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Episode-008- Miyagi Mornings Weekly Recap

The Survival Podcast Posted on January 23, 2021 by Modern SurvivalJanuary 22, 2021  
http://www.survivalpodcast.net/audio/2021/miyagi/epi-008-miyagi-mornings.mp3

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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 environmentalism, land access, skills, goals, fermentation, back yard poultry and more. 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 Odysee links below.

  • Global Warming is the Worst thing that Ever Happened to Environmentalism – Miyagi Mornings Epi-36
  • Gaining Access to Land vs. Buying Land – Miyagi Mornings Epi-37
  • 3 Skills and Goals for 2021 – Miyagi Mornings Epi-38
  • Why You Should Explore Small Batch Mead, Wine and Cider Making – Miyagi Mornings Epi-39
  • Growing Your Own Back Yard Meat Birds – Miyagi Mornings Epi-40

 

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.

Opening Music Credit To

      • Rising Sun by Yoshinori Tanaka
      • https://soundcloud.com/yoshinori-tanaka-guitar
      • Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com
      • Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License
      • https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US

 

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Episode-2811- Expert Council Q&A for 1-22-21

The Survival Podcast Posted on January 22, 2021 by Modern SurvivalJanuary 22, 2021  
http://www.survivalpodcast.net/audio/2021/01/epi-2811-experts-1-22-21.mp3

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Today on The Survival Podcast the expert panel answers your questions on cars, maple syrup, keto and pregnancy, battery technology, bees, entrepreneurship, backpacking, parenting, gardening 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 – “Insurrection is the most sacred of rights and the most indispensable of duties.” ~ Marquis de Lafayette
  • Protecting your catalytic converter from being stolen – Derek Bonpiertro
  • Making maple syrup – Ben Falk
  • How keto impacts pregnancy and breast feeding – Dr. Ken Berry
  • A couple battery based questions – Shawn Mills
  • What to be doing as a bee keeper in January, thoughts for new keepers and more – Michael Jordan
  • Developing revenue with property management retainer services – Tim “Toolman” Cook
  • Backpacking your toddler, literally – Jessica Mills
  • Why we should not over think companion planting and instead just do it. – Jack

 

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
  • Nicole’s Coffee Kick Starter
  • TSPC on Discord
  • TSPC Group on Telegram (group chat)
  • TSPC Telegram Channel (just messages from me)
  • Jack on Parler
  • Jack on MeWe
  • Join Me on Odysee
  • The Greater Reset
  • State of Mind – Clint Black

 

Websites of the Expert Council Members

  • Tim the Toolman’s YouTube
  • Dr. Berry.com
  • 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.

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CHOMPs Grass Fed Black Pepper Venison Sticks – Item of the Day

The Survival Podcast Posted on January 22, 2021 by Modern SurvivalJanuary 22, 2021  

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 CHOMPs Grass Fed Black Pepper Venison Sticks.  I absolutely love these things.  Now of course they are great for anyone on a keto, paleo or low carb diet, but anyone that likes a good meat snack is going to love these.

I also want to state I bet just about all of the CHOMPs meat sticks are great.  So far I have tried only the Pepper Venison and the Original Beef, both were good but I like the little hit of black pepper in the venison ones a bit better.  So they are my current favorite.  You can see the entire line up of CHOMPs Options Here.

I will say I was a bit of skeptic on these simply because they are a commercially produced “meat stick”, such things inevitably taste like Macho Man Savage’s favorite a “Slim Jim”.  Now I know some of you may enjoy Slim Jims but not me, nope.  The highest use of these dreadful things is being cut in tiny bites to be used as bait for bluegills, nothing more.

It is my great pleasure to say that other than the fact that they look similar in form CHOMPs bear no resemblance to Slim Jims at all.  The flavor is fantastic as is the texture.  The best part is the venison and beef are both 100% grass fed.  No CAFO animals here.

In addition to the many beef options, the venison option there are also turkey options.  The turkey used is all 100% free range turkey.

So these things have it all, grass fed and pastured meat, great taste, an excellent snack on the go all in one.  I acutually look at companies like CHOMPs (and other similar companies like Kettle and Fire, Epic Provisions and Laknoto) as a great sign of things to come.  Americans are actually starting to care about the food they eat again.

