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Friends Showed Up In The Rain + Organic Weed Control + Oakley Bothers A Fawn
Jun 23, 2026
26m 27s
Early Morning Cattle Check + Crops and Cover Crops + Other Ramblings
Jun 7, 2026
33m 14s
Soybeans Planted Into Standing Rye + Cattle Moved + Cover Crops + Thinking Ahead
Jun 4, 2026
36m 05s
Livestock Dog Mutiny + New-Used Combine
May 25, 2026
22m 34s
Erosion From Upstream Damages This Farm + Wendell Berry's "Damage"
May 21, 2026
6m 59s
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| 6/23/26 | Friends Showed Up In The Rain + Organic Weed Control + Oakley Bothers A Fawn | I found a comfortable spot to sit/ lie down on a hillside near the river, with a view of the grazing cattle, the river, and the small field I call the bowl. Oakley came with me as well as a barn cat who probably thinks he is also a dog and should come on long walks. It was nice of my friends to turn up in the rain for the EFAO field tour last week. I was expecting about six people but there were maybe twenty. I didn't know what people would be interested in, so I did a two hour show and tell. Looking back, I think I should have mentioned organic weed control with more clarity, so I make an attempt in this episode. While recording, a fawn emerged from the woods along the river. Sunset. Peace. I am grateful.Find your place in the world. Dig in, and take responsibility from there. - Gary SnyderPlease contact me with your own stories.greatbigfarmer@gmail.com | 26m 27s | ||||||
| 6/7/26 | Early Morning Cattle Check + Crops and Cover Crops + Other Ramblings | Having heard a calf bawling in the distance, I decided to see if it was one of mine. It seemed like a good time to record a farm update. It was nice to hear the sound of the river, plus the grassland and forest birds. It really was a beautiful morning!Find your place in the world. Dig in, and take responsibility from there. - Gary SnyderPlease contact me with your own stories.greatbigfarmer@gmail.com | 33m 14s | ||||||
| 6/4/26 | Soybeans Planted Into Standing Rye + Cattle Moved + Cover Crops + Thinking Ahead | This episode was recorded at about 6 am across the river, as I checked in on the cattle after their recent move. It is nice to hear the birds in this nice little clearing at the edge of the water. Soybeans are planted and the electric fences are all up and in decent shape. I'm also thinking ahead to planting cover crops, fixing equipment, planting cover crops, and haying season coming up.I'm so tired! LOLFind your place in the world. Dig in, and take responsibility from there. - Gary SnyderPlease contact me with your own stories.greatbigfarmer@gmail.com | 36m 05s | ||||||
| 5/25/26 | Livestock Dog Mutiny + New-Used Combine | Finding time to record an episode isn't easy.Oakley decdides to spend time on the neighbour's porch.Critical tractor repair goes well.Bringing a White 8700 combine home from Londsborough.Looking for a break in the weather to plant organic soybeans.Find your place in the world. Dig in, and take responsibility from there. - Gary SnyderPlease contact me with your own stories.greatbigfarmer@gmail.com | 22m 34s | ||||||
| 5/21/26 | Erosion From Upstream Damages This Farm + Wendell Berry's "Damage" | Somewhere upstream, a farmer has altered the path of water. Cutting deep gulleys and picking up soil, it made its' way onto this farm. Slowing in a waterway with natural grass banks lined with trees, the water dropped some of the soil and stone. Pulled by gravity and unable to flow in the plugged waterway, it flowed into our pastures and cropland. With deposits of six to eight inches, the pasture is now low ground and water is flowing in it. Similarly, the field planted in rye is now low ground and will probably continue to receive silt deposits throughout the year. An excavator will be needed to repair the damaged stream....costly in several ways (1) the ecosystem is damaged (2) the cropland and pasture will be permanently damaged having been buried in sediment (3) time (4) money, probably a couple of thousand dollars or more.I read a relevant bit from "What Are People For" by Wendell Berry to finish things off.Find your place in the world. Dig in, and take responsibility from there. - Gary SnyderPlease contact me with your own stories.greatbigfarmer@gmail.com | 6m 59s | ||||||
| 5/19/26 | Audio From The Barn And Field...Getting Grazing And Field Work Started | Grazing season has officially started! I've got some noisy audio here from a windy day. It is also dry enough to get the disc out on the field, another step toward getting organic soybeans planted.I used noise reduction on the raw audio, but it's still noisy at times. That's okay for me though, because it's the reality of the day.Find your place in the world. Dig in, and take responsibility from there. - Gary SnyderPlease contact me with your own stories.greatbigfarmer@gmail.com | 20m 03s | ||||||
