TweetThe Almonds are in Full Bloom at Nine Mile Farm

Spring is starting to spring and 2018 plans are being executed and results are already being seen, so I figured it was time for a homestead update show.   Lot’s 0f things are new and different this year.  Major expansion of all the aquaponics and aquatics systems, new plans for the food forest without the ducks involved and more.

It really has been an amazing journey that we have all been on together, this is our third property since we began TSP back in June of 2008, we are almost at a decade together at this point, so we will also do a little looking back and talk about how our past experiences are steering our future plans.

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Sowing seeds in the food forest

About half the trees are breaking bud or in full bloom

Hole bees are going in soon

New this year thornless honey locust and native persimmon

Another round of sand cherries going in

The little chickens are moving up in housing as soon as the ducks are gone

Dixie Rainbow or some other chickens will be joining the little chickens

Quail egg and meat production will return once the egg thieves move

One Craigslist ad, 48 hours and half the ducks are gone

If I can’t catch the muscovies soon, at least the big drakes are going on the grill #22lr

Outdoor kitchen is in the final strokes, need furniture and an island now

Likely some WWJWs are coming up (work with jack weekends)

New herb garden is going in using the outdoor kitchens sink and mini earth works

2018 is all about harnessing the last 4 years of hard work into a lifestyle homestead

Resources for today’s show…

Join the Members Brigade

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The Year 110

Walking To Freedom

TspAz.com

The Granddaddy’s Gun Club

Bullhead Fishing Forum – A new little site I started

Biltong for Breakfast 

Growing Children in the Garden Video for Sharing

Stand and Plant Tool

Radio Ga Ga on Songfacts

Radio Ga Ga – Queen

Song of the Day Playlist – 2015

Song of the Day Playlist – 2016

Song of the Day Playlist – 2017

Forum Post about the Song of the Day Playlists

Sir Mash a Lot – Six Country Songs Mashed Together

Sponsors of the Day

The Berkey Guy

Safecastle Royal

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No we won’t be talking about planting little Timmy and little Tammy seeds in the garden but rather how gardening can plant seeds of knowledge, compassion, resiliency and skills in our children.  One of my true heroes in the world is Geoff Lawton and Geoff made a statement that sounds almost absurd in some ways…

All the world’s problems can be solved in a garden!

Even I balked a bit at that statement at first, then stepped back and said well, metaphorically is how he means it.  But I realized when I looked at how he said it, he was dead serious.  So I stepped way back and said, is this statement true.

When I did so I realized you had to look at it though the right lens.  No one thing is generally sufficient to fix any major problem, so a true solution is one that sets things in motion.  It is that initial motion that creates inertia and that provides an opportunity for more things to be done, and in the end the problem is solved or mitigated as much as can be done at the time.  So true solutions are the catalyst, the spark of a solution, that create something akin to a trophic cascade.

What is a trophic cascade, it is when a small change creates powerful indirect interactions that can control or change entire ecosystems.  A classic example is how the reintroduction of wolves changed the course of rivers in Yellowstone.

So today we will ask the question, if a few packs of wolves can cause life to explode and a river to moderate and change its course, what might be the effect of teaching our children, how to do something as simple as grow a garden.

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Can we really solve the word’s problem with a garden

What is a trophic cascade and how can we hope to create one

What happens when a child learns about gardening

They learn patience

They learn actions have concequences

They learn to feed themselves and others

They learn to recognize patterns

They learn to solve problems

They learn the value of hard work

They learn that all living things have a place in our world

They learn that everything in life is a cycle

They learn that some things are beyond your control

They learn to teach

They learn how to find answers from elders, literature, etc.

They learn a hundred more things

How can this create a trophic cascade?

The difference between solving a problem and setting a solution in motion

Resources for today’s show…

Join the Members Brigade

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The Year 109

Walking To Freedom

TSP Gear

PermaEthos.com

TspAz.com – support TSP when you shop on Online

Grandaddy’s Gun Club

Bullhead Fishing Information

Biltong for Breakfast

Under Pressure – Queen

Under Pressure A-Capella – Queen

Sponsor of the Day

ButcherBox

Harvest Eating

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Today its Friday so it’s time for expert council show. To ask a question for a show like this, just send an email to me at jack at thesurvivalpodcast.com with “TSPC Expert” in the subject line.

Today the expert council answers questions on herbs, heating, bees, companion planting, trombes, batteries, business and more.

In the body of your email first tell me the council member your question is for. Second ask your question concisely in one to two sentences maximum. Third any and all details after that. This is the formula to give you the best chance of getting on the air.

I do what I can to get as many of your questions as possible on the air but can’t always get to all of them. Our council is made of a wide variety of experts in everything from the tactical to the practical and everything in between.

