Ryan Garner grew up in rural eastern Washington near the Idaho border. After graduating high school and quitting college he worked a series of odd jobs until starting a career as an Assistant Facility Manager for a conference center/summer camp then worked his way into the Facility Manager position for the facility.
This summer he resigned to pursue his dream of starting a contracting company, doing remodels and new construction. When he isn’t helping around the house with his three kids, Ryan spends time researching building science, new technologies in construction, reviewing tools and construction related products, building up preps and trying to build a life that is more resilient and regenerative.
His goal is to eventually build his own homestead and spread knowledge on new, efficient and restorative construction techniques to better serve his clients and his community more broadly.
Ryan joins us today to discuss building science for your homestead. How we can use building science and new building techniques and products to make our homes more efficient, durable and comfortable.
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Pricing Alert – This item kept popping on my price notifications at 12 bucks where it is a steal and a great stocking stuffer and good all around homestead/prepper item. Issue was every time I checked it was actually jacked up to 21 dollars! I am guessing it was an inventory issue. Well now today they are actually really on sale for 12.79, at the time I am posting this and sending it out anyway. They have not been this cheap in a long time, I have sold thousands of them and never had a single complaint about them.
Every day I bring you an item on Amazon that I personally use or has been purchased by many members of the audience and I have researched enough to recommend.
Today’s TSP Amazon Item of the day the Winchester 51 Piece Gunsmith Screwdriver Set. Look strait out of the gate this is not really “the kit” for the big time gun enthusiast that tinkers often with many projects. It won’t do everything you will even need in drivers for guns, but it will do most, like 95%.
No what this kit is for is your range bag. I can’t tell you how many times I have been at a range and a fellow shooter had some maintenance issue and no tools to fix the situation. With this kit and a basic cleaning kit, a shell extractor and some lube if you can’t fix it at the range, you likely need a gun smith or to use your warranty if it is yet to expire.
This is more than just a gun smith kit though. Come on, 15 bucks and some change for a good quality kit that has 48 different driver bits in it. You know what I am going to say right. Put one in the glove box of your vehicles. Perhaps one in your Go Bag or BOB as well.
Does it have every torx bit, no but it has 7 and the one you are looking at pissed off because you expected it to be a Phillips bit likely will be one of those. This is also a great gift to a young person who has finally be trusted to maintain his/her own firearms and frankly a good gift for anyone you need to get something for, not something spectacular just something. You know what I mean.
Pick up one or a few of these and the first time you need it, you will feel like it just paid for itself. Again this isn’t top quality on the level of say Forester or Grace USA (which I keep in my smithing box) but for about 15 bucks it is extremely versatile and I have never had one fail me yet. So give the Winchester 51 Piece Gunsmith Screwdriver Set a look and determine if it might be the right product for your range bag or other needs.
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P.S. – Even if you don’t own a single firearm you should pick up one or two of these. The ones in my boat and in my truck have both saved my butt a time or two. Looking at a screw that needs turning and not having a simple tool with which to turn it suck. Especially when it is either really hot or really cold outside and said screw is the one that can get you home.
Today on The Survival Podcast I take your calls on CoVid, resource trading during a disaster, crypto, tax planning, counter economics, biltong, the great reset and more.
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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…
An unintended consequence of CoVid you likely never thought of
How a disaster and a resulting “swap meet” taught a lesson in prepping
Of guns, crypto and taxes
How to think about and find resources for “counter economics”
Why finished biltong goes moldy and how to prevent it
How to find a good CPA and why it really should not be that hard
Yes the great reset is real, not a foil hat conspiracy, but is also a bit of both
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Pricing Alert – General Hydroponics Rapid Rooter Grow Plugs are on sale today for 30% off which makes them a hell of a good deal. Additionally the 2 inch CZ garden net cups that are perfect for many systems using them are also on sale today. This is a great time to get stocked up for winter indoor growing, seed starting systems, etc.
Every day I bring you an item on Amazon that I personally use or has been purchased by many members of the audience and I have researched enough to recommend.
Today’s TSP Amazon Item of the day is General Hydroponics Rapid Rooter Grow Plugs. This year I began experiments in hydroponics and these plugs have been the absolute easy button. For instance these tomato plants were grown from seed in just 25 days, they even have blossoms on them already. I have been growing vegetables since the early 80s when I was a little kid in my Grandfathers garden. I have never seen anything like this, I am sure my GrandPa would have called it “sorcery”!
As you all know I am pretty new to Hydroponic Growing but now I am developing a full scale indoor vertical farm for home use, that will grow at least 25 plants to full harvest size a week. This new system will use a blend of deep water hydro and Kratky.
