The Survival Podcast

Today it’s time for the 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 on The Survival Podcast, the expert council answers questions on problem neighbors, hype in the media, heating, dengue fever, pigs, trees, social media 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… Quote of the day – “The news isn’t there to tell you what happened. It’s there to tell you what it wants you to hear or what it thinks you want to hear.” ~ Joss Whedon Dealing with neighbors that are drug addicts – Steve Wise Can you create under floor heating with a rocket mass heater – Paul Wheaton What is the deal with dengue fever – Old Doc Bones Getting started raising pigs – Darby Simpson Dealing with cut down trees – Ben Falk Growing a facebook page in 2020 – Jack   Resources for today’s show… Join the Members Brigade Join Our Forum Walking To Freedom TspAz.com – support TSP when you shop on Online TSP Android App TSP iPhone App Episode on CPS that I Mentioned Today Josh’s DIY Facebook Group Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) – Sly and the Family Stone   Websites of the Expert Council Members Home Made Wonderlust Affordable DC Generators Hack My Solar MT Knives Living Free in Tennessee A Bee Friendly Company Investable Wealth Permies.com The Simple Life Now GeoffLawton.com DarbySimpson.com Whole Systems Design Doom and Bloom HaloBySue.com HackMySolar   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. Join the MSB Today Want Every Episode of TSP Ever Produced? Remember in addition to discounts to over 40 vendors who supply stuff you are likely buying anyway, tons of free ebooks and video content, MSB Members also get every edition of The Survival Podcast ever produced in convenient zip files in blocks of 24. More info on the MSB can be found here.

Click the image to see how the seed fight ends! Alright folks I am back but I also have a buddy helping me with some dirt work today, which you will hear about in this episode by the way so I am going to do a pretty short and simple first show of 2020.  I want to talk to you about some things I have figured out for the growing season this year, the seed starting system that is working GREAT with the new Barina Lights and some of the plants I will be growing and even some pepper breeding I have planned. Join Me Today to Discuss…. We are filling the garden beds from the Nov. TSP Workshop project The new Barina Lights have passed with flying colors and some stuff I have learned about hydro Video of my seed starting system Write up on Barina Lights EC Meter I am Using Thoughts on “pepper breeding” and how to do it – Link to a Video About it Here I am going to be trialing row covers in the new garden – These are the ones, lots of options. Here are 12 things I will be growing this year Italian Dark Green Parsley – Link Tall Trailing Nasturtium – Link Peppers and Crosses Cubanelle Sweet Fryer Pepper- Link Marconi Rosso Italian Pepper- Link Tam Jalapeño Pepper – Link Ancho Poblano Pepper – Link “One Cut” – Lettuces Salanova – Link Eazy Leaf Lettuce – Link Red Veined Sorrel – Link Spring Tower Celtuce – Link Wasabi Argula – Link Wrinkled Crinkled Cress – Link Central Red Mizuna – Link   Resources for today’s show… Join the Members Brigade Join Our Forum Walking To Freedom TspAz.com – support TSP when you shop on Online TSP Android App TSP iPhone App EC Meter Mentioned Today Better Days – Goo Goo Dolls   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. Join the MSB Today Want Every Episode of TSP Ever Produced? Remember in addition to discounts to over 40 vendors who supply stuff you are likely buying anyway, tons of free ebooks and video content, MSB Members also get every edition of The Survival Podcast ever produced in convenient zip files in blocks of 24. More info on the MSB can be found here.

Today is an episode of TSP Rewind, commercial free versions of past podcast episodes. Today’s episode was originally Episode-1195- Ben Falk on The Resilient Farm and Homestead and was originally published on August 27th, 2013 The following are the original show notes from that episode.. Ben Falk of WholeSystemsDesign.com Ben developed Whole Systems Design, LLC as a land-based response to biological and cultural extinction and the increasing separation between people and elemental things. Life as a designer, builder, ecologist, tree-tender, and backcountry traveler continually informs Ben’s integrative approach to developing landscapes and buildings. His home landscape and the WSD studio site in Vermont’s Mad River Valley serve as a proving ground for the regenerative land developments featured in the projects of Whole Systems Design. Ben has studied architecture and landscape architecture at the graduate level and holds a master’s degree in land-use planning and design. He has conducted nearly 200 site development consultations across New England and facilitated dozens of courses on permaculture design, property selection, microclimate design, and design for climate change. Today he joins us to discuss his new book “The Resilient Farm and Homestead” along with subjects like wood heat, property evaluation, integrating grazing animals with perennials, permaculture design course, drought and flood proofing, cold climate strategies, ponds and swales. Resources for today’s show… Follow Life With Jack on Instagram TSP Facebook Group Join the Members Brigade Join Our Forum TspAz.com   Ben’s Links WholeSystemsDesign.com The Resilient Farm and Homestead (Ben’s Book) News Article on Ben’s Rice Growing Opperation More on Ben’s Rice Growing Sytems Info on the Whole Systems Design PDC Whole Systems Design on Facebook Whole Systems Design on Twitter Whole Systems Design on YouTube   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.  

