In this episode, I break my silence and restart the Small Scale Life Podcast!  I talk about our new farm in Western Wisconsin and starting to live at our farm.  I talk about the following topics:


Gratitude Practice - Shout Outs and Thank Yous
Driftless Oaks Farm
a. Outbuildings
b. Fruit Trees, Berries, Grapes and Perenials
c. Pens/Paddocks
d. The Blue Barn
e. The Chicken Coop
Small Scale Life Podcast
"Harvest" by Osi and the Jupiter
Final Remarks - Happy Halloween!


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Special thanks to Sean at Osi and the Jupiter for writing and recording the song at the end of the podcast episode.  You can fiund Osi and the Jupiter on YouTube, Facebook and Bandcamp.  I really enjoy his Appalachian/Norse/Folk style.

Halloween Livestream: Breaking the Silence

Join hosts Tom as he discusses adventures in homesteading and in Nature as he develops a sustainable wellness practice, garden, homestead and backyard bird sanctuary on the banks of the Willow River in Western Wisconsin.  We will build resilient mind, bodies, spirits and communities as we learn, do, grow and be a little better everyday! And THAT, my friends, is a good thing.

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In this 224th Episode of the Small Scale Life Podcast, I discuss three critical elements of vegetable garden layout design and planning.  I have always said that there are three elements for successfully growing plants: light, water and nutrients. It is time to take these three elements from theory to reality as I show you how these three elements impacted my new vegetable garden layout here at The Landing.  

My hope is that you can implement some of these ideas and concepts in your own garden, whether it is a brand new garden or one that has been around for a while.

Now, there is a lot to do before I begin planting in my new garden.  I have a lot more prep work on the future garden area including adding my new Wicking Bed Gardens and Hybrid Rain Gutter Grow Systems, placing mulch and erecting a fencing and gates. I provide a status report of the Garden Build Project at the end of the article.

For links and written article for this episode, please head over to Small Scale Life website for more information!

3 Critical Elements of Vegetable Garden Layout Design and Planning

In this 223rd Episode of the Small Scale Life Podcast, I discuss the Whole30 Reintroduction Phase.  This is a critical part of the process, and I have 8 Tips for a successful Whole30 Reintroduction Phase.  Remember: this part of the Challenge is incredibly important, so please take this phase slow and don’t rush through it.

We are on Day 30 of our April 2024 Whole30 Challenge! We have arrived!  Congratulations on making it to Day 30. 

This is an amazing accomplishment (this is a hard challenge), and I am very proud of you. I am thrilled you made it this far.  Even if you had a day or two where you went off plan and the rails, you made it to this point.  Well done! Good job. You are AWESOME!

For the last 30 days, you have essentially been detoxing and resetting your body and metabolism.  You have taken the time and effort to focus on you and your health.  

Now it is time to reintroduce those foods that you removed from your diet, and this can seem overwhelming and scary. Why would you introduce those things when you feel THIS GOOD?

You are continuiing an experiment on yourself. You are PROJECT YOU. Whole30 Reintroduction will help you determine what are "ok" foods, what are "occasional" foods and what are "hell no" foods.  To do this phase of the Whole30 Challenge, you need to go "low and slow."  In this episode of the Small Scale Life Podcast, I give you 8 Tips for a Successfull Whole 30 Reintroduction based on our two completed challenges.

For notes and "almost" transcript of the show, head on over to Small Scale Life to read along and get links and other resources.

8 Tips for a Successful Whole30 Reintroduction

Happy Spring, everyone! In this 222nd Episode of the Small Scale Life Podcast, I am going to discuss attending my first Beekeeper Conference called Beek Meet 2024 and 5 Lessons Learned from Beekeepers at the conference.

While I am not a beekeeper, I found the conference incredibly interesting, educational and entertaining.  I also met some really great folks at the conference, and I had a chance to connect with some really good friends from Ohio.  

Find all the links and show notes at smallscalelife.com!  

A direct link to the article is found here: https://www.smallscalelife.com/5-lessons-learned-from-beekeepers-at-beek-meet-2024/

To sign up for the Whole30 Challenge, go to the Small Scale Life Website.  An email sign up form is on the main page of the website and under the Wellness tab.

5 Lessons Learned from Beek Meet 2024

In this 221st Episode of the Small Scale Life Podcast, I am going to look back at our experiences with the Whole30 Challenge in 2019, 2020 and 2024.  I will discuss some of the lessons learned and “non-scale wins,” and I will finish by talking about Next Steps including a new Whole30 Challenge on April 1, 2024!

For show notes and links, head over to smallscalelife.com.  

Our Experience with the Whole30 Challenge

It's a Leap Year Episode Small Scale Life Podcast!  Episode 220 was recorded at 2:22 PM on 2/29/2024 (look at all those 2's), so you know this was a special, foundational show.

In this episode, your Host Tom introduces the Whole30 Challenge and summarizes the basic rules of this elimination diet.  There are plenty of do's and don'ts, but do not let the rules stop you.  By doing the Whole30 Challenge, you will come away understanding what your body reacts to (dairy, gluten, legumes, processed foods, sugar), and that will lead you to success as you focus on healing your mind, body and soul.

We have some links and resources for you at smallscalelife.com, so you’ll want to head over there to learn more.  Also, to join the Small Scale Life Wellness Club on Facebook, please use the following link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/smallscalelifewellnessclub/

Halloween Livestream: Breaking the Silence

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