Hacking the Homestead...Part Time
Here we share the story of why we decided to move onto a farm and how we then went from 0 to 500 animals in the first year...all while maintaining our full-time jobs. If you want to learn about homesteading or just want some entertaining stories from people tackling the challenges of starting a farm, we invite you to join us on this journey.
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- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 36 minutes
- Episodes
- 16
- Years Active
- 2024
Forest School comes to the farm!
In this episode, we discuss the very first week of school on the farm! For those of you who have tuned in to previous episodes, you know that we have forged a partnership with the Wauhatchie Forrest …
00:24:07 |
Fri 21 Jun 2024
Weekly Update: Mid March- Mid April..
Spring has Sprung at Quail Run Farm! We're back to update you all on a busy few weeks here on the farm. In this episode, we take a slightly new approach to our updates and give you some of the highli…
00:22:53 |
Mon 22 Apr 2024
First Year on the Farm (Nov - Dec): All I want for Christmas is.....Another Farm! Land-to-Table Farm moves to Quail Run
It's the end of 2024 at Quail Run Farm! In an already busy festive season, Quail Run partners with Land To Table.. some new friends on the farm in form of turkeys, chicken and more pigs! One of our W…
00:44:17 |
Wed 03 Apr 2024
Weekly Update: 02/26-03/10
A combined episode covering the weeks 26th Feb to 10th March. A busy two weeks for us on the farm covering some big projects.. working the cattle, getting the pigs ready for piglets and always the un…
00:21:56 |
Fri 29 Mar 2024
First Year on the Farm (Sept - Oct): The Art of Sharing
As we enter the Fall season, we begin to explore more ways to share our farm with the community. Juliette, who was one of our longest-serving WWOOFers, and a nanny for our boys, joins this episode to…
00:52:06 |
Tue 19 Mar 2024
First Year July - Aug: Who Runs the Farm?
In "Who Run the Farm? Girls Do!" we have special guest, AJ, who joins us to talk about her adventures on the farm during this time. With Melissa, AJ, and Morgan, it truly was the Charley's Angels per…
00:37:39 |
Fri 08 Mar 2024
Weekly Update Feb 18-25
In this episode, Melissa boots Joe from the podcast and has our South African WWOOFer, Liam, join to share his experience on the farm. Liam discusses all the fun he had rescuing a sick pig and cleani…
00:20:56 |
Wed 06 Mar 2024
First Year May - June: Big Man Comes to Town
In this episode, Tim Woodlee joins to talk about the period after Roy left the farm. This was the era of the three Tims: Tim Copass, Tim Whitaker, and Tim Woodlee. We tell some of our favorite "Big T…
00:49:46 |
Sat 02 Mar 2024
Weekly Update Feb 12-18
Based on audience feedback, we are moving from bi-weekly to weekly updates. These are shorter in length (about 15 minutes on average). For this week, we discuss our trip to the Pick TN Conference, wh…
00:16:32 |
Fri 01 Mar 2024
Weekly Updates 1/29/24 - 2/11/24
Lots of calving. Some uneventful. We lost one, after trying to nurse back to health...in the kitchen. Another one was born with a nervous problem and couldn't stand, but we bottle fed her for several…
00:36:32 |
Wed 21 Feb 2024
First Year Episode 4: Redcoats on the Farm
If you like drama, this is the episode for you! We cover the period of March and April of 2023, which proved to be the most dramatic 60 days on the farm. Melissa showed up, a mini tornado hit, and ou…
00:45:12 |
Tue 13 Feb 2024
Weekly Update #2 (Jan 15-28)
Coldest nights of the year and everyone wants to have their babies! Hear how we battled the cold by putting new mommas and babies in the hay barn and used molasses to try to keep water from freezing.…
00:48:37 |
Thu 08 Feb 2024
Weekly Homestead Update #1: Jan 1 - 14, 2024
Torrential downpours, massive winds that bring down trees, and the coldest nights of the year...perfect time to have babies! Tune in to hear our rough start to 2024!
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00:34:42 |
Tue 06 Feb 2024
Episode 3 (Jan & Feb 2023): The Man from Mississippi Paves the Way for Melissa
In this episode, Chad fills in for Melissa and takes the opportunity to remind listeners that he got here first! The time period is Jan and February of 2023. Amidst one of the coldest and rainiest wi…
00:36:02 |
Fri 02 Feb 2024
Episode #2 - Country Roads, Take Me Home...Our Path to the Homestead
My wife, Rachel, joins to talk about how we met, how I convinced her to marry me, and ultimately move to our homestead. We also describe what it was like in those first few days on the farm...before …
00:55:20 |
Thu 01 Feb 2024
Welcome to Hacking the Homestead... Part Time! Episode #1
Meet Your Hosts, Joe Riley & Melissa Shepherd! In this first episode, we share the story of why we decided to move onto a farm and how we then went from 0 to 500 animals in the first year...all while…
00:31:55 |
Wed 31 Jan 2024
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