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Many years ago, I can’t say exactly when but it would have been in the “Jetta Days”, when I still worked a full time job and was running a “regular company”.  So it had to be prior to 2010, I did a podcast on homesteading and said something akin to this….

The modern homesteading movement is here to stay.  Many are comparing it to the quickly passing back to the land movements of various flavors of the 30s, 50s and 70s but this time is different.

This time it won’t stop it will have decades or more of growth behind it, it isn’t a fad this time, no this time it is a return to being human.

I feel the past 6-7 years or whatever it is have proven me right.  Homesteading is more popular than ever, in fact most prepping and survival minded people today are really at heart simply homesteaders.  They run the gamete from urban folks making it happen on a 1/10th of an acre to people returning to large farms and ranches and earning a living with agriculture or agrotourism.

How popular is homesteading today?  Well a google search for the term homesteading brings up 28 million results and a youtube search for said same brings up over a quarter of a million videos.

And even with that the reality is the movement is so much bigger, as people who are homesteading are really more likely to be looking for content on specific subjects, like gardening, canning, aquaponics, plant identification and dozens of other terms.

Entire forms, facebook pages, etc are dedicated to the subject and the movement is attracting people from every part of the political spectrum, every income level and frankly ever race and faith from devote believer to atheist.   As I said, it is a return to being human, something we all need right now.

The focus of today’s show though is with so many interested the challenges are becoming more evident.  Growing up in the 80s I was a homesteader but no one called it that, just like I was a prepper an no one called it that.  Our methods were not the very best but they worked and every old timer knew them and could teach them to young folks.  Those of us that would listen anyway.  Many of us didn’t!

Today we have more options and choices than ever, it also seems we have more challenges and that is what we are going to discuss today, those challenges and ways to overcome them.

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How my last two days on my homestead led me to this topic

Why I feel homesteading has become so popular and will only get more so

Challenges to modern homesteaders and ways to get past them

Land Access

Use what you have

Understand even a half acre can feed you

Incorporate a “Hunter Gather” mind set

Be patient and “do the work”

Government

Design around the restrictions

Be creative in how you cheat the system

Avoid areas of high regulation if you can

Work to change regulations (least effective)

Knowledge

Use the internet (intelligently)

Design a system 4 ways before committing to it

Start with only one or two things, get them working

If you do nothing else with permaculture learn zone thinking

Unreasonable Expectations

Start out with a modest goal (10% of your food)

Be patient, you will get better with time

Forget about being “completely self sufficient”

Make the journey enjoyable, if you are miserable you are doing it wrong

Time

Again think in permaculture zones

Use automation

Perfect a system before adding another

Design in seasonal breaks

Money

Make more, save more, spend less

Become an adept scavenger (craigslist FTW)

Think maximum ROI starting out

Set and stick to a budget

Make some of your hobbies pay for themselves

Staying Motivated (significant results)

Microgreens and baby greens

Aquaponics hacks

Quail and or Chickens

Composting systems

Final Thoughts

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TweetToday on The Survival Podcast I take your questions on white nationalism, real estate, pasture management, aquaponics, gardening, springs, power inverters and more.

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More on how good people can be seduced into things like white nationalism

To sell a property or to become a land lord

Another way to deal with thistles

Benefits and limitations of indoor aquaponics systems

Understanding raised beds and soil depth issues

How a wild fire could cause a spring to dry up, may be

Why Steve Harris and I often recommend inverters in the 400-800 watt range

Another cop that doesn’t believe the law applies equally to him

Chopping and Dropping and Planting Comfrey

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Bullhead Fishing Forum – A new little site I started

How Often Does a Solar Eclipse Occur – see told you so!

Essential Craftsmen YouTuber of the Day

Deputy Smashes into Smart Car at 104MPH

BleedingControl.org

Iowa State Horticultural Society Book from 1906

Whistler 1600 Watt Inverter

Whistler 800 Watt Inverter

I Don’t Like Mondays at SongFacts

I Don’t Like Mondays – Boomtown Rats

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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 farming, first aid, bitcoin, home school, health share programs, wild edibles 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.