Today is an episode of TSP Rewind, commercial free versions of past podcast episodes. Today’s episode was originally Episode-907- Geoff Lawton on the Future of Permaculture and was originally published on May 23, 2012. The following are the original show notes from that episode.. Geoff Lawton – Managing Director of PRI Australia Since 1985, Geoff Lawton has undertaken 1,000’s of jobs consulting, designing, teaching and implementing in seventeen different countries around the world. Clients have included private individuals, groups, communities, governments, aid organizations, non government organizations and multinational companies. In October 1997 Bill Mollison, upon his retirement, asked Geoff to establish and direct a new Permaculture Research Institute on the 147 acre Tagari Farm previously developed by Bill. Geoff Lawton developed the site over three years and established The Permaculture Research Institute as a registered charity and global Networking centre for Permaculture projects. Geoff Lawton is the managing director of The Permaculture Research Institute. Geoff joins us on TSP today to discuss the future of Permaculture along with many other cool aspects of permaculture, earth works, unusual plantings, temperate climate exchanges for common tropical plantings, common sense environmentalism and how we can help the Permaculture Institute in its mission to create solutions to many of the worlds most insidious problems. Links Geoff Provided on the Plants He Mentioned Austrian Hulless Pumpkin http://www.koanga.org.nz/shop/seeds/austrian-hulless-pumpkin Ethiopian Cabbage http://permaculture.org.au/2010/07/27/permacooking/ Salad Mallow http://permaculture.org.au/2009/05/06/permaculture-main-crops-of-special-importance-salad-mallow/ And Chia http://permaculture.org.au/2009/04/06/chia-crop-potential-and-uses/   Resources for today’s show… Follow Life With Jack on Instagram TSP Facebook Group Join the Members Brigade Join Our Forum TspAz.com The Permaculture Research Institute of Australia One source of Austrian Hulless Pumpkin Seeds I found – (Steria is an region in Austria) Geoff’s Article on Salad Mallow Source in the UK I Found for Salad Mallow Seed (yep they ship to the US, note I misspoke in the episode shipping was CHEAP, the seeds were expensive partly due to the dollar’s weakness to the Euro) You’re Gonna Miss This – Trace Atkins   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. Join the MSB Today Want Every Episode of TSP Ever Produced? Remember in addition to discounts to over 40 vendors who supply stuff you are likely buying anyway, tons of free ebooks and video content, MSB Members also get every edition of The Survival Podcast ever produced in convenient zip files in blocks of 24. More info on the MSB can be found here. 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 and you might hear yourself on the air.

Most of today’s show is a recreation of 2008’s Christmas special. Today we pause and take a moment to reflect on Christmas and how it has become the Holiday we celebrate today. Many American’s have no idea just how Christmas became unique here in America, the role it played in bringing our nation together after two wars of independence and the civil war. Christmas is special and a time to pause and reflect. Christmas is indeed a special time of year, today I will cover many aspects of it that may make this Christmas just a bit more special. There is also a full text transcription on of the non commercial portion of today’s show in the show notes below. Tune in today to hear about… Christmas was banned in England at one time and even parts of America Early Americans didn’t really celebrate Christmas, (congress was in session on Dec 25th, 1789) In the early 1800s Christmas was a rowdy holiday spurred by class conflict, turmoil and unemployment In 1819, best-selling author Washington Irving wrote The Sketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon bringing us many “ancient customs”, he simply invented Leading up to the Civil War, Christmas was a “southern holiday” and Thanksgiving a “northern holiday” How Christmas and Thanksgiving together helped to heal a young America Today is a time to pause, reflect and just be, prepping, planning and stress will all wait patiently for you Different ending music for today’s show! The most beautiful version of Oh Holly Night I have ever heard, just pause, listen and realize what really matters while it plays.   Resources for today’s show… Written Transcript of the Original Christmas Show (right click and save as for best results) Video I Made Using the Song By Martina McBride “O Holy Night” (song from the end of today’s show on Youtube)  

