So it seems crazy but we have been on our new homestead about a year at this point. In that time we lost our friend Blackie and gained an incredible new one “Charlie Daniels Spirko“. We ran our first ever internship program and were so lucky to have chosen Josiah Wallingford as our intern who has become part of the family.
As to our property for our first year we focused mostly on infrastructure design. Right now we have over 100 fruit and nut trees in damp sand waiting for our April planting workshop with a hundreds more on order. When you look at the property now it doesn’t yet have the hundreds of varieties of plantings and frankly it is still winter so a lot of stuff is still brown, but when we really took it in, the first year was quite incredible.
We decided to document the entire property for you guys. Likely it is a good thing we did so because in a year or two I don’t know that anyone will ever believe how this property started out without seeing it for themselves. I am providing this video which is over an hour and 20 minutes in full 1080i HD in place of a show today.
Ill be in California until Tuesday so there won’t be any episodes officially until Wednesday next week but I will be uploading some raw audio and video from California and will try to put something new up every day for your guys.
Today is sort of kind of a permaculture episode, but not necessarily one. I think we have a lot of people in the audience that want more food production but do not necessarily really care about “permaculture” as a concept unto itself. I think this show will make both camps pretty happy.
The truth is we have lost a lot of knowledge about growing fruits and nuts in our nation. We have equated trees with large giant things you could never reach the top of. We see trees as things to climb, hand ropes from and build a fort in.
Due to this many seem to feel a large variety of productive trees could never exist on a small piece of land, such as the average 1/10th – 1/5th acre yards most suburban homes have. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Today I will discuss the basics of setting up an intensive perennial system based on mostly trees, bushes, shrubs and vines. How to get multiple yields across a full season, keep the work load minimal and even tell you about some species you have likely never heard of.
Join Me Today to Discuss…
How fruit was grown at “Manor Houses” in England
How trees really “work” and why you can treat a tree like a shrub
The importance of balancing top to root structure
Why you should “thin” fruit at times
The importance of heavy mulch
Cultivation of mushrooms
The role of shrubs, vines, bushes
Why I have changed my view of multi-graft trees to positive
Oikos Tree Crops – Some things they have I have never even seen anywhere else, I learned of them from Dave Jacke
Raintree Nursery – A great source of unique plants and great info on them. Their catalog should be sold as a book it is that informative.
Dwarf Mulberry – This link is for information more than a recommended place to buy, you can find better prices and I don’t really know about this company yet.
Producing Mulberry From Cuttings – Really easy to do, this is a video. If you just want to see the technique jump to about 2 minutes and 20 seconds. And yea it is this easy!
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Today on the Survival Podcast I take your comments, questions and thoughts on survival scenarios, AGW, the use of words, minarchism, anarchism, permaculture and small property self sufficiency.
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.
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Winners of the CO2 Contest and How Little Annual CO2 Humans Produce
The first round of TSP Conflicted Mondays
What the next week will be like at TSP while I am at Permaculture Voices
Now I get it, some people think “agenda” = “hidden agenda”, really? Yep!
What is the difference between minarchist and anarchist
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Today on The Survival Podcast I take your calls on war, fodder, bees, battery back up, cooking, fermentation, permaculture, small business, bentonite, education, concrete buildings and more. We also hear from expert council members Steven Harris, Ben Falk, Michael Jordan and Darby Simpson.
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. I can’t put all calls on the air but I do my best to get many of them on.
Join Me Today As I Respond to Your Calls and Discuss…
Will our foreign wars ever “end”
Questions on the dead simple fodder system
All about bees, allergies, getting stung and more
The sad death of great batteries
More uses for okra – follow up from Monday
Tasty adult beverages from maple sap, yes, fuel no
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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All registered attendees should have our document which must be brought with you in full, all pages initialed and signed. You should also read it, not just skim it as it prevents a lot of problems with our gates, animals and property if read.
Next in that document there are instructions to join a Yahoo Email list, you should JOIN THIS LIST. I have found often my attempts to directly email people about things like “workshops” and “hotels” among other words will often end up filtered as SPAM. Joining this list is the BEST WAY TO INSURE THAT YOU GET ALL IMPORTANT UPDATES AND CHANGES.
