Monthly Archives: February 2013

Episode-1073- Listener Feedback for 2-18-13

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Today on The Survival Podcast we discuss  rocket mass heaters, maintenance medications, the second amendment, false beliefs on politics, the future of food and more. Yes it’s Monday so it is time for another round of your feedback, questions and commentary sent to jack at thesurvivalpodcast.com. 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. … Continue reading →

Episode-1072- Listener Calls for 2-15-13

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Today on The Survival Podcast I take your calls on low buck prepping,  paleo eating, micro hydro, ammo prices, Texas relocation, pruning trees and more . 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 quite area with a good connection and speak up so you can be well heard. I can’t put all calls on the air … Continue reading →

Episode-1071- Raising Quail for Eggs and Meat with MoonvalleyPrepper

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MonvalleyPrepper (aka Brad Davies) is a long time member of the TSP audience and community.  A few months ago he chimed in on a comments thread  here at the TSP Blog about raising quail  When I heard the shear volume of production in such a tiny foot print I knew I had to get him on the air. It got better though!  Next, I heard he lived in the suburbs, had neighbors on either side.  That inspire of that he was able to produce in the range of 20,000 eggs a year and hundreds of meat animals.  Now get this … Continue reading →

TSP Gear Shop At Liberty Forum 2013

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Of course I will be speaking at the 2013 Liberty Forum in New Hampshire this year.  Kelly Gendrou will also be there and have a TSP Gear Shop table set up with all sorts of cool TSP stuff. I talked to him and he is running a Gear Shop special for any TSP Member that wants to buy gear in advance and pick it up at the show. We have introduced three new very cool products in the last few weeks.  They are “The Revolution is Brewing T-Shirt“, “The New 2nd Amendment T-shirts” and the awesome “A Revolution is Brewing … Continue reading →

Episode-1070- Craig Rowland on “The Permanent Portfolio”

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Craig Rowland is a software entrepreneur who sold his previous company to Cisco Systems, Inc.  He was also an early stage employee with successful acquisitions in 1998 of WheelGroup Corporation to Cisco Systems and early stage consultant to TippingPoint Technologies which sold in 2004 to 3Com Corporation. These companies focused on computer and network security and he holds several patents in the area and has done other interesting research in the field. Craig currently volunteers for a local technology incubator as a start-up coach and help turn ideas into businesses.  He has experience in executive management, venture capital fund raising, … Continue reading →

Episode-1069- Unusual and Everyday Plants for Food Hedges (Fedges)

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Hedge laying is an ancient practice and at one time many “productive plants” were part of the plant.  Sometimes this was done with fruit tree grafted together, hazelnuts or even old cottage roses that provided thorns and huge hips as a crop.  Other times the “productivity” took on a different bent like using willow and gaining material for weaving or making charcoal (specifically artist charcoal). Hedges were seen as a permanent fence that required only a little maintenance and largely took care of themselves.  In the 1600s one didn’t run down to Home Depot and order delivery of say 25 … Continue reading →

Episode-1068- Listener Feedback for 2-11-13

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Today on The Survival Podcast we discuss fire ants, the return to a gold standard, corn meal, extended family prepping, restoration of the militia, cover crops and more. Yes it’s Monday so it is time for another round of you your feedback, questions and commentary sent to jack at thesurvivalpodcast.com. 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 … Continue reading →

Episode-1067- Listener Calls for 2-8-13

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Today on The Survival Podcast I take your calls on cooking, silver, guns, permaculture, fedge’s, community, remote prepping, paddock shift, chickens, privacy issues, self defense and more . 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 quite area with a good connection and speak up so you can be well heard. I can’t put all calls on … Continue reading →

Episode-1066- Paul Wheaton on Paddock Shift Chicken Management

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Strap yourself in today folks for a great episode of TSP. Paul Wheaton is such an awesome source of knowledge on so many great topics. Today we discuss raising chickens in a paddock shift system and why Paul considers it to be the ultimate method for raising chickens. Make sure to check out Paul’s two awesome websites Permies.com and Richsoil.com. You can also connect with Paul on Facebook. Today we also discuss ducks vs. chicken.  Our differing views on irrigation and using tanks in a permaculute system. We also provide an update on the Holzer designed permaculture system in Montana … Continue reading →

Review of the Vacucanner Dry Canning System

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The Vacucanner is available at http://vacucanner.com/ I am very impressed with this product and think it will be serve high volume preppers that like to buy in bulk and still eat what you store and store what you eat.  Specifically to take large bulk items like dehydrated veggies from Harmony House and #10 cans like Mountain House and process them into usable sizes without sacrificing long term storage life.  

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