Today it’s time for the 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 on The Survival Podcast, the expert council answers questions on chicken tractors, stratifying seeds, calorie crops, business, economics, dealing with cops, mead making 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… Quote of the day – “You can’t wait for inspiration.  You have to go after it with a club.” ~ Jack London The right chicken tractor for a female with a kiddo on her back – Darby Simpson A fun season’s greetings from Nicole Sauce Stratifying seeds and calorie crops – Ben Falk Managing business inventory and the financial crisis de jure – John Pugliano Dealing with a police officer lying and why they say they lie – Steve Wise Making an annual special Christmas mead – Michael Jordan Would a CSA Model or a Co-Op work better for the hydro farm I laid out on Tuesday – Jack   Resources for today’s show… Join the Members Brigade Join Our Forum Walking To Freedom TspAz.com – support TSP when you shop on Online TSP Android App TSP iPhone App Christmas Eve / Sarajevo – Trans-Siberian Orchestra   Websites of the Expert Council Members Home Made Wonderlust Affordable DC Generators Hack My Solar MT Knives Living Free in Tennessee A Bee Friendly Company Investable Wealth Permies.com The Simple Life Now GeoffLawton.com DarbySimpson.com Whole Systems Design Doom and Bloom HaloBySue.com HackMySolar   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. Join the MSB Today Want Every Episode of TSP Ever Produced? Remember in addition to discounts to over 40 vendors who supply stuff you are likely buying anyway, tons of free ebooks and video content, MSB Members also get every edition of The Survival Podcast ever produced in convenient zip files in blocks of 24. More info on the MSB can be found here.

Today it’s time for the 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 on The Survival Podcast, the expert council answers questions on elder care, police check points, cars, meat packing, dogs, FSA funds, the impeachment 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… Quote of the day – “If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.” ~ George Washington Thoughts on being prepared for elder care as we age, especially if you have no children to see to your needs – Gary Collins How to handle check points – Steve Wise To rebuild or replace a transmission – Derek Bonpietro Packing pastured meat for retail sales – Darby Simpson Dealing with an aggressive small dog – Doc Kelly Using up FSA funds before the end of the tax year – Doc Bones Why would Pelosi hold the article of impeachment  instead of sending them to the senate – Jack   Resources for today’s show… Join the Members Brigade Join Our Forum Walking To Freedom TspAz.com – support TSP when you shop on Online TSP Android App TSP iPhone App Where My Christmas Lives – 3 Doors Down   Websites of the Expert Council Members Home Made Wonderlust Affordable DC Generators Hack My Solar MT Knives Living Free in Tennessee Old Grouch Military Surplus Steven1234.com A Bee Friendly Company Investable Wealth Permies.com The Simple Life Now GeoffLawton.com DarbySimpson.com Whole Systems Design Doom and Bloom HaloBySue.com HackMySolar   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. Join the MSB Today Want Every Episode of TSP Ever Produced? Remember in addition to discounts to over 40 vendors who supply stuff you are likely buying anyway, tons of free ebooks and video content, MSB Members also get every edition of The Survival Podcast ever produced in convenient zip files in blocks of 24. More info on the MSB can be found here.

+ John Pugliano is the host of the popular investment podcast, the Wealthsteading Podcast, and is the founder and money manager at Investable Wealth, LLC. He has spent over 30 years studying and applying the habits of financially independent middle-class Americans. His circuitous path to success included serving in the military as both enlisted and officer; a corporate career in sales; and finally a late blooming entrepreneur. John has an M.S. in Systems Management from the University of Southern California and a B.S. in Environmental Science & Engineering from Penn State. John and his wife Cheryl live in Utah and are the parents of six children. John practices what he preaches. He believes in first being a disciplined saver, getting your preps in order, and then investing in the stock market. John is a long time TSP listener, he’s a lifetime MSB member and of course a member of our Expert Council. John joins us today to discuss the coming wave of automation, how to prepare for it and more importantly how to capitalize on it. Resources for today’s show… Join the Members Brigade Join Our Forum Walking To Freedom TSP Gear TspAz.com – support TSP when you shop on Online The Robots are Coming by John Pugliano Christmas Island – Train   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. Join the MSB Today Want Every Episode of TSP Ever Produced? Remember in addition to discounts to over 40 vendors who supply stuff you are likely buying anyway, tons of free ebooks and video content, MSB Members also get every edition of The Survival Podcast ever produced in convenient zip files in blocks of 24. More info on the MSB can be found here.

