Today, we talk about what steps I will take to prepare the aquaponics system for winter, as well as go over what you can do now to get your garden beds ready for a great spring!

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

Phase 1 has been completed
Final canning events of the year (after Jack’s)
Drying Mushrooms
November: Meat rotation in the freezer
Time to extract honey, or package it in tinfoil to avoid freezer burn
Gluehwein season is here

What Mother Nature is providing

Ap: Swiss chard and not much else at the moment
Time to winterize. More on that later
Winterize the bees
Mushrooms are exploding
Firewood

Stump the Sauce

Oxtail: Part 2 with BRETTChef
Elderberry Syrup Stability with John Moody of (http://abbyselderberry.com/)

Operation Independence

Tile, Tile, Tile, Tile on the rental that has taken forever. Tiling on a wavy wall (operation independence)
One annoying thing season

Main topic of the show: Winterizing the Aquaponics System and garden beds

Four things to to to the ap:

Stock tank heater
Bed hoops
Insulation on the feeder hoses
Bring in the frost sensitive plants

How to prepare your beds for winter

Clean them out
Layers: manure, compost, forest dirt, leaves, straw or wood chips or another mulch. (My thoughts on local wood chips)
What to do if you interplant like I do

A Final Winter checklist

Waters ready to be ice-free?
Bees?
Animal bedding sufficient?
Goat hay needed
Pump house filters changed
Bring in the banana trees
Try to overwinter a rosemary plant and the tabasco peppers

Make it a great week.

Song: Strange Child by Sauce

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Episode 103: Preparing the Aquaponics System and Garden Beds for Winter