We are remembering that cows and other ruminants are supposed to feed on grass and browse, not soy and corn.  That food comes from the earth, not a factory.  And that all animals even those we eat are worthy of dignity.  Don’t get me wrong, we have a long effing way to go on this front, but no matter how long the journey it begins with a first step.  I would say when you see products and brands like these becoming main stream, we have taken a lot more than one step in the right direction.

So give CHOMPs Black Pepper Venison Sticks a try, or anything from the CHOMPs Product Line for that matter.  I give you the Jack Spirko promise that unless you just don’t like meat at all, you are going to enjoy them.  And yea, they do cost more than a convenience store Slim Jim, but there is a good reason for that.

Additionally let me conclude with this.  These guys cost about what most common “jerky” does per ounce today.  Lets talk about that jerky for a moment.  Go find a bag of jerky any brand, commercial, organic, I don’t care which.  Turn it over and look at the amount of sugar in it.  You will see that this “meat product” will have 5-6 grams of carbohydrates on average.

Um, that is all sugar, cows do not have carbs!  Still a 3.5 oz bag, 5 grams, not so bad.  Yea well check the serving size the amount will be 1 oz per serving.  Translation as 3.5 ounce bag of jerky will average about 18 grams of sugar.  You thought you were a “good boy” and chose a healthy snack.  Yea well you just ate the equivalent of a half a can of coke or say a handful of gummy bears.  Along with about 3 times the calories of either.  Don’t let this happen to you, so how many carbs are in a full stick of CHOMPs?  Zero, I mean it is made of nothing but meat and spices.  So isn’t that what you’d expect?

Remember you can always find all of our reviews at TspAz.com

P.S. – I can only guess if you listen to my podcast and read my reviews that you are on some level a prepper.  Well one of the most common question I get is how to store meat without refrigeration.  Well CHOMPs are a perfect way to do that and trust me you will be eating what you store and storing what you eat with these guys.

 

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Episode-2810- Topic Round Table for 1-21-21

The Survival Podcast Posted on January 21, 2021 by Modern SurvivalJanuary 21, 2021 3
http://www.survivalpodcast.net/audio/2021/01/epi-2810-round-table-1-21-21.mp3

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Time for another round table discussion. I have some announcements and some stuff that has just popped up today. I have some really great listener questions and feedback as well.  Today we talk about the great reset, social media, composting, digital freedom, permaculture, TSP workshops, gardening, parenting, economics and more.

Today on The Survival Podcast we cover…

  • Quote of the Day, “Do exactly what you would do if you felt more secure.” ~ Meister Eckhart
  • Reminder that The Greater Reset Happens Next Week
  • Understanding how LBRY.tv and Odysee.com are “the same but different man”
  • Can you use dog manure for composting and fertility, yes, but
  • Thoughts on projects like Edge.Network
  • Do I even grow fruit now that I am on Keto, if so why
  • Spring 2021 TSPC Workshop is going to happen, here is some info on it
  • Soil prep for a spring garden if you have yet to do anything so far
  • What we should take from MLKs words right now, “we have to be better than they are”
  • Finding friends for your kids when you home school, live remote, etc.
  • With all the stimulus in the trillions where is the inflation

 

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
  • TSPC on Discord
  • TSPC Group on Telegram (group chat)
  • TSPC Telegram Channel (just messages from me)
  • Jack on Parler
  • Jack on MeWe
  • Join Me on Odysee
  • The Greater Reset
  • Edge.Network
  • A Great Day for Freedom – Pink Floyd

 

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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Posted in Podcasts | Tagged listener feedback, round table | 3 Replies

Lodge Carbon Steel Seasoned Skillet – Item of the Day

The Survival Podcast Posted on January 21, 2021 by Modern SurvivalJanuary 21, 2021 27

NOTE – Every option Lodge has is on sale today.  The 12 inch skillet is the most versatile and is 20% off, the 8 incher is knocked down 20%, the 10 incher is 29% off and the huge 2 handled 15 incher that I love is marked down a whopping 45%.  If you have been wanting to add any of these to your kitchen, today may be a good day to do so.