Let me start out with a disclaimer.  I am very new to hydroponics and I am not laying this out today as a cut and paste template.  Additionally there are already hundreds of highly successful hydroponic farms out there form 1,000 square feet to 10s of acres.  Some of them are highly efficient to the point of not much more can be leaned out.  It is a business and a highly predictable one compared to many other forms of farming.  So some of what I say today may be totally wrong. It is a thought experiment I have been running though based on a few concepts.  First that when it comes to farming growing is not as critical as marketing and sales, specifically at small scale and non storable commodity crops.  I have no doubt I could set up a system that produces 100 or 1000 heads of lettuce a day, but it if doesn’t sell, what do you have. The next concept is that local food is a huge movement right now.  So many “farm to table” restaurants and stores have popped up.  Yet having visited many of them I can tell you there is a LOT of room in this space.  A typical meal with 5-10 ingredients will be lucky to be 50% truly locally produced. The next concept is that restaurants are very good at forecasting need.  When we had restaurants for our duck egg business, one store took 20 dozen a week, every week for two years.  We loved them and they loved us.  Due to this need though many restaurants use big companies.  They have catalogs and you want 8 pounds of arugula every Tuesday, tick a box and it shows up.  Yet what if we took that concept to local year round production? Then how much expense can we learn out, how much premium can we charge our customer and justifiably so?  I would much rather increase my revenue by 25% via charging my customers more then producing 25% more product.  There will be major holes in the concept I lay out today, but it will be a fun thought experiment.  It also may lead some of you down the road to running a farm based business.  Perhaps hydro, perhaps aquaponic, may be typical market gardening.  The over all concepts here are designed mostly around getting customers, making them feel special and doing for them what they didn’t realize can be done.  Trust me that works in any business. Join Me Today to Discuss… Why I am considering hydroponics for this concept Honestly it is my current obsession Tailored to year round consistent production Can be climate independent Modular expansion on demand Ideal for short duration crops With Kratky it can be almost zero energy input What I would consider doing for production in my climate Greenhouse based, shade in summer, sun in winter, minimal supplemental heat Most crops done with Kratky shallow flat beds – zero energy inputs Trail hundreds of varieties of crops, build a catalog on what works, include seasonal variations Get absolute rock solid cost of goods sold numbers, time to market form sowing, etc. The marketing and sales presentation Catalog of produce would be 15-30 items (again seasonal variations) One grow bed/section would be designated the marketing production bed A chef would be given a full assortment of produce as a sample Full professional sales presentation including the value add sales material for them to use Chefs could select exactly what they want with know costs and delivery for a full season They would get a designated space (added when they sign) for their production Its all just an idea but one that could scale easily and apply to other markets, products and methods   Resources for today’s show… Follow Life With Jack on Instagram TSP Facebook Group Join the Members Brigade Join Our Forum Walking To Freedom TspAz.com Christmas for Cowboys – John Denver   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 hel[...]

Today on The Survival Podcast I answer your questions on cast iron cookware, Virginia’s gun issues, cider making, vacuum sealing, trade, safes, higher education, guns, gardens 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… Quote of the day – “He’s the best physician that knows the worthlessness of most medicines” ~ Ben Franklin Dealing with cast iron cookware that was treated with gun oil The lessons being learned from the Virginia 2A show down Can you make hard lemonade the way you make hard cider, here is why you won’t like the result Two hacks to vac seal “wet” foods, for sous vide or just for other reasons What’s up with the China trade deal, is it real or vaporware How to select a good floor safe Another university is laying off staff and downsizing, it’s coming, I am telling you it is coming Dealing with a gun you sold long ago and today you have no idea who has it or where it is Mulching raised beds that are “too full”   Resources for today’s show… Follow Life With Jack on Instagram TSP Facebook Group Join the Members Brigade Join Our Forum Walking To Freedom TspAz.com Another One Bites the Dust, Bethel University to Downsize Trump Halts New Tariffs on China The Season is Upon Us – Dropkick Murphys   Sponsors of the Day Ready Made Resources Western Botanicals   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. Join the MSB Today Want Every Episode of TSP Ever Produced? Remember in addition to discounts to over 40 vendors who supply stuff you are likely buying anyway, tons of free ebooks and video content, MSB Members also get every edition of The Survival Podcast ever produced in convenient zip files in blocks of 24. More info on the MSB can be found here.