To get more information on our Expert Council visit our “Meet the Expert Council Page” to learn more about them and their specific areas of expertise.

Join Me Today As Our Experts Discuss…

Using herbs and spices for your health in your cooking – Gary Collins

Improving rocket mass heater efficiency – Paul Wheaton

Treating and dealing with mite infestation of hives – Michael Jordan

Companion planting to combat pest pressure – Nick Ferguson

Small scale trompe applications – Geoff Lawton

Enloop means Enloop period and no pro for you – Steven Harris

Leftist hypocrisy and how to destroy a company – Jack

Resources for today’s show…

Join the Members Brigade

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The Year 103

Walking To Freedom

TSP Gear

PermaEthos.com

TspAz.com – support TSP when you shop on Online

Grandaddy’s Gun Club

Bullhead Fishing Information

Biltong for Breakfast

TSP Android App

TSP iPhone App

This Bad-Ass Latina Just Bought the Weinstein Company and Plans to Make it All Female Led

Bohemian Rhapsody – Pink

Song of the Day Playlist – 2015

Song of the Day Playlist – 2016

Song of the Day Playlist – 2017

Forum Post about the Song of the Day Playlists

Websites of the Expert Council Members

MT Knives

GrassFedHomestead.com

CryptoGulch.com

Humble Mechanic

Living Free in Tennessee

Harvest Eating

Old Grouch Military Surplus

Steven1234.com

Permaculture Classroom

A Bee Friendly Company

Investable Wealth

NW Edible

Permies.com

Primal Power

GeoffLawton.com

DarbySimpson.com

Whole Systems Design

Doom and Bloom

HaloBySue.com

Remember to comment, chime in and tell us your thoughts, this podcast is one man’s opinion, not a lecture or sermon. Also please enter our listener appreciation contest and help spread the word about our show. Also remember you can call in your questions and comments to 866-65-THINK (866-658-4465) and you might hear yourself on the air.

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TweetToday on The Survival Podcast I take your calls on business, technology, guns, homesteading, reloading, codes, tariffs, permaculture and more.

Remember to be on a show like this one just pick up your phone and call 866-65-THINK.

The best way to improve your chances of being on the air is ask your question or make your point up front, then provide details.

Also please do your best to call from a quiet area with a good connection and speak up so you can be well heard.

While I can’t put all calls on the air but I do my best to get as many of them on as I can.

Join Me Today As I Respond to Your Calls and Discuss…

Changing technology and building a YouTube channel

The 22 hornet vs. the 17 WSM

Homesteading as a renter

Thoughts on what it takes to reload ammo as a business

What is rum and coke encryption and book code

What are the effects of the Trump tariffs and where does the money go

Choosing a plant for erosion control

Thoughts on patents and marketing a product

Resources for today’s show…

Join the Members Brigade

Join Our Forum

The Year 108

Walking To Freedom

TSP Gear

TspAz.com – Support TSP When You Shop Online

The Granddaddy’s Gun Club

Bullhead Fishing

Aquatics and Aquaponics Playlist

Biltong for Breakfast

Going to California – Amy Lee

Sponsors of the Day

Ridge Wallet

J.M. Bullion

Remember to comment, chime in and tell us your thoughts, this podcast is one man’s opinion, not a lecture or sermon. Also please enter our listener appreciation contest and help spread the word about our show. Also remember you can call in your questions and comments to 866-65-THINK (866-658-4465) and you might hear yourself on the air.

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TweetBen Fetterman, better known as Southpaw Ben from the history segment, is a sophomore Plant Science student at Penn State University.

He competed in Odyssey of the Mind for 4 years in high school, including one trip to the World Finals competition and 3 times to the Pennsylvania state finals .

Today Ben joins us to discuss this project but speaks only on behalf of his own experiences and not on behalf of the Odyssey of the Mind organization in any way.

So what is Odyssey of the Mind and How Does it Work?

Students develop team-building skills by working in groups of as many as seven students per team.

Students learn to examine problems and to identify the real challenge without limiting the possible solutions and their potential success.

The creative-thinking process is nurtured and developed as a problem-solving tool.

Students of all types will find something that will appeal to them.

The fun of participation leads to an elevated interest in regular classroom curricula.

Teachers have a program to further provide students with a well-rounded education.

Ben joins us today to discuss he experience with this program and how it can benefit others.

Resources for today’s show…

Join the Members Brigade

Join Our Forum

The Year 108

Walking To Freedom

TSP Gear

TspAz.com – Support TSP When You Shop Online

The Granddaddy’s Gun Club

Bullhead Fishing

Biltong for Breakfast

Ben’s Youtube Channel

Shoot to Thrill – Halestorm

Sponsors of the Day

Bulk Ammo

Self Reliance Magazine

Remember to comment, chime in and tell us your thoughts, this podcast is one man’s opinion, not a lecture or sermon. Also please enter our listener appreciation contest and help spread the word about our show. Also remember you can call in your questions and comments to 866-65-THINK (866-658-4465) and you might hear yourself on the air.