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 the Lodge Carbon Steel Seasoned Skillet.  These are my go to for searing and if you ever go to a professional restaurant where a lot of searing happens you will likely see dozens of these in use, and there is a reason, they work really damn good.  While I used them mostly for searing at first they have now become my go to for 90% or more of my stove top cooking.

There are quite a few options from 8 inches up to a huge 15 inch one with double handles.  I currently own an 8 and a few 12 inch and one 15 inch skillet and they serve my needs very well.

I am a huge fan of old cast iron but it is heavy and it is not efficient when it comes to getting it hot, what it is good at is staying hot once you get it there.   Thinner carbon steel is efficient at getting hot quickly.  These come pre seasoned and if you use proper care they will stay stick free and last forever.

When I first got these pans I really used them the most for searing off meat in two ways.

One –  I will sear steaks and such BEFORE finishing on the grill or in the oven.  They provide the best sear I have ever gotten and if you are finishing in the oven they can go strait in.

Two – For searing after a sous vide cook.  Again they are just the best thing I have found.

But over three years that has changed.  First I found the factory seasoning on them to be very good, way better than I expected.  They are very low stick, note I didn’t say non stick.  I have pretty much given up on other cookware at this point and use Lodge carbon steel pans exclusively.  For really sticky stuff I used a mid tier non stick skillet like this.  But for 95% of things just get these, cook with them and in time they become so non stick you have to chase an egg to get it out of the pan.

The primary advantage of the carbon skillets over the cast iron is they heat up a lot faster and are easier to get searing hot.  They also weigh less so they are easier to toss food around with when you don’t want to use a spatula and damage food by doing so.

After trying both expensive and low cost cookware over the years today I do almost 90% of my cooking with the following

  • A Lodge 8 inch Carbon Skillet
  • Several Lodge 12 inch Carbon Skillets
  • A Lodge 15 Inch Two Handed Skillet
  • A Lodge Square Griddle
  • Lodge Mini Cast Iron Wok
  • A Lodge Dutch Oven
  • An assortment of stock pots for boiling, soup making, stock making, etc.

 

And even some of this is about to change.  I feel like I have mostly had what can only be called an amicable divorce from cast iron.  As in I still respect it, we still have a friendship and do some stuff together but carbon steel has replaced cast irons role in my life. It is just better, period.  In fact I am trialing a new wok this week for you guys and may have it for you next week as an item of the day.  Honestly at this point going forward about the only cast iron item I may use often is going to be a dutch oven.  Again more on this next week.

Lastly as a prepper, when it comes to carbon steel pans, I love the efficiency here. If you are ever in a situation where fuel needs to be rationed you want a pan that heats up fast, cooks fast and finishes fast.  So check out Lodge’s Carbon Steel Skillets today.

Remember you can always find all of our reviews at TspAz.com

Posted in Amazon Reviews | Tagged cooking az, kitchen tools az | 27 Replies

Episode-2809- Jonathan and Ashley Longnecker from TinyShinyHome.com

The Survival Podcast Posted on January 20, 2021 by Modern SurvivalJanuary 21, 2021  
http://www.survivalpodcast.net/audio/2021/01/epi-2809-tiny-shiny-house.mp3

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Jonathan and Ashley and their 4 children traveled the country for 5 years, renovated a vintage Airstream to fit their needs for off-grid camping, and set off on an adventure that would forever change the course of their lives. To do this they sold their house and all their belongings in exchange for a life of adventure.

After 5 years on the road, they found an off grid property that they wanted to call home in Southeastern Arizona. This brought a host of new challenges that came with learning how to homestead, let alone homestead in the high desert. Completely different plants and animals than what they were used to in their hometown of Knoxville, TN. But they are up for the challenge. They are currently living full-time in their Airstream while they literally build their homestead from the ground up.

And I do mean…from the GROUND up! They are building their home and buildings from the earth on their property. Hyperadobe/earthbag construction. All this while tending to their new animals on the homestead which include chickens, rabbits, goats, pigs, cats and dogs. Their adventure is anything but normal, but they are a family of hard workers willing to put in the time it takes to make their off-grid homestead dream come true.

