Unexpected Consequences of Food Inflation
This podcast was recorded in the car and there was more road noise than I wanted, but these are some important thoughts, please bear with me. Lets talk about how rising food prices can lead to reduced...
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Homestead Experience – Fall Edition – 3 Weeks Away!
Come join us for a day of learning about homesteading and farming! Event Schedule Friday Night The event on-site camping at the farm (spaces limited) on Friday night. Schedule | Friday 5:00 – Check In...
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Winter Garden is Growing
There are lots of great crops to grow in the winter. The best part is that there is much less weeding in the winter! Cover crops thriving Cover crops improving the soil for us Daikon radish are...
View ArticleDo You Want to Go Camping but Don’t Know How?
Camping is a great way to get outdoors and take a break from the digital clutter. Consider a digital detox and reap the benefits. I want to help you achieve that goal of taking your family camping....
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Do We Need Creativity in the Engineering Process?
Yes, the answer is yes. Join me as I give you an inside look into my creative process as a mechanical engineer / industrial designer in a New Product Development (NPD group). Click to listen
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Starting Our Journey – Developing Our CERT Emergency Communications Plan
Click on the play button to listen Our local CERT team is working on a communications plan to cover 2 very different situations: deployed in an emergency not deployed, most likely in a longer term...
View ArticleNext Step – Getting Ready for Brainwriting – CERT Emergency Communications Plan
The next step in developing our CERT Emergency Communications plan is the brainwriting challenge for team members. Let us talk about brainwriting and how to do it Challenge Question How do we create a...
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Brainstorming! – CERT Emergency Communications Plan
We gathered as group at the training room in the local fire station. This was great venue with whiteboards and plenty of room to spread out. Great team contributions Introduction Participants –...
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Brainstorming Results – CERT Emergency Communications Plan
Here are the ideas that we generated. There are over 140 ideas. Hopefully these give you a head start on developing your plan. IdeaBucketWork with local AM / FM stations to get message out. (Highly...
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Freeze Dryer Breaks Down During Harvest!
Why You Need a Spare Parts Kit and Lots of Trays Freeze drying is a great way to preserve food. It is much easier than pressure canning while preserving more of the food value. A pressure canner is...
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Make Your Own Chicken Feed
One great way to save money, it is not that difficult Last year we started mixing our own chicken food. The journey towards making our own food started with researching how others make their own DIY...
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Ivermectin – How Safe is It Really?
Should you take it? Or run away? Ivermectin Toxic or Not? Here is some great info that you may not see too many places. Do some research and then you make the decision for yourself. Chris Maretenson...
View ArticleHike and Talk #2 – How NOT Talking Politics and Religion Leads to Economic Ruin
Lets talk about how self-censorship and censorship in general drives societal failure. I am walking from the cypress swamp back to the Family Camping area while making this podcast. Walk with me and...
View ArticleMillpond State Park, NC – Tour of the Family Camping Area
Lets walk through and take a look at every campsite in the Family Camping area. If you are trying to figure out which site to select. This might be a good start. I also take you down the connector...
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Improve Your Food Security
Lets take a few minutes and talk about how to improve your food security and your food supply foot print. You don’t have to be completely reliant upon the grocery store. Lets talk about some ways to...
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Making Horseradish
My wife and I have this love / hate relationship dynamic with horseradish. We only eat a small amount of it, but we have several family members and friends that really like it. We mostly use it in...
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Shopping List – Main Items that you need to preserve food
Why – Cost of Food is Increasing, Availability is Decreasing https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-12-10/price-shock-at-the-meat-counter-worsens-u-s-inflation-jitters – as an example beef is up...
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Covering the HugelKultur Mound
Let’s start off with what is a Hugelkultur mound. Here is a great video that explains Hugelkultur Our First Hugelkultur Mound Hugelkultur mound in the garden at our house We built our first...
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