Today we do another listener feedback Monday and discuss your questions about precious metals IRAs, bugging in vs. bugging out, the lie that everyone should go to college, advice for people considering a military career and more.
Join Me Today As We Discuss…
- What military trades are best for post military careers?
- What is a “maintenance echelon and why should a perspective solider care?
- What should a person do that doesn’t want to bug out?
- Is a college degree necessary, can it be a bad idea for some?
- Can you hold physical gold and silver in an IRA or just “paper metal”?
- How do you secure gold and silver in your home?
- What should you consider before you get a safe deposit box?
- What permaculture investments can a short term resident make in property?
- Are organic pesticides safe for your garden?
- Is the state of Pennsylvania threatening its citizens with thuggery?
- Does the Federal Reserve use lobbyists?
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Today we take a look at developing eight conventional and unconventional skills for the survival gardener. Ways that you can maximize production, protect your crops, extend your seasons and maximize space.
I am also going to do a follow up on my comments about the Arizona immigration bill yesterday, giving you what Paul Harvey would call “the rest of the story”.
Join me today as we discuss…
- Succession planting
- Trellising
- Guerrilla gardening
- Companion planting
- Container gardening
- Sheet mulching and rough mulching
- Water harvesting
- Wildlife identification
Additional Resources for Today’s Show
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.
Today’s show is about methods of organic pest control in your garden. I am big on organic gardening and organic methods, not because I want to save the polar bears but simply because they work better and are more efficient and sustainable long term. Sustainability is the key to long term survival.
I also have another brief swine flu update and big news, TSP has been featured by Lew Rockwell.com
Tune in Today to Hear…
- What we can learn about organic vs. chemical from the medical world
- Why if you don’t have healthy soil you don’t have anything long term
- Using diatomaceous earth to kill pests with out any toxins
- Garlic based repellent repel more then just insects
- Neem a natural wonder are insect control but let’s not over use it
- Soap based insecticides and combining them with other ingredients including neem
- Orange based products handle garden pests and even fire ants
- Nasturtiums an editable flower that does a great deal to protect your garden
- Mint, use with caution because it is invasive but it is very effective in companion planting
- Onions and Garlic great allies in repelling insect pests
- French Marigolds a death sentence for bad nematodes
- 4′Oclocks the last mean for the Japanese beetle
- Chrysanthemums hard to spell, easy to plant great for your garden
- The four horsemen of herbs; parsley, basil, oregano and rosemary
Resources for Today’s Show
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.
You also now can call in questions or comments for the host at 866-65-THINK, (866-658-4465) please read the suggestions for calling in before you do for the best chance of getting your comments on the air.
Today’s show is about Monsanto and the Genetically Modified Food Threat. I wanted to take a day to really inform our listeners about how real the threat of Genetically Modified Food (GMOs) really is.
Tune in today to hear…
- How the company that brought us PCBs, DDT and Agent Orange and told us they were all “perfectly safe” wants us to “trust them on their word” about GMOs!
- How Monsanto knowingly poisoned the town of Anniston and are “proud of what they did”
- The threats posed by “Round Up Ready” Canola and Soy
- How ancient seeds are now being patented on a first come first serve basis
- How the ancient of rule of agriculture (you must contain your threats from you neighbors) are being ignored by legal courtroom manipulation by Monsantos legal squad
- How the issue of patenting life might be the biggest threat we face today
- How GMO Cotton, Beets and Canola do effect the food supply even if you don’t personally eat them
- How Monsanto has begun buying up almost all the independent seed companies
- What you can do about all this, the only real thing you can honestly do!
- Look at your hands and see your answer to this problem
Resources for Today’s Show
In today’s show we dig into companion planting as part of building sustainable survival gardens. Tune in today to hear….
- How organic gardening is more about what you do then what you don’t do
- How organic gardening is a holistic system not just the absence of chemicals
- Why companion planting is more “natural” then isolated planting
- Combinations such as…
- Cabbage and dill
- Corn, beans and squash
- Lettuce and Flowering Tobacco and Spider Flower
- Radishes and Spinach
- Roses and Garlic or Onions
- Tomatoes and Broccoli
- Cucumbers and Nasturtiums
- Peppers and Pigweed
- The two pairings you should never make
- Six plants that can kill, repell and destroy pest insects
- Four awesome herbs for every garden
Resources for Today’s Show
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.
Today we discuss heirloom vegetables and their unique role in survival planning. Tune in to today’s show to learn…
- The danger we face from “Monsantisation” of our food supply
- How Monsanto has used hybrids and patents to control agriculture across the globe
- The difference between heirloom seed, hybrid seed and genetically altered seed
- How you can build better strains of vegetables that are highly adapted to your region, naturally
- The need to keep proper distances to prevent natural hybridization of your heirloom plants
- How seed saving creates greater independence and sustainability
- How to select the best starting stock for your seed requirements
- The advantage that the home gardener has over the small scale farmer
- The importance of adding composting to your gardening plan
- The need for legumes in organic gardening
Remember that this podcast is not a lecture it is a conservation. Comment, suggest topics and let me know what you want to hear next.
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