Original Transplants

Sarah and Will respond to a listener letter in Episode 37, giving their thoughts and some useful information on wood stoves. They cover the pros and cons of wood stoves in the home, ending up on the pro side, but being realistic about the maintenance and care necessary to have a stove. Other subjects about wood stoves covered: creosote and cleaning, cooking on the stove, and Philadelphia's own Benjamin Franklin, who invented the precursor to the wood stove.They resume the normal podcast proceedings by talking a little about the bees and Ross Round frames. Mayapple is back in the brooder coop and the rooster isn't pleased. The edible landscape has popped off and they are enjoying sorrel and other lettuces from the garden. They discuss asparagus shoots, rubarb harvests, and the new additions to the homestead: two fig trees to replace the devilish pyracantha/firethorn tree that they just cut down (see Episode 36).Sarah and Will finish the podcast with a discussion of an article on plant communication a