I do not know why for the life of me some seem so opposed to Yahoo Groups email lists, it is frankly maddening. You DON’T need a Yahoo account, the document has instructions to just send an email to subscribe and one to unsubscribe if you want off after the event. This list is also an “insiders list” of people who have been to an event only.
To be BLUNT I do send emails to all individuals to make sure I get info out on group hotels and other updates, BUT if you refuse to get on the group list I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE if you don’t get something deemed important. For instance for those of you staying at hotels this one is going to be complex, there is a major NASCAR race and some other big event in town, rooms are more expensive and harder for us to come by.
I feel many will want to double up on rooms, etc. The list is where you can do that with others, or set up airport ride shares etc. I provide this list so that can be done and so students can talk to each other before and after events. Again if you don’t use the list and you don’t get important information, all I can say is I tried. LOL.
If you are signed up and have not gotten your document, email me asap about that.
I try to focus on the solutions here 99% of the time, vs. the problems. The issue though is many listeners are often frustrated by my comments like “politics no longer matter especially at the federal level.
They feel if everyone felt that way there would be no checks left on the system. To a degree they have a point, I will acknowledge this today and tell you why it still doesn’t matter.
Still others are frustrated by those they love and care about who are not willing to “wake up” and simply become just a little bit self reliant. They simply have done so themselves, they know how great it feels and they can’t understand why others will not take at least that first step. It becomes very hard to understand why so many continue to exist as dumbed down cogs in the system and can’t even fix say their own flat tire.
The truth? We are a nation of slaves! We are slaves to…
Exceptionalism Ideology
Debt
Taxes
Class Structures
Racial Bias
And Above All Fear
We are a nation of slaves, slaves that have built our own prison walls, our own cells and slaves that even manage our own “work release” programs. We are slaves who not only have forged and crafted our own chains, we actually are proud of them and polish their shackles to a high shine.
This sounds insane but there are two reasons I felt it was time to do this show.
You will never achieve your freedom unless you first acknowledge your slavery
You will never understand why many cling to ignorance until you understand that they currently fear freedom
What I am saying really is that even though we are delving into the “problem” today we are actually still focused on the solution. Hold on and strap in this won’t be a feel good episode but in the end it still might make you feel good, I mean freedom feels good.
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.
Also remember we have an expert council you can address your calls to. If you do this you should email me right after your call at jack at thesurvivalpodcast.com with expert council call in the subject line. In the body of your email tell me that you just called in a question for the council and what number you called in from. I will then give the call priority when I screen calls.
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Due to a scheduling snafu I had to record today’s show pretty late in the day, in fact I am about to start recording it now. It will be late when it comes out but a good kick in the ass, old school style TSP episode. Stay tuned.
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 back country 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. For more, see Ben’s recent TEDx talk.
Today Ben Joins Jack Cold weather home building and design:
Heating a home on few cords or less, including hot water
Making a home that is fully functional when the grid is down
Buidling-site integration to optimize a permaculture home
Wood processing and burning, effectively and efficiently
The many myths around drying and heating with wood
How important is passive solar depending on climate type
What are the most important features of Ben’s home
Gravity fed water sources if you don’t have a high spring or pond
The most common mistakes made when heating with wood
The biggest lessons Ben’s learned learned living for 10 years in USDA zone 4
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.
Also remember we have an expert council you can address your calls to. If you do this you should email me right after your call at jack at thesurvivalpodcast.com with expert council call in the subject line. In the body of your email tell me that you just called in a question for the council and what number you called in from. I will then give the call priority when I screen calls.
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High Mowing is one of my favorite places to buy seeds and I place an order with them every year. In fact I have been a customer of High Mowing for a very long time, before they became part of the MSB, frankly before I even started The Survival Podcast.
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Today on the Survival Podcast I take your comments, questions and thoughts on permaculture, media, venomous snakes, education, liberty, freedom 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 Emails On
What is the real deal with permaculture zones
Thoughts on the BBC series Tudor Monastery Farm
Some encouraging things on the PermaEthos front
Dealing with venomous snake bites
Why government is afraid of liberty and why that is good
Why preppers are often so receptive to yellow journalism
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.
Also remember we have an expert council you can address your calls to. If you do this you should email me right after your call at jack at thesurvivalpodcast.com with expert council call in the subject line. In the body of your email tell me that you just called in a question for the council and what number you called in from. I will then give the call priority when I screen calls.
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