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02.05.2016
Of all the chicken breeds, which are good choices for a backyard flock? Show Notes: PermacultureVelocity.com
So many seeds, so many misunderstandings! Show Notes: PermacultureVelocity.com
Some products require special equipment, fancy ingredients, and so forth. These simple products are easy and economical. Each can easily be made as fancy as you like! Show Notes: PermacultureVelocity.com
Getting ready to preserve the summer's bountiful harvest means having the equipment on hand. What's the best pressure canner to get the job done? Show Notes: PermacultureVelocity.com
Unlike a food processor or a blender, a grain mill is essential if you are going to grind grains. But, with so many choices, how to select the right one for the homestead? Show Notes: PermacultureVelocity.com
What's not to love? Perennial. Easy. Relatively low cost. Beautiful. Fresh fruit. Adding fruit trees to the backyard garden can quickly had a bounty of terrific food. Show Notes: PermacultureVelocity.com
New Years greetings come and go, resolutions are made, but another year seems to slip by! It's so easy to be distracted from our path. One day slips by, then another, then another. How can you alter this course? Show ...
Right up there with "so what do you do when the chickens stop laying?" is "what to do when a chicken dies?" No one is really signing up to get the gory details yet at some level we all know ...
Toxins suck! They make us, the soil, the air, the water, and the animals sick. So many of them are simply not needed for the job we are buying them for, yet, there they are! How can we step-by-step make ...
Show Notes: PermacultureVelocity.com
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What is the gift economy and how can it impact the homestead? Show Notes: PermacultureVelocity.com
Don't freak out! Here are some tips for stress-free holiday meals! Show Notes: PermacultureVelocity.com
It's easy to get sucked into the fancy packaging, promises of cleanliness not possible any other way, and germs killed on contact. But, how much do we really know and understand about the products that we are bringing into our ...
Prevention, prevention, prevention. Let's get into some details to avoid problems with illness and disorder down the road. Show Notes: PermacultureVelocity.com
Botulism is not something to take lightly and if you are new to home canning it can be a scary thing. Learn about what went wrong in home canning that made people sick. Show Notes: PermacultureVelocity.com
Of all the cool season vegetables, which are the best to get started in the garden for the cool season? Selected for ease and productivity plus some surprises. Show Notes: PermacultureVelocity.com
How can you manage a chicken run without nuisance smells, flies, and tons of work? This simple and easy approach to managing the litter in a chicken run is healthier for the flock while being less work for the chicken ...
Many people who live in the city are not prepared for brief interruptions in services such as water, gas, and electricity. Living the in the city with stores packed with goods for sale gives rise to a false feeling of ...
There are plenty of lists of money saving tips. But, how do we reshape our thinking about buying, harvesting, preparing, eating, and storing food? Learn a few ways to rethink buying, harvesting, preparing, and storing food. Plus, why we all ...
Whether boiling water bath canning or pressure canning let's be safe. Learn how to avoid common home canning mistakes. And news flash! The USDA recently (June 2015) approved steam canning! Steam canning is a fast, effective, and safe way to ...
So many projects and tasks on the homestead and limited resources. Where to start? How to decide to pay for someone else to install a laundry-to-landscape system or DIY? Starting small, simple, and specialized can help. Then considering time, money, ...
Kombucha can be expensive at the grocery store, coop, or farmer's market. Save a ton of money and make great kombucha at home. It's super easy and it is best wild! Learn about the "transformational action of the microorganisms" and ...
Corn, beans, okra, meats, fish, poultry, soups, broths, and other low acid foods must be pressure canned. Sadly, pressure canning has a bad rap and many folks shy away from it. Pressure canning low acid foods means that we have ...
There are two solidly divided camps regarding light to the hen house as the days shorten. One: Adding light is inhumane, kinda seems like an industrial operation, so let's leave the natural rhythms alone. Two: Adding light means that there ...
Is homesteading just a glorified hobby or can it make an impact on your household and the community? Show Notes: PermacultureVelocity.com
School is starting soon, the days are getting shorter and cooler, and it's time to start getting ready for the fall garden. Show Notes: PermacultureVelocity.com
Panty pests can ruin hundreds and hundreds of dollars worth of food. Hours will be spent cleaning out containers and jars. Food will need to be replaced. It is just not fantastic to have a problem with pantry pests. It ...
So many skills to learn and so little time. Here are a few skills that can make a difference on the homestead. Show Notes: PermacultureVelocity.com
Edible perennials can be key to balancing things on the homestead. While they can take a bit more time, patience, and care to establish they pay off by needing less care when things get busy or you get sidetracked. Show ...
Bagged feeds are seemingly inexpensive but what are you really paying for? Homemade chicken feeds allow the flockster to control ingredients, protein content, and have the freshest food for the flock. Learn about how and why we formulate feeds for ...
Keeping things orderly and tidy on the homestead can just make life easier. No lost tools or equipment. No closets overflowing with things you don't and wont ever use. Eliminate the stacks and piles! Have a place for all of ...
Learn what all the fuss is about mason bees and alfalfa bees. Listen in for a coupon code to grab a discount on gear to get all set up for hosting native bees. Questions--there are always so many questions. Here ...
Being ready to can means that you have everything on hand in case of a windfall of produce from a friend or a great deal at the farmer's market. Having to run around looking for jars or lids or other ...
Plastic pots, plastic trays, plastic pony packs...plastic everywhere. How can you start seeds without little plastic pots? How can you avoid peat pots that never break down? Using soil blocks means no poop pots, no peat pots, no plastic pots. ...
A homesteading kitchen is a bit different from an ordinary kitchen. It can be overwhelming to decided which blender, food processor, canner, roasting pan, and so forth. There are so many choices but learn about a few things that are ...
It's the toughest question! What do you do when the chickens stop laying? We have a flock management plan that includes having eggs on all of the days. See, I didn't say "it." Whether you consider your chickens pets or ...
Routine: jump in car, head to a store that "has it all", buy products, return home, and use or consume products. There are other ways that include meeting and connecting with people in your community, saving money, saving time, and ...
Bagged feeds are easy and quick. But, do bagged feeds yield the best results? Once upon a time we didn't rely on bagged feeds. Learn why we don't buy bagged chicken feed. Show Notes: PermacultureVelocity.com
Access to tons of information at our fingertips can be a lovely thing. But, there are some ideas that take off that are best avoided. Learn a few tips to set your garden up for success. Show Notes:PermacultureVelocity.com
Live better is always a relative thing. What about saving time, money, resources, and having a great homestead along the way? Show Notes: PermacultureVelocity.com
There are big solutions that can cost big bucks. And there are small, simple solutions that can have an impact right now. Show Notes: PermacultureVelocity.com
Urban lots can be small and bonus points are always awarded for creativity. Learn about why and how we designed a 3-level hen house for our happy, healthy flock. Show Notes: PermacultureVelocity.com
Here's the deal--making often potable water dirty with poo and pee makes no sense. Then we spend a ton of money making it clean again. A dry toilet doesn't use any water. Dry toilets are bonus during an emergency or ...
Permaculture Velocity is about sharing skills and experience for the resilient homestead. Doing what we can, where we are! Show Notes: PermacultureVelocity.com