Two things will remain the absolute same though. One, I will use Barrina Grow Lights in it. Two I will use General Hydroponics Rapid Rooter Grow Plugs. When I started there were tons of options, other pre made grow plugs, some say jiffy pots work good and cost less, rock wool, LECA, etc. One product though had the most positive things said by newbies and the least negative, you guessed it General Hydroponics Rapid Rooter Grow Plugs.
Let me say I think long term I will find some option that is more economical. At 15 bucks a 50 pack they are about 30 cents a piece. Which really is not expensive when you think about what a head or organic lettuce or a baby bok choy sells for at the market. If I were growing 5,000 plants a week in a commercial operation sure it would add up. I figure for home scale production the cost is not minuscule but it is minimal overall. Also when starting peppers, tomatoes, egg plant, etc for spring it is almost not worth considering when most plants like that sell for 3 bucks or more a piece at box stores.
In the end here is the deal, I am in building mode with projects right now. The seed starting one, the indoor farm this week and two outdoor systems are coming too in my green house and aviary remodels. I want to form a baseline of performance with as few variables as I can, and these damn things work and work like mad. The roots grow so insane in just a couple weeks that I am forced to modify the dang net cups just to get the transplants out as you see in this video.
So it isn’t that rock wool isn’t lower in cost, it is that in side by side comparisons I have seen rapid rooter just do better for more people. It isn’t that LECA isn’t reusable and better long term, it is that in side by side comparisons I have seen rapid rooter just do better for more people, especially new people to the hobby. See where I am going here? It appears (to me anyway) that rapid rooters allow for less accurate PH and fertilizer calculations. Sure when you get everything absolutely perfect all of it works, and I am not saying you can just dump things with no testing and have these work, I am saying these will perform better than most other options even if you are not perfect.
I am simply using Texas Tomato Food, rain water and getting my PPM to about 650 for starts. Letting it go as high as 1100 as evaporation happens and that is it. As I am using rain water I didn’t even test PH which everyone screams you must do. Our spa PH kit says the PH is under 7, how much though I don’t know it only goes down to 7. I am going to get a PH test solution in place and get more accurate but as you can see, this all works and works beautifully!
If you want to see a full play list of the project so far, you can find it here. Also hold on tight because the new indoor farm is getting built this week as soon as Lowes gets my damn shelf in. Also tune in today, big announcement coming where some of you can come see the new indoor hydro farm hands on next month.
Otherwise though if you plan to start playing with Hydro, try General Hydroponics Rapid Rooter Grow Plugs. Let them form your baseline and if you can find a lower cost or reusable media long term, go for it. But if you are new to anything make your life as easy as possible. Frankly at 15 bucks for a 50 pack, I consider this a very affordable way to do just that.
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P.S. – This is one of those items where multi packs have STUPID, I repeat STUPID pricing. Buying a two pack is way more expensive than buying “quantity two”. Just be aware of that. Here is a full play list of the Kratky Seed System so far.
Secure Coop was created by a long time listener to The Survival Podcast. SecureCoop opens your coop door and gives phone notifications if there’s an issue. Set up in minutes then sleep in or take a vacation. They even offer a NO LOST BIRDS GUARANTEE: If there’s an issue they don’t notify you about which causes you to lose a bird, the will replace it.
I did an episode of Miyagi Mornings this morning and it was on the rumor that Trump would roll out “Burdensome Crypto Wallet Rules“. I covered why that resulted in an almost 3,000 dollar drop in BTC pricing but why it went back up over a few days. I won’t get deep into that today so if you want the full explanation on it, check my video about it here.
The key here is Crypto is a technology and there is a massive and multi faceted industry build upon it. What we have seen from the very beginning well over a decade ago is an continued escalation. Every time the state does anything to impede crypto, developers and the industry devise solutions to counter them.
We have entered into an arms race that I don’t believe the state can win. They will have to figure out to exist parallel to a “crypto economy” whether they want to or not. In the end though I want to be clear, today’s show is almost all what I would call “educated speculation”.
Join Me Today to Discuss….
First I almost always get the what right, but often the means not quite right
My forecast for online music from 2004 as an example
The short version on the Trump controls rumor and why the drop did not stick
The things I see as the future for the crypto economy
First that it is an emerging economy not just a trading scheme
Decentralized exchanges are the future of crypto
Privacy coins will become dominant in the space and only get better
Privacy itself will be a massive growth industry
Micro transactions like Doge Tipping, LBC, Spice, BAT, etc. will continue to grow in popularity
More “reserve currency” options will be created, many independent of USD, Euros, etc.
The return of the “virtual nation” and “shadow digital IDs”
Growth in crypto only product and service offerings
Alt coins will often do well but I doubt “everything will go up” ever again
Some crypto will be made to work specifically with the main stream market (fedcoin friendly)
My Five Don’ts
Don’t give into FOMO
Don’t listen to the willfully ignorant
Don’t start with a lot of money
Don’t start with “trading in mind”
Don’t let fear keep you out (pizza money start)
I’ll end with what I said last week, crypto must be seen as a skill set and one that you need to develop
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Welcome to Miyagi mornings weekly recap, a podcast version of our daily video series Miyagi Mornings, links to the video version of each segment can be found in the show notes for this episode. These recap episodes are part of The Survival Podcast feed but are numbered independently as a special weekly edition of our show, in all podcast feeds.