They join me today to discuss the challenges of moving to an area of the country that is unfamiliaure full, new animals to deal with like rattlesnakes, scorpions and tarantulas. Having homestead animals for the first time. Building their homestead from the earth on their property. Dealing with limited water resources. All while living in 200 sq ft vintage Airstream as they transition from full-time travel to homesteaders.

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
  • Nicole’s Coffee Kick Starter
  • TSPC on Discord
  • TSPC Group on Telegram (group chat)
  • TSPC Telegram Channel (just messages from me)
  • Jack on Parler
  • Jack on MeWe
  • Join Me on Odysee
  • Tiny Shiny Home Website
  • Tiny Shiny Home on InstaGram
  • Tiny Shiny Home on Youtube
  • Tiny Shiny Home FaceBook
  • Maggie Said – Natalie Merchant

 

Sponsors of the Day

  • Western Botanicals
  • FSP Free State Project

 

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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Sacred 7 Mushroom Extract Powder – Item of the Day

The Survival Podcast Posted on January 20, 2021 by Modern SurvivalJanuary 20, 2021 4

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 Sacred 7 Mushroom Extract Powder.  This one came to me as a recommendation by Nurse Amy as in Doc Bones and Nurse Amy of the expert council.  One thing I want to say about Amy is she is not RN or LVN, but rather an NP.  What is an NP? A nurse practitioner NP is an advanced practice registered nurse and a type of mid-level practitioner. NPs are trained to assess patient needs, order and interpret diagnostic and laboratory tests, diagnose disease, formulate and prescribe treatment plans.

In other words they are about half way between an RN and an MD.  They can prescribe medications, make diagnosis, etc.  I am pointing that out due to what I am about to say next.

As many of you know Joe (Doc Bones) jokes a lot about his age.  People don’t seem to realize he is really getting up there in years because honestly he looks 15 years younger than he is.  He also has some underlying health conditions which I will leave at that, as I don’t want to give away any personal information beyond what he has said publicly himself.

In any event this has all led Amy to look for anything that may be helpful to Joe in the middle of this Pandemic.  One big risk is called cytokine storm.  A cytokine storm is where far too many immune cells are caught in an endless loop of calling more and more immune cells to fight the infection.  This is one of the very bad things happening to some people with advanced CoVid-19.

Now I want to be clear neither Amy nor I are saying that this will do anything at all to prevent a cytokine storm in a CoVid patient and absolutely no research has been done about that in regard to any mushroom that either of us are aware of.  Amy though found this AMAZING study done on 5 mushrooms as to their ability to impair cytokine storm during cancer treatment.  Read it and draw your own conclusions.  Amy’s reasoning is it might, it is cheap and it won’t hurt you.  Additionally these mushrooms all are also proven to have anti cancer properties with a large amount of research supporting them.

Amy did a ton of research and found this product which contains all five of the mushrooms in the study which are; Agaricus, Reishi, Cordyceps, Turkey Tail and Maitake.  It also has two others that have been heavily researched and also determined in studies to have anti cancer properties, those two are; Lion’s Mane and Chaga.

I am now taking this and here is my reasoning.  If the odds that it will do the square root of anything to reduce cytokine storm in CoVid are 100-1 against it, the cost is low enough, the risk is zero and the other potential benefits make it a no brainer.

For me honestly I have been looking for a mushroom product to add to my regime for a long time. This all goes back to several talks I have listened to by Paul Stamets who has likely done more with research on mushrooms than any other person on the planet.  You can find his website here.  If you tune into today’s show during the TspAz.com segment I will tell you about one of his stories.

In the end I have wanted something filling this role and this product seems like a perfect fit with all the research done by a good friend, with great credentials whom I trust.  A serving is 1/4 Tsp and that is what I have been using in my morning coffee, and no you can’t taste it at all, at least I can’t.  It dissolves easily in any hot liquid.

It provides 100mg of each of the seven mushrooms which again are Agaricus, Reishi, Cordyceps, Turkey Tail, Maitake, Lion’s Mane and Chaga.  An 8oz bag has 322 servings and costs 44.99, that comes out to 14 cents a day.  28 cents a day for both Dorothy and I, and that one bag will last us 161 days or a bit over 5 months.