| 5/13/26 | How I Decide To Start The Grazing Season + Tilling A Heavy Cover Crop | When to let the cattle out on grass the first time is a big decision. This episode is a good one if you are new to rotational grazing. If you are an experienced grazer, you might reflect on what you do and possibly pick up some new ideas. I also talk about running the disc to incorporate a cover crop that was planted last August. It had a huge amount of biomass, and I have been a bit concerned about getting the field ready in time to plant soybeans.Find your place in the world. Dig in, and take responsibility from there. - Gary SnyderPlease contact me with your own stories.greatbigfarmer@gmail.com | 31m 23s | ||||||
| 5/4/26 | Essential Ordinary + Calf With Two Broken Legs + Old Ways To Start Grazing, Field Work + Garden Progress | Coffee with friends in the driveshed.Forgetting Friday night, and splinting a calf with two broken legs.Fencing across the river.The "essential ordinary" makes things go smoothly.The disc needs repairs.It's probably safer to scratch your calves on the tail head rather than the head.Bo the barncat follows me to do more fence repairs.Vegetable garden progress, digging paths between beds, hardening off some seedlings.Find your place in the world. Dig in, and take responsibility from there. - Gary SnyderPlease contact me with your own stories.greatbigfarmer@gmail.com | 25m 05s | ||||||
| 4/26/26 | Maintaining Field Edges + The Bull's Time To Shine + AI Plans For The Yearling Heifer + Ponding Water Has Impacted My No-till Soybeans | Recording in the barn (you can hear the fence charger clicking away).I've spent about five days maintaining field edges and I'm not done this exhausting job.Rule of thumb....May 10th is the Bruce County day to put cattle on pasture.My fencing system is archaic.The field tractor needs my attention ASAP.The cover crop in the field named "Bobolink" needs to get turned in so that the biomass can broken down in time for planting.Rule of thumb...Mother's Day is the first day you can consider doing field work in Bruce County.Introducing the bull to the cows is my highest priority right now.Susan has helped me with a plan to artificially inseminate the yearling heifer (she is the bull's daughter).Abby and I have pulled the dash apart on the Honda Civic and we need a win with this job.The swather is a wild animal.The sweep auger for the grain bin is almost ready, which is good because I'd like to sell the wheat.My "no-till organic soybeans" experiment has been set back by ponding water.Find your place in the world. Dig in, and take responsibility from there. - Gary SnyderPlease contact me with your own stories.greatbigfarmer@gmail.com | 22m 22s | ||||||
| 4/24/26 | Asking AI For Hobby Ideas + Hugging Trees And Sitting By The Ocean In BC + Not Living By My Core Values | This episode is all about the fun I had, and how I was struck by the beauty of nature while on holiday in British Columbia.And then I get started talking about my decision not to fly and it seems like I couldn't stop talking about it LOL.Find your place in the world. Dig in, and take responsibility from there. - Gary SnyderPlease contact me with your own stories.greatbigfarmer@gmail.com | 40m 32s | ||||||
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| 4/8/26 | Hen vs Barn Cat + Retained Placenta + Equipment Repairs + More Rugby + Off-Farm Work + All Is Well Knock On Wood | I've never seen a chicken break up a cat fight, until now. While Peter and I are busy welding and repairing equipment, a cow decides to have her calf. How I dealt with her retained placenta. I am starting to think about all kinds of spring activities including chainsaw work in the field edges, fence repairs, planting equipment, helping to coach boys and girls rugby at the high school, and off-farm contracting work. Busy days ahead!Find your place in the world. Dig in, and take responsibility from there. - Gary SnyderPlease contact me with your own stories.greatbigfarmer@gmail.com | 28m 20s | ||||||
| 3/30/26 | The Bull Gets Nosy + A Spring Drive Through Mennonite Country + Wendell Berry's 1992 iv | The bull and a nest of beesThe importance of manure as fertilizerThe skidsteer's time to shineRugby is my volunteer workI am an idiot and wrecked my chainsawA chill drive through Mennonite countryMy fence chargers can be repairedMennonite and Amish farms look very different from English farmsOur farm doesn't have any bare soilToday I can feel spring coming on!!Wendell Berry's 1992 iv @ 18 min 49 secFind your place in the world. Dig in, and take responsibility from there. - Gary SnyderPlease contact me with your own stories.greatbigfarmer@gmail.com | 21m 50s | ||||||