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Dealing with thistles – Darby Simpson

A FAK for motorcycle riders – Nurse Amy

From Paper Wallet back to coin base – Brandon Todd

Why tax vouchers are bad news for home school – Mike and Sue Laprise

How health share programs work – John Pugliano

Cooking and using stinging nettles – Nicole Sauce

If “culinary intuition” is a thing, what else is a thing – Jack

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The Illuminatus! Trilogy

Grand Illusion – Styx

Sponsors of the Day

Safecastle Royal

Bob Well Nursery

Websites of the Expert Council Members

CryptoSkim.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

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Nicole Sauce’s nettle recipies.

Presto Nettle Pesto

6 cups nettle

8 large garlic cloves, smashed

1/2 cup toasted pine nuts

1/2 teaspoon salt

Freshly ground pepper

1 1/4 cups extra virgin olive oil

1/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese

Boil nettles in pot of salted water to deactivate the sting. Drain and set aside. Puree all ingredients into a sauce and serve over pasta with a dash of extra parmesan.

Spellbreaking Nettle Soup

¼ bushel fresh nettle tops

1 quart chicken stock

4 peeled and diced potatoes

1 diced onion

4 cloves diced garlic

? cup heavy cream

Salt and Pepper to taste

Boil nettles in a stockpot of salted water to deactivate the sting. Drain. In the same stock pot, combine stock, onion, nettles, garlic and simmer for 60 minutes. (Add water if it boils down too much). Puree the soup and add the cream. Salt and pepper to taste. Serve with a dollop of sour cream and sprig of sage.

TweetToday on The Survival Podcast I take your calls on canning, skills, gardening, fishing, business, water, investing, automation and more.

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Proper use of the Chard/Carey Pressure Canner

Another reason for lost skills, showing vs. teaching by doing

All about transplanting seedlings

Kayak fishing gear and set up

Building a financial planning business

A Berkey water filter success story

What about the “shoe shine boy” warning in crypto

Of radical chaos and automation

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Bullhead Fishing

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iBobber Fish Finder

Fish Grippers

The Unforgiven – Metallica

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Harvest Eating

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Joel Salatin and his family own Polyface Farm in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley. Featured in the iconic foodie book Omnivore’s Dilemma and award-winning film FOOD INC., the farm’s moniker is “healing the land one bite at a time.” A prolific author (12 books to date) and speaker, he promotes local food systems, freedom of food choice, and farming systems that build the commons.

Joel joins us today to discuss his book, “Everything I Want to do Is Illegal” and what he calls, “War Stories from the Local Food Front”, also one of his books.

We will discuss what Joel’s farm produces and how he produces it.  The biggest impediment to the success of small farms and how to balance concerns about food safety with common sense.  What is missing in food choice for consumers today, the issue of “food sovereignty” and more.

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Folks this Ain’t Normal

Everything I Want to do is Illegal

You Can Farm

Your Successful Farm Business

The Shear Ecstasy of Being a Lunatic Farmer

The Marvelous Pigness of Pigs

Polyface Farms

Joel’s Speaking Schedule

Joel’s Article on the USDA Seeing Farm Kids as Cannon Fodder

The Tatiana Show

Masters of War – Tatiana Moroz

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TweetToday we are going to look at the radicalization of America, and I won’t say to both the left and the right, because those connotations are largely irrelevant to the subject of radicalization.

I posted a meme on facebook today, you can see it above, the assertion being that both antifa and the new Nazi movement amount to cockroaches.  There is a lesson to learn from the roach however, when there are but a few they are easily exterminated, yet once they colonize a structure you either have to bomb it or burn it down to get rid of them.

Join Me Today to Discuss….