Today its Friday so it’s time for the 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 on The Survival Podcast, the expert council answers questions on ulnar tunnel, 80% AR gun builds, gardening, ecommerce, concealed carry, home school, bureaucracy 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… Quote of the day – “I can easily teach people to be gardeners, and from them, once they know how to garden, you’ll get a philosopher.” Bill Mollison Dealing with the condition known as carpal or ulnar tunnel syndrome – Doc Bones 80% AR lower firearm builds – J.R. Haley Getting ready during winter for spring gardening – Geoff Lawton Digital product delivery from Send Owl – Nicole Sauce Best procedures for CCW during a traffic stop – Steve Wise How the hell do you “get it all done” as a home school family – Mike and Sue Laprise A new lighting option for starting your seedlings – Jack   Resources for today’s show… Join the Members Brigade Join Our Forum Walking To Freedom TspAz.com – support TSP when you shop on Online TSP Android App TSP iPhone App The Wild and the Young – Quiet Riot   Websites of the Expert Council Members Home Made Wonderlust Affordable DC Generators Hack My Solar MT Knives Living Free in Tennessee Harvest Eating Old Grouch Military Surplus Steven1234.com A Bee Friendly Company Investable Wealth Permies.com The Simple Life Now GeoffLawton.com DarbySimpson.com Whole Systems Design Doom and Bloom HaloBySue.com HackMySolar   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. Join the MSB Today Want Every Episode of TSP Ever Produced? Remember in addition to discounts to over 40 vendors who supply stuff you are likely buying anyway, tons of free ebooks and video content, MSB Members also get every edition of The Survival Podcast ever produced in convenient zip files in blocks of 24. More info on the MSB can be found here.

Today on The Survival Podcast, I take your calls on cooking, gardening, gray water, hydroponics, pests, podcasting, smart phones, trees, quail, farming, politics 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 Our Experts Discuss… Quote of the Day – “Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing the right things”. ~ Peter Drucker More on sous vide and turkeys for the holidays Thoughts on simple gray water systems for the garden Dealing with misquotes in aquaponics or hydroponics An interview I did with Joshua Sheats you may want to check out If I was buying a smart phone today for the first time, what would I get Deciding on tree varieties for a specific climate or region Building quail caging from IBC cage material Thoughts on loans for “start up capital” and drawing a salary during a start up A look at the concept of “oath keeping” and an organization that fell from grace   Resources for today’s show… Join the Members Brigade Join Our Forum Walking To Freedom TspAz.com – support TSP when you shop on Online Kratky Hydroponics Explained More on Kratky Hydroponics TSP Android App TSP iPhone App My First Interview with Joshua Sheats on Modern Survivalism and Permaculture My Recent Interview with Joshua Sheats about Keto BT Bits for Mosquito Control Presentation on Kratky Hydro by Dr. Kratky Himself Paradise Lot Sous Vide Turkey Video World – Five for Fighting   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. Join the MSB Today Want Every Episode of TSP Ever Produced? Remember in addition to discounts to over 40 vendors who supply stuff you are likely buying anyway, tons of free ebooks and video content, MSB Members also get every edition of The Survival Podcast ever produced in convenient zip files in blocks of 24. More info on the MSB can be found here.

So today’s guest had to cancel due to an illness.  So I was left with no topic, no guest and well potentially no show.  Rather then gin up a last minute topic I decided to talk about a bunch of stuff.  I even made a post in the TSP Facebook Forum to get some ideas.  We came up with a topic list and Nicole Sauce offered to join me for a discussion on it. Join Nicole and I Today to Discuss… Turns out the pepino melon from yesterday is a perennial and propagates from cuttings What are my Spirkodamas and Saucadamas predictions for 2020 Home defense beyond firearms How to lower your GAFF (give a F factor) Thoughts on the coming tax season and reducing theft by Ira Ramone Sancia Hording copper pennies, is there any real ROI in it Gifts that encourage the preparedness mindset What are the biggest failures in regard to preparedness Business ideas and up and coming niches   Resources for today’s show… Follow Life With Jack on Instagram TSP Facebook Group Join the Members Brigade Join Our Forum Walking To Freedom TspAz.com Lives in the Balance – Jackson Browne   My Favorite Spread Prepping Gifts Etekcity Lanterns Gerber EAB Nebo Larry Light Streamlight (Regular, Micro, Rechargable) Gerber Dime Multitool French Press Forlife Tea Infuser Sous Vide Cooker by Anova Anker Battery Pack Anker USB Car Charger AA/AAA Battery Charger the one I own Amazon Basics AAA and AA Recharagable Batteries Amazon Basics Charger (scroll down and look for the one that does four batteries and sells for 16.49)   Sponsors of the Day Free State Project (FSP.org/join) 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. Join the MSB Today Want Every Episode of TSP Ever Produced? Remember in addition to discounts to over 40 vendors who supply stuff you are likely buying anyway, tons of free ebooks and video content, MSB Members also get every edition of The Survival Podcast ever produced in convenient zip files in blocks of 24. More info on the MSB can be found here.