This week the Miyagi Mornings weekly recap podcast covers land values, social media, generators, controlling fear and crypto currency. A link to the videos for each segment is included below, any resources mentioned in any of the segments can be found in the video notes by following either the Youtube or Odysee links.
Stop Being Used as a Digital Whore – YouTube – Odysee
Why Investing in Generators is the Best Prep I have Ever Made – YouTube – Odysee
The Think I am Most Thankful for is Not Giving In to Fear – YouTube – Odysee
What is LBC Coin and How do You Use It? – YouTube – Odysee
If you want to submit a question for Miyagi Mornings just email jack@thesurvivalpodcast.com with miyagi mornings in the subject line. All subjects other than politics are welcome for this special series.
All episodes of Miyagi Mornings can be found on this YouTube Playlist. I will have an Odysee Playlist for it as soon as they add that feature.
Everyone in the TSPC audience should know by now I love Anker. Solid gear, great price, huge value to price ratio on all the stuff they make. And they always and I mean always stand behind their gear. Today they have a ton of my favorites on sale for Cyber Monday.
Anker Soundcore 2 Portable Bluetooth Speaker with 12W Stereo Sound – This little speaker normally sells for 40 bucks and it is on par with similar speakers selling well above the 50 dollar price point, so it is always a solid deal. Today though at 30 bucks it will add great sound to any location and make a great gift. `
The Anker Portable Charger, PowerCore Essential Chargers are on Sale today. Take your pick between the monster Astro E7 26800mAh Portable Charger at 38 bucks or the mid sized Anker PowerCore 20100mAh 34 bucks. Both are great deals and great “covert prepper gifts”, ways to spread prepping that are happily accepted by all. Given the 4 dollar spread though I would go with the larger E7 today. It works out to about 25% more capacity for around 10% more cost. Easy value choice there in my view. `
Anker Soundcore Q10 Bluetooth Headphones – These have become my go to for Bluetooth head phones. They sell retail for 45 bucks and in my opinion embarrass anything like them selling under 100 dollars and even rival a lot of stuff just over that price point. Today they are on sale for 30-33 bucks depending on the color option you select. `
About Half of Everything Anker Makes – Yep they have a ton of stuff on Cyber Monday deals right now. The link in this line item will pull up Cyber Monday Deals for Anker for you. You will have to wade though some “sponsored deals” (meaning not anker gear) but they are obvious if you simply read them. Again I just love Anker and anything they make will be a great addition to your electronics and all of it makes for great gifts. So have a scroll though and see what they have on sale today. Again top quality gear and when something does go wrong, they stand behind it,every time. I will just add Soundcore A3919011 Black Bluetooth Wireless In-Ear Headphones at 36 bucks will make you wonder why anyone pays 150 bucks for AirPods. Though if you prefer them they too are on sale today for 109 bucks. Personally I’d keep the 73 bucks myself though. `
I will just finish with the fact that Cyber Monday is the biggest day of deals there is on Amazon, and you can find all the Cyber Monday Deals here, and sort by product type, top bands, etc.
Just a quick check in as I am doing a Friday Thanksgiving with my family today but I just got a butt load of price drop alerts and wanted to do this quick post about them.
The DeWalt 20V MAX XR Jig Saw is on sale for 166 as of right now. As with many DeWalt sales the price seems to be moving up and down by the hour. In any event you can get this tool at about 50 off retail today.
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The DEWALT 20V MAX XR 20V Battery, 5.0-Ah, 2-Pack – is on sale as of right now anyway for 110 bucks. These are the big 5.0-Ah ones at 42 bucks off a set. DeWalt does not put batteries on sale often!
Today one day before the great American Holiday we stop and pause to think about what we have to be thankful for.
Two years ago I rerecorded the original portion of this show into much better audio quality, I do hope you enjoy it. If you would like to hear the first version of it as it was recorded in my car you can find the original that was published on Nov. 26, 2008 here.
The beauty of this show is I feel it is something you can share with friends and family. The real history of Thanksgiving is actually a lot more interesting and special then many of the myths.
Tune in today to hear…
Why much of what we learn about Thanksgiving is wrong or at least inaccurate
How Thanksgiving was at one time considered a “damn yankee holiday”
How Thanksgiving became a way for our nation to heal and reunite
How the date of Thanksgiving has often been moved around and why
The truth about those big buckles the pilgrims wore and all that black clothing
What feasting meant 100 years ago to our prior generation that we have forgotten
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