Join us today for an introduction to the permaculture design of Blue Skye Farm, Mulching Lesson & Community Sidewalk Garden Installation. It’s part of our “You Healthy? Go Outside!” Evening Broadcasts – Family Friendly Music & Earth Skills Activities with Kim & Chris Chisholm.
Join us today for a deep dive into Mason Bees and how they pollinate the Blue Skye Farm Orchard. It’s part of our “You Healthy? Go Outside!” Evening Broadcasts – Family Friendly Music & Earth Skills Activities with Kim & Chris Chisholm. We’ll end today with the song “Lean On Me” in honor of Bill…
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Join us today for an “Amphibian Hunt” following the path of water from our roof, through rain barrels, rain garden, bioswale, pond, creek, and river to the sea. It’s part of our “You Healthy? Go Outside!” Evening Broadcasts – Family Friendly Music & Earth Skills Activities with Kim & Chris Chisholm. We’ll end today with…
Oh yeah! Join us as we find edible insects, bugs and grubs, beetles, flies and other insects as well as spiders. for our “You Healthy? Go Outside!” Evening Broadcasts – Family Friendly Music & Earth Skills Activities with Kim & Chris Chisholm. We’ll end today with the song “All God’s Creatures” or similar:)
Meet Kim’s 9-Year-Old Chickens of Blue Skye Farm! Moonbeam, Josephine, Junebug, Cassiopeia, Carolina are the sole survivors of various avian ailments that afflict laying hens. Hear what the results of 20 necropsies have revealed, and learn how Kim has protected them from predators all these years, while also letting them free range to fertilize our…
Today our camp dog Silly Lily Bean shows off her amazing camp tricks, our new black rabbit Bonita Harriet Buns says she’s ready for prime time, and our blind mouse Eagle wants to introduce his girlfriend Buffalo to you. We’ll end with a deep dive into our Meal Worm farm as an introduction to tomorrow’s…
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Today we’ll make Kim’s special home-made deodorant – just in case there’s a run on that at the store (lol) before finishing what we started on Friday, turning our herbal oil into a salve. We’ll end with the classic Shaker song “Simple Gifts.” It’s part of our 40 day “You Healthy? Go Outside!” Quarantine Broadcasts…
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Today, in place of a workshop canceled due to the state’s “stay at home” order, we will explore yard herbs, and open up the camp stove to cook wild edibles such as dandelion, nettle, berry flowers, and even grass! Chris will also demonstrate how to refill those green propane camp stove tanks so you don’t…
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Today we make an herbal oil with plants to heal dry and injured skin, and enjoy some pine needle tea to enhance our Vitamin C intake. Some of the plants from the yard we plan to use for the bee’s wax salve include Cottonwood/Poplar Buds and Plantain Leaf. We’ll also add some flowers we dried…
Help us celebrate a break in the rainy weather today. Kim even heard Varied Thrushes singing their three-tone whistle this morning, and we were woken up last night by Barred Owls caterwauling! So, we’re going to set all our old bird feeders back up, because birds are the ultimate lifters of the spirit, and birding…
Today we’ll “wrap” things up around the campfire, with Kim demonstrating how to “splice” additional material into your rope so it can be as long as you want, plus how to “double reverse wrap” it to make it twice as thick. Then we’ll show you how to make and use homemade tongs – a fun…
Today Chris demonstrates the bow drill method of fire by friction, using western red cedar you can get at any lumber store – the best way to make your first fire by friction, building good habits and success before gathering fire materials in your own environment which adds a lot more challenge for continued learning….
Today we’ll show you how to process stinging nettles into strong fiber, and in honor of a long forecast stretch of rain here, we’re going to keep spirits up by show you our method of building fire, called the “Bed, Pillow & Blanket” along with proper methods of using a Fire Steel to light it. …
Today we show you how to make rope from natural materials and review our Top 10 Ways to avoid getting lost or into other emergency situations, plus unveil our new Coronavirus Screening Form and Outdoor Activity Protocols. It’s March 22, 2020 – Day 7 of our “You Healthy? Go Outside!” Quarantine Broadcast Series – Family…
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Today we’ll show you the Order of Wilderness Survival and the 10 Essentials, including: Navigation: Navigation tools such as a map and compass. At least bring a charged phone and invest in an external battery stored in a zip-lock bag with small charging cord. Shelter: This is probably the most important category when venturing into…
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Today we collect water from natural springs, find plants to use as toilet paper, and discuss how to use the “toilet in the woods” with environmental consciousness. We’ll end with the inspirational song “I Choose You To Walk Into The Forest” by Leslie Lightfall to help get us through this pandemic. It’s Day 5 –…
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Today we walk into the woods to see the springtime edible and medicinal plants popping out, and explore how to find natural spring water. We’ll end with the inspirational song “We Are People Of The River” by Ken Lonnquist of Madison WI to help get us through this pandemic. It’s Day 4 Wild Edible/Medicinal Plant…
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Join us today for a trip into the woods to harvest stinging nettles – a critical plant to have on hand for food, fiber and medicine. It’s our Day 3 Stinging Nettles Edition of our 40 Day “You Healthy? Go Outside!” Quarantine Broadcast Series – Family Friendly Music & Earth Skills Activities with Kim &…
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Today we tour the Blue Skye Farm greenhouse Kim prepared, sharing ideas for how to start seeds, then we’ll look at our compost system, overwintering garden plants, and how prepare old potatoes, sweet potatoes, onions, and other staples straight from the grocery store into the ground.
Today we introduce our “You Healthy? Go Outside!” Evening Broadcast Series of Family Friendly Music & Earth Skills Activities with demo on how we started a new garden bed under old lawn for early season greens, potatoes and onions, as well as potted plant preparations for later season “pizza fixings” like tomatoes, peppers, cilantro. Gardening…
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