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Expert Council Q&A for 8-11-22 – Epi-3143

The Survival Podcast Posted on August 11, 2022 by Jack SpirkoAugust 11, 2022  
https://www.survivalpodcast.net/audio/2022/08/epi-3143-experts.mp3

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Today on The Survival Podcast the expert council answers your questions on China & Russia, inflation, the FBI raids, handy man tips, pasture management, permaculture, business, personal sovereignty and more.

Make sure if you submit content for an expert council show you do the following….

      1. Email it to me at jack @ thesurvivalpodcast.com
      2. Put TSPC Expert in the subject line
      3. Ask you question and state the expert you have the question for in one coherent sentence
      4. Hit the return key a few times and then give all the details you think are necessary

 

Following that procedure makes it about 100X more likely your question will get though screening and sent on to one of our experts.  All expert council members can be found on the Meet the Expert Council Page.

Join Me Today As I Respond to Your Calls and Discuss…

  • In the Ron Paul Liberty Highlights
    • The FBI Raid will backfire – Ron Paul & Dan McAdams
    • 87,000 IRS Agents to “Target the Rich” is BS – Ron Paul & Dan McAdams
    • War with Russia and/or China would not be a TV style war – Chris Rossini
  • A lighting list of 20 handy man tips – Tim “Tool Man” Cook
  • Planting to improve pasture for poultry – Darby Simpson
  • When is it time to throw in the towel on a business – Nicole Sauce
  • Determine spacing of swales and trees – Nick Ferguson
  • Thoughts on the “inflation reduction act” – John Pugliano
  • No one is coming to save you, the only change will be the one you make – Jack

 

Resources for today’s show…

  • Join the Members Brigade
  • TspAz.com
  • TSPC on Discord
  • TSPC Group on Telegram (group chat)
  • TSPC Telegram Channel (just messages from me)
  • Jack on Flote
  • Jack on MeWe
  • Join Me on Odysee
  • All My Recommend Bitcoin Tools and Resources

 

Websites of the Expert Council Members

  • Ron Paul’s Liberty Report
  • A Farmish Kind of Life
  • MyBraveBotanicals
  • Tim the Toolman’s YouTube
  • Dr. Berry.com
  • Home Made Wonderlust
  • Affordable DC Generators
  • Hack My Solar
  • MT Knives
  • Living Free in Tennessee
  • A Bee Friendly Company
  • Investable Wealth
  • Permies.com
  • The Simple Life Now
  • GeoffLawton.com
  • DarbySimpson.com
  • Whole Systems Design
  • Doom and Bloom

 

Remember to comment, chime in and tell us your thoughts, this podcast is one man’s opinion, not a lecture or sermon.

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General Hydroponics Combo Fertilizer Kit- Item of the Day

The Survival Podcast Posted on August 11, 2022 by Modern SurvivalAugust 11, 2022 1

PRICING AERT – Bringing this around today because the gallon size is marked down to 88 dollars for a kit of all three and that will grow a literal ton of hydroponics greens.  And yea I mean a damn actual ton.  The cost on the gallon set of three spent pretty much most of 2022 so far over 110 dollars.  Mid 80s is the absolute bottom for this product so if you need it get it now.

Every day I bring you an item on Amazon that I personally use or has been purchased by many members of the audience and I have researched enough to recommend.

Today’s TSP Amazon Item of the day is the General Hydroponics Combo Fertilizer Kit, this stuff is easy to mix, complete and it works, I mean it really works.  But before I go on, I actually prefer Masterblend for most hydro needs.  As long as you use air tight storage Masterblend Stores infinitely, costs less and ships easier since it is dry.

So why this product at all.  Well I found it when both Masterblend and Texas Tomato Food were impossible to get last spring when everyone and their mother jumped into growing food. And it worked really good and it does have some advantages.

First is as long as you follow the instructions (order of adding to your system) since it is liquid it mixes really easily.   Next if you are growing out plants that fruit it is really easy to fine tune as your plant progresses from growth, to bloom to fruiting.  Last even though I am linking to the combo kit, if all you are doing is starting plants to transplant size, you can get just the Flora Grow and it will do all you need at the lowest recommended level of use.