Well the dang Baker Creek catalog showed up and I got sucked in.  As I paged though it thinking about all the new grow space I will have in the coming season I started dog-earing pages.  As I did so I thought hell, why not a show on some cool stuff to grow from the Rare Seeds catalog this year? Some of this stuff is hard to find anywhere but Baker Creek, some you can find at many other places.  Remember we need lots of small seed companies in business to keep the diversity so even though I am focusing on Baker Creek today, spread your business around. Baker just does an amazing job of finding stuff from all around the world and bringing it to home gardeners and market growers and their fricken catalog is a dag gone coffee table picture book that sucks you right in.  So join me today for thirty, yep thirty new or unusual options for your 2020 garden.  Note that many of these items I have not yet grown, quite a few I have. I will try to be clear about that as I go though this extensive list today. Quote of the Day – No occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the earth, & no culture comparable to that of the garden. – Thomas Jefferson. Seeds to Consider Growing in 2020 Chinese Multicolor Spinach – Link Python Snake Bean – Link Japanese Winged Bean – Link Chinese Red Noodle Bean – Link Yod Fah Chinese Broccoli/Kale – Link Chinese Pink Celery – Link Mouse Melons – Link China Jade Cucumber – Link Ping Tung Eggplant – Link Nagaski Long Eggplant – Link Pepino Melon – Link Dwarf Tamarillo – Link Zucca Melon Giant Gourd – Link Purple Lady Bok Choy – Link Beni Houshi Mizuna – Link Italiko Rosso Dandelion (actually a chicory) – Link Aurora Mixed Orach – Link Walking Stick Kale – Link Green Mountain Winter Celtuce – Link White Okinawan Bitter Melon – Link Jing Orange Okra – Link Green Beauty Pea – Link Sugar Rush Hot Pepper – Peach – Red Murasaki Purple Pepper – Link Red Malabar Spinach – Link Perpetual Spinach (a type of chard) – Link Agastache Texas Hummingbird Mint – Link Lettuce Leaf Basil – Link Kiwi Blue Honeywort – Link Orchid Cream Nasturtium – Link   Resources for today’s show… Follow Life With Jack on Instagram TSP Facebook Group Join the Members Brigade Join Our Forum TspAz.com Pages – Three Doors Down   Sponsors of the Day Safecastle Royal The Berkey Guy   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. Join the MSB Today Want Every Episode of TSP Ever Produced? Remember in addition to discounts to over 40 vendors who supply stuff you are likely buying anyway, tons of free ebooks and video content, MSB Members also get every edition of The Survival Podcast ever produced in convenient zip files in blocks of 24. More info on the MSB can be found here.

Today on The Survival Podcast I answer your questions on history, impeachment, cooking, composting, gardening, cold frames, education, social media, zero waste 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… Quote of the day – “There is nothing new in the world except the history you do not know” Why the Trump Impeachment means nothing but even the right is trying to convince you otherwise Some unconsidered components to the care or carbon steel pans What to do with compostables in freezing climates in winter time Multiple cold frames or one big greenhouse, which is right for you How realistic is it that Youtube is the future of real education, what are the limits Thoughts on “the story of stuff” and the zero waste concept   Resources for today’s show… Follow Life With Jack on Instagram TSP Facebook Group Join the Members Brigade Join Our Forum Walking To Freedom TspAz.com Doctors are Learning Surgery Techniques on YouTube The Story of Stuff Video The Story of Stuff Book 3 Warning Shots – Rick Springfield   Sponsors of the Day Butcher Box Backwoods Home   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. Join the MSB Today Want Every Episode of TSP Ever Produced? Remember in addition to discounts to over 40 vendors who supply stuff you are likely buying anyway, tons of free ebooks and video content, MSB Members also get every edition of The Survival Podcast ever produced in convenient zip files in blocks of 24. More info on the MSB can be found here.