Why I am even taking a day to discuss this

Why I say these people want mostly the same thing

Total control for their side

Violence to all that oppose them

Both use race as a divisive point

Both are socialists

Neither really understand what they are doing

How this helps the people in power

Divide and conquer – step one, divide

A person is run over, cries go out for what, gun control

But it could all back fire

How this could all get really bad, I mean really really bad

Attacking either side to the exclusion of the other grows both sides

Americans are trained to obey dichotomic rules

As both sides grow the middle becomes weaker and weaker

If either side wins, everyone loses

The best we can hope for

The most likely outcome

The worst possible result

What we should do to be prepared for all of it

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Grandaddy’s Gun Club

Bullhead Fishing Information

I’m Not the Angry Racist they See

“Unite the Right” Organizer Was Occupy Wall St. Activist & Obama Supporter

Black Professor Explains the Difference Between White Supremacists and White Nationalists

My Fear: The Cannibalizing of Libertarians and Progressives by Fanatics Due to Government Ineptitud

Animal Man Survivor – Youtuber of the Day

Get Up, Stand Up – Bob Marley

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TweetToday on The Survival Podcast I take your questions on racism, obedience to technology, alligators, gold, silver, shortages of resources, gardening and more.

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

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My take on Charlottesville and what you need to really consider about our country

The new Unabomber series and what does it say that we obey technology

Of canoes and alligators

Of silver, gold and crypto in Venezuela

What I would do with an old “hay and soy field”

An update on my stance on “unboxing videos”

Is there any use for “sub soil” in large containers

Probably the best article on weight loss ever

Thoughts on storing water safely

Knife sharpening as a side hustle and why side hustles are awesome

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The Year 44

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The Granddaddy’s Gun Club

Bullhead Fishing Forum – A new little site I started

Manhunt Unabomber on Discovery (warning autoplays a promotional video)

Best Article on Weight Loss I have Seen NOTE uses a LOT of “adult language”

Ten Reasons Knife Sharpening is a Good Side Hustle

Clean Your Water Bottles

I’ve Seen a Little – Alan Doyle

Sponsors of the Day

The Berkey Guy

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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 wells, medical issues, cryptocurrency, debt, homeschooling, battery back up, permaculture, marketing 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

Spring development and shallow wells – Ben Falk

Management of leg cramps – Doc Bones

Developing a USB drive into a crypto wallet – Brandon Todd – Detailed Instructions

Dealing with debt and potential bankruptcy – John Pugliano

Mobile homeschooling and special ed needs – Mike and Sue Laprise

Battery bank considerations for a van – Charles Sanville

Becoming a professional permaculture designer – Nick Ferguson

Marketing yourself to an uninformed market – Jack

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Grandaddy’s Gun Club

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Permaculture Landscape Assessment Course

AlboPepper – YouTubber of the Day

Stick it Out -Rush

Sponsors of the Day

Safecastle Royal

Bob Well Nursery

Websites of the Expert Council Members

CryptoSkim.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

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TweetToday on The Survival Podcast I take your calls on real estate, teaching, guns, prepping, investing, earthworks, bugging out, careers, dogs and more.

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Buying a home with an existing farm/enterprise on it

How should teachers prepare for coming shifts in education

The RONI Pistol Conversion and the Copper Scout Rifle Concept

Getting started prepping for 100 bucks

To key line or to swale, that is the question

Bugging out with small children

More on pursuing a career in engineering

More on training dogs in a foreign language

Uses for China-berry wood

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Sub -2000 With Swivel Mount Optics

RONI Pistol Carbine Conversion

MyFordBoy – Youtuber of the Day

I’m Not Gonna Miss You – Glen Campbell

Sponsors of the Day

TSP Business Directory

Harvest Eating

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Originally from Tulsa, Oklahoma, Thecia lived, as a child in various Oklahoma towns and briefly in Venezuela.

She married a military man and moved to Alaska, then Texas, remarried and moved to California before finally returning to northeast Oklahoma.

Thecia has two grown boys and two grandchildren. She now lives with her last husband on forty acres of reclaimed coal pits that were strip mined in the eighties.

Thecia and Tom are now trying to learn the art of homesteading while they are now in their fifties.  Thecia joins us today to discuss starting to homestead later in life and what it is like to be the prepper in the family as a woman.

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The Granddaddy’s Gun Club

Bullhead Fishing Forum – A new little site I started

Ellis Family Farms – YouTube Channel

Kinzies Candle Shop

Almazan Kitchen – YouTube Channel of the Day

Almazan Kitchen – Recipes

Talking Fishing Blues – Woody Guthrie

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JM Bullion

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