Drunk Uncle Redneck

Today, I want to take the time to talk to y'all about the situation I'm in and what it means for this show.

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Conway Twitty - That's My Job 

P.S. MY father used to call him Conway's Titties....

Today, we have Matt with us for some good ol' fashioned bullshitting. We talk about small batch wine and mead, Matt just made his first batch, with a little help from his drunk uncle. The video of that batch and all the Q&A is available in the Hobo Pit: our Patreon membership.

We also talk on comfrey, raw honey, children, medicine, livestock, feeding your family and more!

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When I'm Sixty Four (Remastered 2009) - The Beatles

Today, I want to share some thoughts on a book I've recently read: In Defense of Plants by Matt Candeias.

This book dives into the world of plants and their evolutionary relationships with other living species around them. Some of these relationships get downright weird. But, they're incredible to think about and worth looking into when planning garden species.

Resources:

In Defense of Plants: An Exploration into the Wonder of Plants (Plant Guide): Candeias PhD, Matt

In Defense of Plants - Matt Candeias' Podcast

It's Been a Long Journey for Wild Tomatoes - Vegetable Growers News

Corn and Its Untamed Cousins: Wild Genes in Domestic Crops (berkeley.edu)

( With A Little Help From My Friends (Remastered 2009) - The Beatles

 

Today, we have Meggin Berry, a teacher with 27 years of experience, with us to talk about the public education system, homeschooling, the Socratic method of teaching, and life choices.

Guest: Meggin Berry

Resources:

The Lexile Framework for Reading - Lexile

Great Writing, Simplified

Bored Teachers | Celebrating Educators Every Day.

Free eBooks | Project Gutenberg

Citefast - Citation Generator

 Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2) - Pink Floyd

Today, we have Matt and Jeff with us to talk about socialism, anarchism, and voluntaryism. Jeff has some questions about my opinions on the "perfect world," and it leads to interesting debate and discussion.

Mr. Jeff has since said that I, your drunk uncle, am unclear about what it is I truly believe in. I disagree. What I believe is very simple: all human interaction should be conducted on a voluntary basis. In other words, no person should ever be forced to do anything they don't want to do.  That's all there is to it. Government as a whole is a monopoly on violence, coercion and force. All of which, I find reprehensible. Therefore, I am an anarchist and a voluntaryist.

This doesn't mean I have all the answers. It means that, in my view of the world and how adult interaction and business should be conducted, that the government's answer is almost always wrong.

Guests: Matt and Jeff

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SITTING ON TOP OF THE WORLD (1964) by Doc Watson 

Today, we'll continue our reading of The Soul of Soil by Grace Gershuny and Joe Smillie. In this section we're looking at the soil food web and the biological factors in soil health.

Resources:

The Soul of Soil: A Soil-Building Guide for Master Gardeners and Farmers

It Takes All Kinds To Make A World - Roger Miller

Today, in the book we talk more about food normalcy and come things you can do to move yourself into a more, truly normal direction.

Then we'll moive on to talk about comfrey: the big, scary, liver killing plant. We'll talk about the risk, the reasons for the risk, the data that overblows this risk, and the reasons that it doesn't pragmatically make sense to NOT grow comfrey on your property.

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The Comfrey Conundrum 

Does Comfrey Really Improve Soil?

 Hank Snow- (Now And Then) A Fool Such As I 

We're back from the hospital! Our little girls are here! Not here at home... They need to stay in the NICU for some time to grow big a strong. But, today I have some stories to share with you about this wild ride of a week we've had. After that, a jingle dedicated to my two beautiful daughters: Lily Alexsandra and Magnolia Dawn.

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Gary Allan - Tough Little Boys

This episode is dedicated to Bob Schuler and his family.

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Flatt & Scruggs - Precious Memories

Today, we'll talk about one, very simple and easy, way to increase fertility in your garden beds by using things most people would throw away. Worms: a no work method of converting kitchen scraps to compost.

Resources:

Buy Red Wigglers Worm Composting and Vermicomposting supplies 

Compost Worm Tower - Geoff Lawton

Amazon.com: Folks, This Ain't Normal: A Farmer's Advice for Happier Hens, Healthier People, and a Better World: Joel Salatin

Stevie Ray Vaughan - Life By The Drop