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Nicole Monck

Homegrown with Nicole and Abby

A weekly Education and Business podcast
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Homegrown with Nicole and Abby

Nicole Monck

Homegrown with Nicole and Abby

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Homegrown with Nicole and Abby

Nicole Monck

Homegrown with Nicole and Abby

A weekly Education and Business podcast
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Buying beef from a local producer is doable. Find out how you can go about buying local beef and how much it saves you in beef cost. It is crazy!
We have some exciting updates and news for use all to catch up on.
Harvest is in full swing and it has been far too long since you have heard from us. Luckily beans are done and we keep plugging away at corn. Listen in to hear more about the Monck operation in this podcast tackling combining. 
Join Abby and Nicole as they talk about getting ready for harvest. We are all getting to the busy season in the Midwest. 
Join us in welcoming Renee Adams. A farmwife, A mom of 5, and a farmher killing it at life. We can't wait to have you join us for another episode. 
Where we dabble in what Shielly does for the farm. We fully believe the moms of the family are the glue. And thank goodness she likes to can. 
Lillie is a farm girl who is killing it as a Purina rep and farmer. She works a full time job helping farmers better their operations and during her time off helps on the family farm. 
Help us welcome our first guest Peg Mere the owner of Muddy Boots Flower Farm in Monticello, Iowa. She answers some of our questions about how she started this venture. We hope you enjoy!
We will dive right into how it is bees make honey and Abby is going to taste test the sweet tasty honey the bees made this year. 
Monday August 10th, 2020 a Derecho (a long lived straight line wind storm mimicking a hurricane and tornado) hit the midwest. Ripping central-eastern Iowa to shreds. Listen to this episode where we discuss with heavy hearts the damage that hit
We have some very exciting news for you all! You'll have to take a listen to the episode. No hints are going to be dropped here! 
Abby is a young mother, wife, and farmher of Eastern Iowa. Listen in to get to know her and how she has change as her life has taken her from Omaha to small town Iowa. 
Let's catch up it's been a few weeks.
The last couple weeks have been crazy! Things breaking, animals getting out, I'm trying to get myself hurt before the big day. 
Join me in the tractor as we move bales and talk about how we make bales for our cattle to eat. 
I am going to take you through some introductory information about hens and broilers and their general anatomy. And yes we might talk about if chickens have penises or not. Interested in information about the production of eggs. Listen in.
Jon and Nicole's wedding date is getting changed and now Nicole needs bridal shower party favors. Listen in to hear more about how you can can your own grape jelly. 
How can you get started gardening. Listen in to hear some easy steps and beginning tips for someone that wants to start their own garden. Backyards to windowsills wherever you can start growing plants go ahead and start.
This episode is where we are able to talk about buying pork, beef, and chicken locally from farmers rather than going to the store. Listen to hear more detail and comparisons of prices and possibilities this might intale. 
Instead of talking about the boring breakdown of how our planter runs and what it does we talk about our no till, crop rotation, and a couple other farming practices that we implement on our farm. Join us for a quick overview.
Don't know much about beekeeping? No problem we will be talking about some beginner beekeeping and talking about the first look into our hives for the spring. Listen for more interesting details about the bees. 
I take this time to answer a question that a friend of mine had asked me. How is Coronavirus affecting me as a farmer? Listen in to hear how this virus might be hitting home.
This episode we are able to talk about two big things happening on the farm this week. We preg checked our cows as well as bought and welcomed some feeder calves to the farm. Listen for more details and explanations of things that are involved
I take the time to explain who I am as the person behind the microphone.We also get into what we do on the farm. I briefly explain some aspects of our family farm's history. 
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