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Episode-799- Greenhouse Thoughts, Construction, Usage and Considerations

Posted on December 8, 2011 by Modern Survival| 37 Comments
Greenhouse Thoughts, Construction, Usage and Considerations [ 58:40 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

A Green House is More than a Season Extender

It is winter, it is cold, the hoe and spade have likely been cleaned, oiled and put into the shed.  Seed catalogs are coming in and dreaming of spring has likely begun even before the Christmas holiday is over.

Wake up, there is much to be done!  With a greenhouse, small, medium or large we can get plants started early, we can grow food even in the cold and with some modifications we can even beat old man winter and possibly grow what, “can’t be grown this time of year around these parts”.

I will even share some innovative exotic ideas with you that could be used to create a profitable niche business or just to do something others think “can’t be done”, which is always fun to do.

Join Me Today As I Discuss…

  • The real value of a greenhouse year round
  • Micro greenhouses
  • Cold frames
  • Mid sized greenhouses
  • Large greenhouses
  • House joined greenhouses
  • Using a “tarp zipper”
  • Creating heat traps
  • Building “self watering systems”
  • The use of “movable insulation”
  • Great stuff to grow
  • Starting plants
  • Shade cloth
  • Exotic options

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Episode-336- Listener Questions and Feedback for 12-14-09

Posted on December 14, 2009 by Modern Survival| 28 Comments
Episode-336- Listener Questions and Feedback for 12-14-09 [ 57:02 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Today we answer some listener questions on subjects like home defense shotguns, getting started with hunting, back up heating options, green house construction, water filtration and more.

Join Us Today as we Discuss…

  • Ron Hood is about to release “Survival.com Magazine“
  • New book coming from James T. Stevens that I will be a co author for
  • The bridge to Prince Edward Island is closed for 48 hours, grocery stores run lean on food
  • How do you get started hunting with out a teacher close by and with out spending a fortune on guided hunts
  • What options are there for back up heating for a person who uses mostly electric and a gas log fireplace
  • What should you consider as far as panel clarity when building a green house
  • What is up with fluoride in our water, how do you get it out, how bad is it really
  • For a home defense shotgun, should you bother with a pistol grip or stick to a shoulder style stock
  • What are my thoughts about the E.U. Times article saying we will soon have a civil war in the U.S.
  • What does the term numismatic mean
  • Is debt okay for home improvement projects in some instances
  • If you have to replace a heater or windows in a home, which one is first and why

Resources for today’s show…

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Episode-84 Winter is for Gardening Part Three

Posted on October 31, 2008 by Modern Survival| 1 Comment
Episode-84 Winter is for Gardening Part Three [ 30:53 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Today we wrap up with some tips and tricks to get the most out of your garden in the winter or just use winter to get your garden ready for spring.

Tune in Today to Hear…

  • How to use hot water barrels or a black drum of water to fight off a freeze
  • The proper way to start out a raised bed both for quick use or in prep for the spring
  • Why you never bury sod if you plan to plant your crops right away
  • Tips on using cheap builder plastic and frost blankets
  • Why winter is a great time to pick a “sunny location”
  • Why wide beds are better
  • Why you need to work the sub soil no matter how much top soil and organic matter you fill in a bed with
  • Why leaves are better added to a bed directly rather then composted (in winter time anyway)
  • How to put your beds to “sleep” for the winter if you won’t be growing during the winter season
  • The value of worms and soil critters and how their efforts compound over time
  • Why roto tilling is not always a good idea and how it can actually harm your soil
  • The importance of testing your soil, don’t skip this step it is easy and cheap to do
  • Green houses don’t always need to have shelves, the in ground green house is cool
  • A perfect way to store, deploy and use your frost blankets and make them more effective and give them a longer useful life

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Episode-82- Winter is for Gardening Part Two

Posted on October 28, 2008 by Modern Survival| 4 Comments
Episode-82- Winter is for Gardening Part Two [ 33:39 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Today’s show expands on Part 1 from yesterday and covers various ways to improve your winter gardening efforts to expand the production of your survival gardening efforts.  This show was recorded a day in advance and is being posted during my absense on a business trip.

There most likely will not be a show tomorrow, please forgive the brief nature of today’s show notes and the lack of a show one day this week.  We will return on Thursday for another edition.

Tune in today for…

  • Thoughts on options for indoor growth lights
  • Why a  sunny window is often not sufficient for indoor gardening
  • How to turn an old fish tank into a mini garden
  • The cost vs value evaluation of compact florescent full UV spectrum lighting
  • Ideas for what will and what will not grow well as an indoor plant
  • Methods to keep your greenhouse above freezing even on very cold nights
  • Building or using “row houses” to protect in ground crops during the winter in mild climates
  • Getting an early start in climates where you can’t grow through the winter
  • The advantages of starting your own seeds

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Episode-81- Winter is for Gardening Part One

Posted on October 27, 2008 by Modern Survival| 15 Comments
Episode-81- Winter is for Gardening Part One [ 39:24 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Today we are going to go over some of the things you should be thinking about in regard to gardening during winter when it is often over looked.  We do have to start out on two things from the political realm and the Obama campaign though.  First a statement by Senator Biden that was inaccurately presented by Fox News (note I like Fox News and despise Senator Biden but facts are facts even when I don’t like them).  Then on comments made by Barak Obama in 2001 on a Chicago radio station that are quite chilling to hear.

Tune in today to hear…

On Politics – Sorry to those who are not into the political stuff but we are about a week from the election and this news needs to be discussed (briefly) from a true independent view point.

  • How Fox News totally mis presented Joe Biden’s reaction to the question “is Obama a Marxist”.
  • How I actually agree tactically with the Biden/Obama decision not to do interviews with the Orlando station going forward
  • How Fox News irresponsibly inferred that the entire station was “shut down”
  • How Obama really is a Marxist in his own words calling for “the redistribution of wealth”
  • Obama feels the fact that “it is a tragedy that redistribution of wealth wasn’t part of the civil rights movement”
  • Why we are screwed economically with McCain or Obama

On Winter Gardening

  • Why now is the time to plan for next year even if you don’t grow anything during the winter
  • Why wide beds out preform narrow beds and my minimum bed width rules
  • How I learned by mistake not to make beds to wide or narrow
  • Why winter (or late fall or very early spring) is a heck of a better time to be digging new beds then the summer
  • Now is the time to add raised beds for next year and to plant nitrogen producing crops in some warmer climates
  • Thoughts on the Springhouse Portable Greenhouse
  • Raised beds with or with out walls
  • Considering “slopes” when planning for beds with or with out walls
  • Great winter crops – spinach, chard, broccoli, cabbage, lettuces, onions and garlic
  • The mistake of not working the soil below your beds added soil
  • Why crops grow better with soil that has been worked deeper – the lesson of the carrort
  • How working soil deeper improves water retention and utilization
  • Hey joy of no or few “pests” in the winter – bugs die when it freezes
  • Thoughts on greenhouses for starting seeds not just for growing winter crops
  • Why starting your own seeds makes a LOT more sense then buying plants
  • Control your plating time by seed starting in the winter
  • Getting involved with our forum

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Politics

  • Biden’s Video Interview – Is Obama a Marxist – He did answer the question and said no!  He also lied because the Obama campaign gave Acorn 800,000 dollars just not specifically to “register voters”
  • Obama’s comments on wealth redistribution – He is a Marxist!  Just listen to his words and think about what he is saying.   Not redistrituing wealth is a failure?

On Gardening

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