| 3/21/26 | Larry Kraemer And The Path To Organic Agriculture | Are you thinking about making a move to organic agriculture? Larry Kraemer shares the details of his path from a life in Toronto to his organic farm near Kincardine. This is a great episode if you are thinking about transitioning from conventional farming to certified organic.Contents:Raised in TorontoGreat memories of summers in Bruce County The joy of hard workOperating a conventional dairy farmThe challenges of high interest rates in the 1980'sRunning a business and raising a family while also farmingRaising beef cattleThe circumstances that lead to growing organic row cropsRecord keeping for organic certification can be easy!Grain storageCrop rotationsGrowing organic soybeans to illustrate what it takes to raise a crop organicallyEquipment and strategies to keep weeds at bayMarketing organic cropsFarming as part of a rewarding life!Find your place in the world. Dig in, and take responsibility from there. - Gary SnyderPlease contact me with your own stories.greatbigfarmer@gmail.com | 1h 06m 18s | ||||||
| 3/6/26 | Celebrating Life | This afternoon I travelled to Southampton to celebrate the life of a teaching colleague, Pat Joynt. This episode was recorded in the bank barn while sitting with the calves.The Present...until the 6:45 min mark. Noticing the small stuff in life. Calves, a barn cat, and hockey on the radio.The Past...from 6:45 to 16:47 min. Thinking about the joyous life of Pat Joynt and the unique community that existed in the high school where I taught.The Future...from the 16:47 min mark. It's time to start thinking about tomorrow. I call what I do each day the essential-ordinary. There is a lot to be said for finding joy in thoughts of tomorrow. As we all know tomorrow will be the new present, before living again as the next memory in the new past.Find your place in the world. Dig in, and take responsibility from there. - Gary SnyderPlease contact me with your own stories.greatbigfarmer@gmail.com | 19m 02s | ||||||
| 3/4/26 | Mouse Attack + Marketing Wheat + Getting The Bull Outside | We get the sugar maple seeds planted, and a mouse helps to make things interesting in the seeding room. I worked on marketing my hard red winter wheat using an "everybody needs to win" approach. Teddy the bull sees the great outdoors for the first time since he got here.Find your place in the world. Dig in, and take responsibility from there. - Gary SnyderPlease contact me with your own stories.greatbigfarmer@gmail.com | 13m 14s | ||||||
| 2/27/26 | Flint The Cow Suddenly Goes Psycho + The Organic History Of One Field Including Cover Crops | I learned some lessons when Flint the cow suddenly became maximally aggressive when a strange person entered the bank barn.Also, it is a requirement of organic certification to maintain field histories. The added bonus is you can look back on a field and really get a sense what worked and what didn't. I discuss the challenges presented when cropping this field and some of the steps I have taken so far with crop rotations and cover crops.Find your place in the world. Dig in, and take responsibility from there. - Gary SnyderPlease contact me with your own stories.greatbigfarmer@gmail.com | 37m 56s | ||||||
| 2/25/26 | Dead Calf? Plus, Checking On The Tree Seeds In The Fridge | As they say, if you have livestock you're going to have deadstock. That's always in the back of my mind when I check on the cattle and the calf I noticed today didn't look right. Also, I have a few minutes to check on the tree seeds that I put in the fridge.Jan 11 - tree seeds placed in damp paper towel then stored in ziploc bags in the fridgeFeb 25 - checking the seeds 46 days laterWalnut, birch, silver maple, sugar maple, oak.Conclusions? Some of the sugar maple seeds have germinated, so I should transplant them to soil right away. The silver maple seeds just don't look good, and it was probably a mistake to vernalize them in the fridge. I should have just planted them last spring when they fell. Too early to tell with the walnut, birch and oak.Send me questions, comments, or advice about growing trees from seed.Find your place in the world. Dig in, and take responsibility from there. - Gary SnyderPlease contact me with your own stories.greatbigfarmer@gmail.com | 17m 37s | ||||||
