Misty Newcomb

Dec 4, 2024 | themeateater.com | Clay Newcomb |Bear Newcomb |Misty Newcomb

Subscribe In this episode Things are lively on this episode of the Bear Grease Render as host Clay Newcomb talks about finding a bear den and bringing home a 40’ surprise. Special guest, Terrell Spencer, talks about equipment redundancy as a point of consideration on whether to sell Tess, the squirrel dog. And, we speculate wildly about the mysteries surrounding the grave of Osceola as we wrap up this series on the Seminole war leader.

Aug 23, 2023 | themeateater.com | Steve Schwartz |Steven Rinella |Misty Newcomb

There are plenty of ways to kill a pig. As a Texan, I’ve heard them all, ranging from guns and bows to explosives (not recommended) and stone-age spears (also not recommended). In many ways, these creative pursuits were born out of necessity—to thin out the ever-growing population of wild swine across a similarly growing range. But, the tide is turning from pest control to noble pursuit.

Jun 7, 2023 | themeateater.com | Misty Newcomb |Jordan Tony

It’s a common experience for folks trying to grow vegetables without pesticides. You plant squash in the first stretch of warm weather and watch it grow into a beautiful plant. But soon after harvesting the first delicious squash, you come out to your garden and find the plant that was beaming with health a day earlier now limp and dying.

May 15, 2023 | themeateater.com | Misty Newcomb |Mike Fitzgerald |Jordan Tony

It’s easy to get caught up in thinking that you must have a lot of space to make gardening worthwhile. But even with a small amount of space, you can actually produce quite a bit of produce by using the square-foot garden method. If you aren’t familiar with the concept of a square-foot garden, it’s a method of gardening popularized by author Mel Bartholomew that typically occurs in a small space.

May 10, 2023 | themeateater.com | Misty Newcomb |Jordan Tony |Mike Fitzgerald |Jenna Rozelle

Once the days grow longer and we start seeing little buds on trees and daffodils popping up around the periphery of the yard, it’s easy to want to get some plants in the dirt. And though we can’t grow a lot of the vegetables that require the mid-summer heat to thrive, there is actually a lot that we can still plant–even if it is before our last frost. There’s a whole group of frost-tolerant plants that will not only survive a frost, they will also thrive in cooler temperatures.