So it does have a lot going for it and for some with small indoor kratky or seed starting systems they may not mind the cost increase per gallon of actual hydroponics fluid.

Next yes this is “synthetic” fertilizer as most hydroponic fertilizer is, if you want something different you need to be in the world of aquaponicis or wormponics or something like that.  That said I have tons of worms living in my hydro systems, so at the proper levels of use these fertilizers (all of them Texas Tomato, MasterBlend, General Hydroponics, etc) do not create “sterile environments”.  That is a myth and one that needs to die.  If it were so legumes would not set nitrogen nodules in them for one thing.

That said after many experiments with hydro I am now only really using it to grow some herbs in winter and start seeds for my gardens and aquaponic systems etc.  I will say more about that this week on the air.   In the end though hydro works and for some with very little space it is one of the best options you have.  This fertilizer is a great option for specific needs or smaller systems.

If however you are doing larger systems with hydro I think  you own it to yourself purely based on economics to go with MasterBlend.

On the General Hydroponics Combo you can get that either in

  • Quart Sized Combo Kit
  • Gallon Sized Combo Kit

 

The combo kits are composed of three parts which is good becuase if you do standardize on this you will run out of Flora Gro before the other two, the three parts are…

  • Flora Gro – a General purpose fertilizer, sufficient for fast growing greens and plant starts as a stand alone.
  • Flora Micro – Provides the micro nutrients plants need for full growth and healthy fruiting.
  • Flora Bloom – Gives a good kick of P and K to encourage blooming.

 

So if you prefer a liquid nutrient consider trying the General Hydroponics Combo Fertilizer Kit in either a quart or gallon size depending on your needs. Oh and right now most of the options are on sale.

Last I want to make sure I am 100% understood here.  If you are going to grow nothing but salad greens, you absolutely can use the Flora Gro only.  I would personally buy it AND the Flora Micro but you don’t have to.  What I would personally do if I wanted to use this for indoor hydro is, buy one gallon of Flora Gro and one quart of Flora Micro.  I would then add 1/4th the amount of micro and both would run out at the same time.  That would cost right at 50 bucks today, so it doesn’t save much over the Gallon sized combo kit, but it will easily do a full season of indoor growing and you can spend the other 30 bucks on lights, net cups or say rapid rooter plugs.

Remember you can always find all of our reviews at TspAz.com

 

Posted in Amazon Reviews | Tagged amazon item of the day, gardening az, homestead az, hydroponics az, permaculture az | 1 Reply

Building a House on Raw Land – Episode-3142

The Survival Podcast Posted on August 10, 2022 by Jack SpirkoAugust 10, 2022  
https://www.survivalpodcast.net/audio/2022/08/epi-3142-building-raw-land.mp3

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Chris Johnson joins us today to discuss his journey of building a house on raw land.  Chris was born and raised in Oklahoma and grew up in the suburbs of Tulsa. After high school, he went to a local university to study Computer Science and met his wife, Ashley.

They got married after college and started building the quintessential middle-class life in the suburbs. Following a winding path of 14 years and 4 kids later, Chris learned who Dave Ramsey was, dealt with a house break-in, bought a gun (and then a few more), listened to a bunch of podcasts (including some crazy dude named Jack), HODL’d, and started to make a point of learning everything he could, about everything.

After many years of planning and saving, Chris and Ashley were finally able to start their homestead journey by selling their suburban home, moving in with the in-laws, and closing on 10 acres…1 month before COVID.

The next two years of building a house during COVID were a rollercoaster of struggles and joys. Chris has documented their journey on YouTube and continues to provide his take on building a homestead from the ground up.