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TweetToday on The Survival Podcast I take your questions on debt, resiliency, remote working, pond management, cryptocurrency, child suicide, growing hops and more.

Make sure if you submit content for a feedback show that you put something like “comment for jack”, “question for jack” or “article for jack” in the subject line to assure proper identification for my screening process.

Please understand I receive several hundred emails a day and can’t get them all on the air.

I also do put out a lot of information on Facebook from emails that I can’t fit on the program though so keep em coming.

Join Me Today As I Respond to Your Calls and Discuss…

On the slaying of debt

What is the opposite of a snowflake

The best states to find remote jobs in

More on planting a pond and pond management

One more time, yea you have to pay tax on crypto trading

More on the problems our youth have, suicide, guns and more

Growing hops in a food forest

The saga of the F-350 and modern indentured servitude

Kitchen update and biltong for breakfast is coming soon

Resources for today’s show…

Join the Members Brigade

Join Our Forum

The Year 107

Walking To Freedom

TspAz.com

The Granddaddy’s Gun Club

Bullhead Fishing Forum – A new little site I started

Binance.com

The 15 Best States to Work from Home In

Song Facts on Unchained Melody

Unchained Melody – Heart

Sponsors of the Day

The Berkey Guy

Knife Kits

Remember to comment, chime in and tell us your thoughts, this podcast is one man’s opinion, not a lecture or sermon. Also please enter our listener appreciation contest and help spread the word about our show. Also remember you can call in your questions and comments to 866-65-THINK (866-658-4465) and you might hear yourself on the air.

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Today its Friday so it’s time for expert council show. To ask a question for a show like this, just send an email to me at jack at thesurvivalpodcast.com with “TSPC Expert” in the subject line.

Today the expert council answers questions on health, government, cooking, sharpening, taxes, home schooling, guns and more.

In the body of your email first tell me the council member your question is for. Second ask your question concisely in one to two sentences maximum. Third any and all details after that. This is the formula to give you the best chance of getting on the air.

I do what I can to get as many of your questions as possible on the air but can’t always get to all of them. Our council is made of a wide variety of experts in everything from the tactical to the practical and everything in between.

To get more information on our Expert Council visit our “Meet the Expert Council Page” to learn more about them and their specific areas of expertise.

Join Me Today As Our Experts Discuss

Balancing concerns over toxic chemicals and reality – Gary Collins

Getting involved with local small government – Nicole Sauce

Growing and storing culinary herbs – Keith Snow

Cooking heritage chickens with crispy skin – Erica Straus

Determining the true sharpness of cutting tools – Patrick Roehrman

Reducing your tax foot print – John Pugliano

Getting into college as a home schooler – Sue & Mike Laprise

The best alternatives to the AR15 and mitigating future regulations – Jack

Resources for today’s show…

Join the Members Brigade

Join Our Forum

The Year 106

Walking To Freedom

TspAz.com – support TSP when you shop on Online

Grandaddy’s Gun Club

Bullhead Fishing Information

The Browning BAR

Ruger Mini 14

Benelli R1

8 Reasons the Mini 14 is Better than the AR15

The Auto Ordnance M1 Carbine

Marlin Camp Carbine

Remington 750

Troy Industries Pump AR Style Rifles

BLR in 223

List of all C&R Firearms

After the Rain – Nickleback

Websites of the Expert Council Members

MT Knives

GrassFedHomestead.com

CryptoGulch.com

Humble Mechanic

Living Free in Tennessee

Harvest Eating

Old Grouch Military Surplus

Steven1234.com

Permaculture Classroom

A Bee Friendly Company

Investable Wealth

NW Edible

Permies.com

Primal Power

GeoffLawton.com

DarbySimpson.com

Whole Systems Design

Doom and Bloom

HaloBySue.com

Remember to comment, chime in and tell us your thoughts, this podcast is one man’s opinion, not a lecture or sermon. Also please enter our listener appreciation contest and help spread the word about our show. Also remember you can call in your questions and comments to 866-65-THINK (866-658-4465) and you might hear yourself on the air.

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TweetToday on The Survival Podcast I take your calls on homestead improvements, business, podcasting, kitchen tools, pond plants, water storage, guns and more.

Remember to be on a show like this one just pick up your phone and call 866-65-THINK.

The best way to improve your chances of being on the air is ask your question or make your point up front, then provide details.

Also please do your best to call from a quiet area with a good connection and speak up so you can be well heard.

While I can’t put all calls on the air but I do my best to get as many of them on as I can.

