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The Cottager's Podcast
Mathew and Carissa on building a family farm from zero acres up — pasture economics, herbal gardens, faith, and the honest numbers.
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What We Talk About
Three running conversations
The honest numbers
What 1,100 broilers actually cost and earn, what land really takes to buy, and the economics most farm media won’t print.
The hearth & garden
Herbal teas from seed to tin, the family kitchen, preserving the harvest, and the small rituals that hold a home together.
Faith & the land
Why we farm the way the old cottagers did — family, faith, and land as one fabric, not three separate projects.
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The Cottager's Letter
A letter from the farm, most weeks.
Field notes, real farm numbers, recipes from Carissa’s kitchen, and first word on harvests and new goods.