Monthly Archives: March 2015

Patch Addicts – Sign Up Today!

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Details below on how to get 20% off at the TSP Gear Shop. TSP Gear Shop has been working on a new project. Patch Addicts is the most awesome way to find the best patches. Version 1 launched this past week as a newsletter that features profiles of top patch designers and their favorite patches. The newsletter will also be a place to find discounts and sign up for Giveaways. Version 2 will be rolling out shortly and feature a market place to buy and sell patchces, quickly and easily. To celebrate the launch of Patch Addicts, TSP Gear Shop … Continue reading →

About Tomorrow’s Workshop – Don’t Worry It’s On Like Donkey Kong!

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Just a quick note of reassurance that we will be rolling tomorrow with the workshop, rain or no rain.  If I canceled for rain, I’d never get a thing done anyway. What we will be doing tomorrow though due to all the rain is planting support species in the food forest, then seeding cover crop and mulching with straw.  It is too wet to dig for irrigation at this point.  The good news is the support trees are small, so the work will be easy going, we have about 150 trees to plant. Suggestions are to bring extra shoes and … Continue reading →

Episode-1539- Listener Calls 3-20-15

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Today on The Survival Podcast I take your calls on ducks, cover crops, food storage, erosion control, homesteading, generators, land purchases, investing 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 quiet area with a good connection and speak up so you can be well heard. While I can’t put all calls on the air but … Continue reading →

3-28-15 Work, Learn, Drink and Eat With Jack Free Workshop Announced

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We are going to go ahead and do two of these in a row.  They should be a lot of fun.  Tomorrow we are doing our first one and expecting about 10 folks.  Today I am announcing that we will be doing another one on 3-28-15, which is next Saturday. We are doing this because Dorothy and I have decided we don’t really have the time to do a workshop this spring so we will do two in the fall.  What we are going to do is a series of Saturday hang outs with the opportunity to learn and the … Continue reading →

Episode-1538- Matt McDougall of 50 Ducks in a Hot Tub

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Matt McDougall of 50 Ducks in a Hot Tub joins us today to discuss humanely raising animals for food and sharing this educational experience online.  He does this in his words “for everyone that doesn’t even know yet they need to learn this valuable lesson, preparing for a nasty future on the face of this planet”. Matt has faced many challenges in his life history and literally came to the decision to farm ducks and grow his own food because in his own words, “I knew if I didn’t start growing my own food my family and I weren’t going … Continue reading →

Episode-1537- Homestead Project Management

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So today due to an interview where the guest flaked out on me for the last time I am willing to tolerate I have to do a stand alone show.  For some inspiration I jumped on the TSP Zello Channel and the first topic was “homestead project management”. What followed was about 45 minutes of people discussing pain points, how they get past them, where they get held up etc.  I think it is amazing that I can go to the Zello group and get such quick, interactive and relevant feedback to what the community wants to hear about next, … Continue reading →

Episode-1536- Reclaiming Education in Modern Society

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I say it all the time and I will do so again today, do not confuse education with school.  I also though want to do all I can once again to point out that criticism of our educational system is not “teacher bashing”. If people could get over the false belief that “teachers are heroes”, perhaps we can make some progress on that?  It is difficult to have a logical conversation when people cling to illogical ideals. That is what is truly needed at this juncture.  An honest look at the problems with modern education and an acceptance of what … Continue reading →

The Duck Chronicles Episode Thirty Five – New Babies Might Soon Arrive

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Today on The Duck Chronicles Episode Thirty Five – New Babies Might Soon Arrive we have two Muscovy girls that seem to really want to hatch out a brood.  Both are broody and don’t want to leave the nest.  I may let them raise up some babies. I also spent yesterday putting in over 100 feet of trench and getting water at lest to the fence.  That project has just begun. We also take a walk around and see many of the trees are starting to bloom and how green the pastures are starting to look.  It really amazes me … Continue reading →

Episode-1535- Listener Feedback for 3-16-15

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Today on the Survival Podcast I take your emails on grills, overcoming the past, leadership, lifestyle design, the mileage tax, vertical farming 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 … Continue reading →

A Series of Work and Lunch and Drink and Learns about to Launch

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Saturday the 21st is the Spring Equinox, if you are local to the Dallas-Fort Worth area consider coming on out to Nine Mile Farm to pitch in and help with developing our property. Dorothy and I have decided we don’t really have the time to do a workshop this spring so we will do two in the fall.  What we are going to do is a series of Saturday hang outs with the opportunity to learn and the best part is they are all going to be free. The day will kick off about 10 am, we will work till … Continue reading →