The Original Transplants Podcast Episode 55: Sweat EquityThe Original Transplants Podcast Episode 55 finds stewards Sarah and Will enjoying long summer days staying busy with homestead chores, beekeeping, backyard chickens, and edible gardening. Will traps a late season swarm and begins Varroa mite treatment in the bee-yard. Sarah describes raccoon predator deterrence in the chicken coop and reports on the progress of edible landscape, including the orchard, original kitchen garden, and new tomato and pepper bed in its first season. Sarah reviews four products essential to integrated pest management (IPM) and the stewards discuss winter preparations: firewood and food processing. Sarah reads from three Lancaster Farming articles on the theme of 'farmers doing good deeds'. Find us online at https://spreadcasts.tumblr.com/ and https://www.instagram.com/spreadcasts/Notes:Ultra Breeze ventilated beekeeping suits: https://www.ultrabreezesuits.com/Methods to control Varroa mites: An integrated pest management approach - Penn State Extension: https://extension.psu.edu/methods-to-control-varroa-mites-an-integrated-pest-management-approachAmerican carrion beetle - InsectIdentification.org: https://www.insectidentification.org/insect-description.asp?identification=American-Carrion-BeetleCommon raccoon call - Cornell Macaulay Library: https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/88172Diatomaceous earth fact sheet - Oklahoma State University: https://extension.okstate.edu/fact-sheets/earth-kind-gardening-series-mechanical-pest-controls.html#diatomaceous-earthCopper sulfate fact sheet - Cornell University: http://pmep.cce.cornell.edu/profiles/extoxnet/carbaryl-dicrotophos/copper-sulfate-ext.htmlNeem oil fact sheet - University of New Hampshire: https://extension.unh.edu/blog/what-should-neem-be-used-plantsThuricide Bt fact sheet - Cornell University: http://pmep.cce.cornell.edu/profiles/extoxnet/24d-captan/bt-ext.htmlLancaster Farming agricultural news 'farmers doing good deeds':Food Box Program: Success or Mess? https://www.lancasterfarming.com/news/main_edition/food-box-program-success-or-mess/article_b6782b17-f18f-5cc6-82f8-0e7169f4111b.htmlWith Fairs Canceled, 4-H'er Chips in Virtually: https://www.lancasterfarming.com/news/main_edition/with-fairs-canceled-4-h-er-chips-in-virtually/article_3da2cc7d-8330-53cf-87c1-9105068c1aec.htmlFarmer returns prosthetic leg to skydiver: https://wbng.com/2020/07/28/farmer-returns-prosthetic-leg-that-skydiver-lost-during-jump/