Join Me Today As I Respond to Your Calls and Discuss…

A saw recommendation and a homestead improvement question

How do you put a value on a business

What equipment and software do you need to run a podcast

RedYetiWare Shears are back in Amazon, but there is a catch

What plants to put in a pond

“Inline water storage”

Scoping a 22 and why I don’t like see though scope mounts

Resources for today’s show…

Join the Members Brigade

Join Our Forum

The Year 106

Walking To Freedom

TSP Gear

TspAz.com – Support TSP When You Shop Online

The Granddaddy’s Gun Club

Bullhead Fishing

Aquatics and Aquaponics Playlist

Biltong for Breakfast

Silky Saws on Amazon

RedYetiWare Kitchen Shears

Samson Mic I use for the Podcast

Apogee Mic I use on my Mac

Audacity – Free Recording and Editing Software

Levelator – Free Software that Balances Audio Levels

Podcast Answer Man

Leupold VX-1 2-7x33mm Scope

Good Article on Business Valuation

Pond MegaStore

When the Levee Breaks – Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie

Sponsors of the Day

Safecastle Royal

Harvest Eating

Remember to comment, chime in and tell us your thoughts, this podcast is one man’s opinion, not a lecture or sermon. Also please enter our listener appreciation contest and help spread the word about our show. Also remember you can call in your questions and comments to 866-65-THINK (866-658-4465) and you might hear yourself on the air.

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TweetOur guest today Ted Kehl is part of the 5th generation to farm their couple hundred acres in mid-Missouri (purchased in 1911). They raise primarily beef, goats, and timber.

He has lived in a bus for over a year to help pay for college.  He has a degree in Engineering Physics and mentors 4H robotics for his county.  In his spare time he is renovating the house his grandfather and great uncles built for his own family of 6.

Our guests brings 3 decades worth of experience with firewood and using wood stoves as primary heat as well as accumulated knowledge of past generations.

Finally, he is a longtime listener all the way back to episode 89 or 90.

Resources for today’s show…

Join the Members Brigade

Join Our Forum

The Year 105

Walking To Freedom

TspAz.com

Biltong for Breakfast

ChangeDirection.Org

Fire Away – Chris Stapelton

Sponsors of the Day

Ridge Wallet

Butcher Box

Remember to comment, chime in and tell us your thoughts, this podcast is one man’s opinion, not a lecture or sermon. Also please enter our listener appreciation contest and help spread the word about our show. Also remember you can call in your questions and comments to 866-65-THINK (866-658-4465) and you might hear yourself on the air.

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So today we will talk a bit about foraging and hunting and where they fit into all this but that is not the main topic.  I am talking hunting and gathering like behavior on your own homestead be it 1000 acres or 1000 square feet.

The term hunter/gather is tossed around a lot but we seldom look at the actual lifestyle of such people.  What is it composed of?  We such people do either grow or gather “survival rations” things you can store long term for when times get lean.  But in general they are like omnivorous human grazers.

Think about how much game was in North America before it was settled by westerners.  There were 10s of millions of Native peoples living here but they had almost no negative impact on the game.  Why?  They took what they needed as they needed it.  And you know what, they did this more for convenience than for conservation reasons.

Think about it, say you own 12 cattle on your land and your land can feed them.  How many are you going to kill at one time if you are only using them to feed your family?  Well one of course, it is less work, that is the biggest reason.  The rest continue to take care of themselves and make more cattle until you need another one.  We will examine this and more today as we take a different look at homesteading.

Join Me Today to Discuss…

The lifestyle of the hunter gatherer, it ain’t what we’ve been taught on TV

How this applies to homesteading

Some main crops or foraging in time of plenty

Most of the time eating like a grazer

Produce vegetables, fruits and proteins

Don’t work harder than you have to

Only harvest or even create large harvests that make sense

Some keys to this lifestyle

First it is basic permaculture design

Plant in high density

Plant in heavy diversity

Succession planting

Develop some protein source

Include perennials

Do a little bit every day

Automate anything you can

Accept seasonal limits

Grow what survives or create an environment where it can

Do forage/hunt off site

Why this method works best for the most people

Resources for today’s show…

Join the Members Brigade

The Year 104

Join Our Forum

Walking To Freedom

TspAz.com

The Granddaddy’s Gun Club

Bullhead Fishing Forum – A new little site I started

Biltong For Breakfast

Ballad of the Alamo – Marty Robbins

Sponsors of the Day

Bulk Ammo

JM Bullion

Remember to comment, chime in and tell us your thoughts, this podcast is one man’s opinion, not a lecture or sermon. Also please enter our listener appreciation contest and help spread the word about our show. Also remember you can call in your questions and comments to 866-65-THINK (866-658-4465) and you might hear yourself on the air.

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