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Today’s episode of the Small Scale Life Podcast is actually the second part of my interview with Doneil Freeman. Who is Doneil Freeman? He is a husband, father (a Regenerative Dad), permaculturist, regenerative farmer, beekeeper, teacher and a fellow podcaster. He operates the Freeman Family Farm in Calhan, Colorado. Doneil has experience beekeeping, rebuilding soil in arid places and regenerating overgrazed pastures. He also has extensive experience with Wicking Beds to grow all kinds of vegetables!
This is the second part of my interview with Doneil. If you want to catch the first, listen to Episode 30 of the Small Scale Life Podcast. In this episode, we discuss Doneil’s wicking beds and the Regenerative Dad’s podcast.. I am pretty excited about this podcast because it is launching a new series at Small Scale Life about wicking beds and how awesome they are!
Topics – Wicking Beds and Regenerative Dads
Freeman Family Farms – Wicking Beds
Doneil and I discussed the following topics in Part 2 of our two part interview:
- Wicking Beds in Arid Environments
- Second-hand watering troughs
- Liners – Pond liner and 6mm liner
- Compost
- Mulch
- Charging the system
- Regenerative Dads Podcast
- What is the subject?
- Why is this important?
- Where is it going?
- Putting It All Together
- Wicking Bed Nation
- Upcoming shows
Links
Freeman Family Farms – Wicking Beds
Doneil and I covered a lot of ground in this podcast including the following links:
- Doneil Freeman on Facebook
- Freeman Family Farms
- Regenerative Dads Podcast Website
- Regenerative Dads on iTunes
- Regenerative Dads interview with Daniel Salatin
- The Sample Hour Episode 171 – Hogtoberfest 2017
- Small Scale Life – Regenerative Agriculture with Doneil Freeman – S2E30
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Photo courtesy of Aussie Flame Weeder
Aussie Flame Weeders makes stainless steel flame weeder manifolds. They are making manifold set available this month, and they expect to start shipping them all by the start of November. The manifold set up will contain:
- Custom manifold to suit 30-inch bed
- Five stainless steel German made burners that can removed to be cleaned, changed or replaced
- LPG equipment to suit a standard propane bottle
- Flint lighter
This a perfect tool for your urban farm, market garden and regenerative agriculture-based homestead.
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