bread Recipe

misty — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:04:34 +0000

This is the recipe for whole wheat bread in the Zojirushi bread machine:

So the bread recipe:

3 cups of whole wheat flour. I’m really like a good hard white spring
wheat from Montana. Golden something or other.
2 eggs+milk/water to make 1 2/3 cups. Then add oil to the 1 3/4 cup level.
1 tbsn or so of honey.
1 tsp salt
1 tsp yeast
1/4 cup gluten.

I put the liquids and honey in the bottom of the bread bowl, then
float the flour, salt, gluten, and yeast on top.

Times are set to:
5 preheat (should be longer, I reduced it to save time one day)
30 knead
45 1st rise
35 2nd rise
22 proof
1:00 bake

Here’s some observations, take em with a grain of salt. Kneading for
30 mins seems ok, it maybe too long. The rises seem about right. You
can tell if the second rise it too long because the bread will look
fermented, holes popping out the top, etc. If it rises too long the
yeast looses vigor. The proof you can tell if it’s been too long
since the loaf will fall back and tend to collapse. Since it takes
time to heat the chamber to cooking temps you get a lot longer second
rise than you would popping the loaves into the hot oven. So the
cooking time may really be closer to 45mins, with 15 of heating slowly
and the bread rising like crazy.

You may have to play with the liquids some. If you look at the loaf
you can normally tell if there was too much or too little moisture. A
dense load that appears to have struggled against the flour/gluten to
rise was too dry. A loaf that let all the gas out and is sunken may
have been to wet. The flour and it’s moisture content has a lot to do
with that. This is why I use the gluten, it covers a magnitude of
sins and makes the moisture content less critical. When you make
whole wheat bread by hand every time you adjust the bread so it’s just
right.

Barncast 190 — A little trip

andrew — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 04:05:43 +0000

This week we talk about wells and pressure tanks, and then about ou trip down to visit Kirsten and her restaurant La Scala in Lafayette. We had a great time, and we have a fun show. We have 4 farm phone calls and have a fun show. The last one with me at Three Elms Farm!

Barncast 189 — BBQ a Goat

andrew — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 02:26:56 +0000

We’re a little behind this week since we had a going away get together last night, but here it is! Get it while it’s hot, and call the farm phone at 206-202-GOAT.

Barncast 188 — Garage Sale

andrew — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 02:42:05 +0000

Well, thanks to an emergency tweet we had calls to the farm phone. Thanks guys! Now make sure to call the phone at 206-202-GOAT for next weeks show. Plus we need your help with this weeks questions, how to get rid of grasshoppers, and what to do with to many pumpkins!

Barncast 187 — House Renovations

andrew — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 02:41:30 +0000

We have 4 great calls to the farm phone this week, from sheep farming to flying. Make sure to call the farm phone at 206-202-GOAT or we’ll just talk about moving, and selling off the farm. We finish up the show talking about the house and renovations and fun and problems we ran into.

House Renovations

Barncast 186 — Flooring

andrew — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 02:49:08 +0000

we’re late this week, and we’ll be late for next week too since Misty is traveling over the weekend. We have 3 great phone calls this week with some fun questions, and then we look at home renovations.