So to me given the mountains of research on all of these mushrooms, the fact that this product is nothing but powdered mushrooms with no fillers adding it to my daily regiment seems like a no brainer.  You can also get a smaller bag of 2 ounces for 24.99 but that will increase the price per serving to 28 cents but it may be a better choice if you just want to try it.

In the end you guys know I don’t make any health claims or claims anything treats or cures anything, so simply put do your own research and make your own decisions.  That said personally I have decided adding Sacred 7 Mushroom Extract Powder to my daily regiment is a no brainer due to the potential benefits and very lost cost and what seems like zero risk.

Remember you can always find the TSP Amazon Item of the day by just going to TspAz.com and by shopping at TspAz.com anytime you shop on Amazon you help support TSP and the work we do here no matter what you buy.

Posted in Amazon Reviews | Tagged amazon item of the day, health az, herbal medicine az | 4 Replies

Episode-2808- Understanding and Using Permaculture Principles

The Survival Podcast Posted on January 19, 2021 by Modern SurvivalJanuary 19, 2021  
http://www.survivalpodcast.net/audio/2021/01/epi-2808-permaculture-principles.mp3

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The principles of Permaculture covered today are the 12 principles offered by Permaculture’s co-founder David Holmgren.  There are far more than these 12, we are just going to cover these today as a way to expose our audience to what Permaculture is really all about.

I feel the discipline is largely misunderstood, either as simply organic farming on steroids or some hippy dippy lefty mud rolling eco leftist ideology.  It is really neither, rather it is a design science used to create systems that work with nature to support all of humanities needs.

Join Us Today to Discuss…

  • Why permaculture really should not be described as permanent agriculture
  • Thinking about the difference between techniques and principles and why it is so important
  • David Holmgren’s 12 Permaculture Principles and my thoughts on Them
    1. Observe and interact – (before, during and after)
    2. Catch and store energy – (create batteries for more the electricity)
    3. Obtain a yield – (systems should be producers, vs. consumers)
    4. Apply self regulation and accept feedback – (give before you take)
    5. Use and value renewable resources – (think in lifetime cost, beyond money)
    6. Produce no waste – (pollution is a wasted resource)
    7. Design from pattern to details – (design with the end in mind)
    8. Integrate rather then segregate – (function stack and explore all connections)
    9. Use small and slow solutions – (obtain the greatest effect with the least effort)
    10. Use and value diversity – (nothing natural is a mono-culture)
    11. Use edges and value the marginal – (systems edges have the highest productivity)
    12. Use and respond to change – (the only thing constant is change, all change is opportunity)
  • Final Thoughts

 

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
  • Nicole’s Coffee Kick Starter
  • TSPC on Discord
  • TSPC Group on Telegram (group chat)
  • TSPC Telegram Channel (just messages from me)
  • Jack on Parler
  • Jack on MeWe
  • Join Me on Odysee
  • Jack on Flote.app
  • Voices – Chris Young

 

Sponsors of the Day

  • Ready Made Resources
  • 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

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Want Every Episode of TSP Ever Produced?

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Posted in Podcasts | Tagged lifestyle design, permaculture | Leave a reply

CZ Garden Net Pot Cups – Item of the Day

The Survival Podcast Posted on January 19, 2021 by Modern SurvivalJanuary 19, 2021  

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 are CZ Garden Net Pot Cups.  Let me come out of the gate with this fact, there are cheaper net cups, but none actually cost less.  How is this possible, we are back to always be frugal never be cheap.

CZ is well priced but top quality, the price to value ratio we always look for.  Most cheap net cups won’t last a season before becoming brittle, cracking and falling apart.  Conversely I have had some of my CZ cups in service for 2 seasons now and they are still like brand new.

They come in many sizes but my two favorites for general use are 2 inch and 4 inch.  When it comes to growing smaller greens and starting plants for transplanting to other systems (soil or hydro/aquaponics both) I go with 2 inch cups.  When it comes to larger long term planting in hydro/aqua systems with plants like tomatoes and cucumbers I go with 4 inch cups.

