Monthly Archives: April 2013

Episode-1120- Designing Small Scale Forest Gardens

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At the presentation I just did at the Self Reliance Expo there were two main things people had major questions about when it comes to food forestry.  The first was “what trees and plants work in Texas” and that really is what will work in most of the US.  The second is how does this all apply to a small back yard or smaller piece of land. Now the new video Geoff Lawton just released shows what can be done, including with trees in small backyards.  This videos leads off with a back yard that is only 640SF.  Of course … Continue reading →

Geoff Lawton’s Newest Video and Some Confusion about Access to the Videos

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Well Geoff released his latest video over the weekend (Urban Permaculture, The MicroSpace) while I was tied up with the expo and it is just awesome.  Many have been asking about what can be done with smaller pieces of land and this video answers that beautifully.  Before I send you off to the new video though, I want to help clear something up. To view these videos you do have to provide your email address to them so they can email you about future videos, that is internet business 101.  I do it and I advise anyone doing business online … Continue reading →

Episode-1119- Listener Feedback for 4-29-13

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Today on The Survival Podcast we discuss paleo bread, local food based businesses, a senator voting with his feet, garden tools, no till gardening 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 … Continue reading →

No Show Today and Updates for the Self Reliance Expo

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Just a few quick notes today.  First I am doing the Self Reliance Expo in Arlington, Texas today and tomorrow so there will be no show today.  There are over 1100 past episodes though so why not hit up the search box and tune into an old edition on a subject of your choice. Secondly here are some updates to the Expo and the Meet and Greets. 1.  Marjory Wildcraft is going to be at the Expo today but can’t make the meet and greet, she will make the meet and greet on Saturday and will be there this afternoon. … Continue reading →

Update to the Meet and Greet

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I just received confirmation from Marjory Wildcraft of Back Yard Food Production that she will be a the meet and greets.  So not Friday is Steve Harris, David Crawford, Marjory Wildcraft and Me.  Saturday will be Steve, Marjory and me. Full details for the full meet and greet are on the previous post, or click here

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Meet Steven Harris, David Crawford and Me at a TSP Only Event

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There will be two events at the Self Reliance Expo for TSP Members only. Please note the time differences on the two separate days.  Special Update – I just got confirmation from Marjory Wildcraft that she will be at both meet and greets in addition to Steve and David. On Friday the 26th, tomorrow, you can meet Steve Harris, David Crawford and me 30 minutes before the doors open for the expo.  That will be at about 10:30 but you may want to show up about 10:15 AM.  Just go to the front entry way and hook up with other … Continue reading →

Episode-1118- Lou Hayes on 6 Core Tactical Skills

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Lou Hayes is a full-time municipal police officer (15yrs), SWAT officer (13yrs) and trainer (12yrs). He sits on a large Statewide tactical officers organization. Lou provides instructions on weapons, tactics, law, command, rescue, active shooter response and area searches (K9). He and his partner have developed a fully-integrated system to train these items together, rather than in isolated fragments. Lou and his partner teach these as part of a program around the State to various police trainers and officers. Today we discuss six core tactical team skills. They are: Priority of Fire CrossFire Flanking Cover-Maneuver Back-to-Back Cross-Clearing. These six skills … Continue reading →

Geoff Lawton’s Next Video – Permaculture in Micro Spaces

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One common trap that I see play out over and over and over again with people new to permaculture is what I call an monocular view.   Or a one dimensional view.  They see a desert project and so permacultureis for deserts, or they see a project in the tropics and feel it is only for where bananas can be grown. In the case of Geoff’s recent videos two views like this came to a head from this audience, they seem to be. 1.  Permaculture and Geoff’s designs are only for large properties 2.  All permaculture designs are based on large swales … Continue reading →

Episode-1117- Women of Prepping Series Episode Two

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After an 11 year career as an Army Logistic Officer, Jenn Fowler traded her combat boots for tennis shoes and became stay at home mom in Upstate New York.  Not long after that she combined her love of writing with her love of saving money to created the Frugal Upstate blog in Jan 06, where she helps teach people how to “Use what you have, get creative and save”. Jenn now lives with her husband, two kids, one dog and 2 rodents on the “Frugal Upstate Village Homestead” in a small Upstate NY community eerily reminiscent of Mayberry.   Jenn is … Continue reading →

Episode-1116- Gene “Evil Roy” Pearcey on Earth Sheltered Homes and Cowboy Action Shooting

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After a heavy-hearted day yesterday this is a fun interview on two great subjects, one is a total bonus. Gene Pearcey has built earth shelter homes for over 30 years.  His company, “Performance Building Systems, Inc” manufactures a patented structural system used to build earth shelter arches and domes used mainly for homes and some all out shelters. They do this by producing steel structural systems that with concrete forms a shell rated in excess of 4000-psi. When sheltered with earth, the home benefits from the constancy of the earth’s temperature, greatly reducing heating and cooling expense. Additionally, the strength … Continue reading →