| 2/24/26 | Would anyone benefit from an open house "field day" on this farm? | If I hosted a field day, would anyone even come? Do I have any useful knowledge or experience to share? These are some of the questions that come to mind as I entertain the idea of hosting an open house "field day". As this episode was recorded I arrived at a few tentative conclusions. I think I have some experience to share when it comes to rotationally grazing cattle because I've been doing it for a long time. Likewise for anyone interested in organic row cropping, I might have interesting things to offer because I am relatively new to it. If someone likes to experiment, they might be interested in my attempt at organic no-till soybeans using rye and roller crimping. There is also the equipment! I farm in 2026 using equipment from 1970 and could set all of it out for people to see. The agroecological practices that I've been doing over the years, and the new things like starting trees from seed all might appeal to someone who attends. Who knows? I'm tempted to host the field day and see what happens...there is only one way to find out if it would help someone.Find your place in the world. Dig in, and take responsibility from there. - Gary SnyderPlease contact me with your own stories.greatbigfarmer@gmail.com | 38m 30s | ||||||
| 2/17/26 | I Have Decided - Mary Oliver | Sure I'm a farmer. But I'm also what you'd call a contemplative. Here is the poem, I Have Decided by Mary Oliver. Let me know what you think!Find your place in the world. Dig in, and take responsibility from there. - Gary SnyderPlease contact me with your own stories.greatbigfarmer@gmail.com | 9m 23s | ||||||
| 2/17/26 | A Good Episode If You Are New To Cows And Calving | I'm hoping that you might find something in this episode that will help you during calving season, especially if you are just starting out! I think there might be a couple of takeaways for experienced farmers too.I talk about my calving bins, keeping safe when near a new mom, home made electrolyte solution, colostrum, milk replacer, selenium-vitamin E, castrating, and many other things.Here is something I forgot to mention LOL and I thought of it as soon as I was done recording. If a calf isn't breathing, reach for a piece of straw and insert the straw a couple of inches into the calf's notril. I've had success a couple of times doing this.Electrolyte: store these ingredients in a ziploc bag and administer the solution with a tube doser or bottle1.9 litres warm water1/2 teaspoon salt1/4 teaspoon "salt free" salt1/4 teaspoon baking soda2 tablespoons corn syrupFind your place in the world. Dig in, and take responsibility from there. - Gary SnyderPlease contact me with your own stories.greatbigfarmer@gmail.com | 27m 50s | ||||||
| 2/15/26 | The Calving Circus Has Begun | greatbigfarmer@gmail.comFour calves in 48 hours. Frozen water lines. A calf that doesn't know how to suck, and another that is the sort I call a runner. A heifer in heat and a frustrated bull. Anxious momma cows, and every barn cat wandering around to check out the excitement. A circus. I'm tired.Find your place in the world. Dig in, and take responsibility from there. - Gary SnyderFind your place in the world. Dig in, and take responsibility from there. - Gary SnyderPlease contact me with your own stories.greatbigfarmer@gmail.com | 23m 10s | ||||||
| 2/9/26 | The Sounds Of June On The Farm | greatbigfarmer@gmail.comJune 22 is right in the middle of haying season. I decided to set my phone in the field and capture the sound of the wind, grassland birds, insects, and passing cars. The sound of the farm in summer is something I never want to forget.Skip ahead to 2:17 if you want to use this episode in your contemplative practice. Or just play it for your cat while you are at work. Up to you LOL.Find your place in the world. Dig in, and take responsibility from there. - Gary SnyderFind your place in the world. Dig in, and take responsibility from there. - Gary SnyderPlease contact me with your own stories.greatbigfarmer@gmail.com | 20m 17s | ||||||
| 2/6/26 | Frozen Water Bowl, Experimenting With Kernza, Off-Farm Work | greatbigfarmer@gmail.comThe plan is to put together an "audio journal" for the coming year. For as long as I can remember I have wanted to farm, and have been doing so for quite a number of years now. When my farming life is over, I want to remember some of the details that I'm sure would otherwise be forgotten. And so here it is, the first episode.I've decided not to edit very much, if at all, and that way I will be more likely to stick with it throughout the year. When I think about past years and how busy farming can get, I really hope that I can keep this up! The idea is to include just the main issues that are occupying my brain.This episode includes some typical challenges on the farm:-Frozen water lines in the barn-Problems with my on farm research sponsored by the Ecological Farmers Association of Ontario (EFAO)-Balancing farm work with my contracting businessFind your place in the world, dig in, and take responsibility from there. - Gary SnyderFind your place in the world. Dig in, and take responsibility from there. - Gary SnyderPlease contact me with your own stories.greatbigfarmer@gmail.com | 16m 59s | ||||||
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