Additionally when I did my greenhouse based pipe system built on 4 inch pipes I used 4 inch cups.  That system was designed to grow strawberries which didn’t really do well in that location but it is bang on for growing lettuces and argula.  So how do I manage that?  I take my plants in their 2 inch cups and put them cup and all right into the 4 inch cups.  It works fantastically and eliminates the need for any leca or other media.

In the end use any size that is right for your needs but trust me go with CZ garden for this component of your systems.  Rather than the cost of an item when you buy it always calculate the lifetime cost and better yet, right now the 2 inch cups are on sale!  Last by not least, my favorite starting medium (rapid rooter plugs) fit in a 2 inch net cup like they were designed to, likely because they were.

Here are all the primary options for CZ Net Cups in the most common sizes growers use….

  • 2 Inch CZ Net Cups – 50 Ct – 100 Ct
  • 3 Inch CZ Net Cups – 25 Ct – 50 Ct
  • 4 Inch CZ Net Cups – 25 Ct (currently sold out)
  • 5 Inch CZ Net Cups – 24 Ct (currently sold out)
  • 6 Inch CZ Net Cups – 20 Ct

 

Remember you can always find the TSP Amazon Item of the day by just going to TspAz.com and by shopping at TspAz.com anytime you shop on Amazon you help support TSP and the work we do here no matter what you buy.

P.S. – Note this 4 and 5 inch cups are sold out, if you need them this season keep an eye on them.  This is why you should stock up on long term items like this.  More people then ever are growing food at home and that will only increase this year.

What do you do if you need 4 inch cups right now and can’t wait for them to come back in stock?  I would get these 4 inch ones by Cool Runner.  They are almost as good and very durable.  If you don’t need them now you might want to monitor stock and get the CZ ones, I will be doing that as well and will run these again when they come back.

 

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Episode-2807- Saving Seed and Developing Your Own Varieties

The Survival Podcast Posted on January 18, 2021 by Modern SurvivalJanuary 18, 2021 9
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Today I want to discuss a skill we have not dug into for quite a while.  That is seed saving and I also want to talk a bit about seed storage, trading seed and the value of regionally adapted seeds.

There is also a ton of confusion in the seed marketplace today about exactly what a GMO is, what a hybrid is and what an “heirloom” seed is. Without an understanding of this you are vulnerable to a lot of misinformation campaigns designed to sell you things you don’t need or keep you from using some seeds that may really be beneficial to you.

For instance some hybrids may be resistant to a disease that is rampant in your region or allow you to get an earlier start in a region with a short growing season. Additionally you do want to avoid GMOs and GMO containing foods whenever you can but the risk to seeds used by home gardeners at this time is greatly over exaggerated by those with something to sell you.

Join me today as we discuss…

  • Understanding Seed Storage and Seed Types
    • What is a GMO vs. what is a hybrid
    • What is an heirloom vs. what is an open pollinated variety
    • How almost every heirloom or open pollinated seed started as a “hybrid”
    • Why we should be making our own hybrids and proving them out as well
    • What is the purpose of a seed bank, what are the positives and negatives
    • Do seeds ever “go bad” or is it not quite that simple
    • What are the enemies to a seeds vitality, what makes for good storage
    • What is a land race and why should you care
  • The story of how seeds propagate in the wild
    • They are exposed to the elements
    • They are not “planted”
    • They must compete with other plants
    • They often are “stored” in the soil for decades before they are triggered to germinate
  • Saving You Own Seeds
    • Selecting seeds for saving based characteristics
    • Selecting first for survival
    • Separation distances and cross pollination (how important is it, it depends)
    • Succession planting to avoid cross pollination/hybrid crossing
    • Manual pollination and isolation to ensure purity
    • Why no seed can ever be as good as “local seed” but any seed can become local
  • Building Personal Seed Vaults
    • Remember the enemies of seed storage (light, heat, moisture)
    • Oxygen free is NOT the way to be
    • Ziplock vs. mylar vs. containers vs. envelopes
    • Consider how long you really need to store seeds
    • Remember some seeds are food and some food is seed
    • Buying seeds is a good investment
    • Trading is another great way to add stock and diversity (local rocks)
  • Final Thoughts – What is the value of 10 seeds?

 

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