Resources for today’s show…

  • Join the Members Brigade
  • TspAz.com
  • TSPC on Discord
  • TSPC Group on Telegram (group chat)
  • TSPC Telegram Channel (just messages from me)
  • Jack on Flote
  • Jack on MeWe
  • Join Me on Odysee
  • All My Recommend Bitcoin Tools and Resources

 

Chris’ Links

  • YouTube Channel
  • Odysee Channel
  • Twitter 

 

Sponsor of the Day

  • JM Bullion
  • Ridge Wallet

 

Remember to comment, chime in and tell us your thoughts, this podcast is one man’s opinion, not a lecture or sermon.

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The Ringer Cast Iron Scrubber – Item of the Day

The Survival Podcast Posted on August 10, 2022 by Modern SurvivalAugust 10, 2022 6

Every day I bring you an item on Amazon that I personally use or has been purchased by many members of the audience and I have researched enough to recommend.

Today’s TSP Amazon Item of the day is The Ringer Cast Iron Scrubber.  As a long time user of carbon steel and cast iron I was pretty interested when I first heard about this little gadget.  I picked one up figuring I would try it out and likely it would be like many gadgets, sure it sort of works but big honking deal and it would end up in the junk drawer.

Um, WRONG!  This thing is awesome, and it is one I am frankly late to the party on.  I have had a lot of folks over the house and if I used my pans to cook for them, I always show them the ringer, most are like, yep got one of those.  Why?  Because it fricken works and it makes your cast iron better over time.

Here is what I do, I generally heat up my pan with what ever crud is in it to medium hot, I then dump in a cup of water or two, it deglazes the crud.  I take the hot pan over to the sink and dump out the water, add a bit more and give it a scrubbing with the ringer.  This with a well seasoned pan is all you really need, just heat dry and oil and you are good.

What I do a lot of times though, especially if there is a small amount of crud left is put in a big pinch of kosher salt, it acts like scouring powder and give it a bit more scrubbing with the ringer.  This not only cleans it perfectly but it is doing micro sanding of the iron and patina at the same time.

So if you cook with carbon steel or cast iron, consider getting The Ringer Cast Iron Scrubber into your kitchen today.  At only 15 bucks it is a great deal, I have had mine about 2 years now and it is still as good as new.

Remember you can always find all of our reviews at TspAz.com

Posted in Amazon Reviews | Tagged cooking az, kitchen tools az | 6 Replies

Censor Proof Crowdfunding on the Lightning Network – Epi-3141

The Survival Podcast Posted on August 9, 2022 by Jack SpirkoAugust 9, 2022  
https://www.survivalpodcast.net/audio/2022/08/epi-3141-geyser-crowdfunding.mp3

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Mick Morucci is the co-founder of Geyser, a reward-based crowdfunding platform built on Bitcoin’s Lightning network. He built Geyser to help creatives, developers, educators launch their initiatives through the support of their community.

By building on Bitcoin’s lightning network Geyser enables what Mick calls “borderless crowdfunding”: crowdfunding that can happen regardless of geographical barriers, is fully interoperable with other platforms on the lightning network without any platform barriers and without censorship.

Mick has a background in Anthropology and Economics and has been studying and working in the Bitcoin ecosystem for over 6 years. He’s here to talk about Geyser, the Lightning Network, Bitcoin, money and more.  In other words today we are talking about taking the quiet insurrection up a notch.  Changing the world in a peaceful but unstoppable way, though 100% voluntary cooperation.

Resources for today’s show…

  • Join the Members Brigade
  • TspAz.com
  • TSPC on Discord
  • TSPC Group on Telegram (group chat)
  • TSPC Telegram Channel (just messages from me)
  • Jack on Flote
  • Jack on MeWe
  • Join Me on Odysee
  • All My Recommend Bitcoin Tools and Resources

 

Mick’s Links

  • Geyser.fund – Lightning Enabled Bitcoin Fundraising
  • Mick on Twitter
  • Geyser Official Twitter
  • MickMorucci.com

 

Sponsor of the Day

  • Live Free Academy Budget Homesteading Workshop
  • Get Everything at Live Free Academy for One Monthly Fee

 

Video Version of this Podcast Episode

Remember to comment, chime in and tell us your thoughts, this podcast is one man’s opinion, not a lecture or sermon.

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Posted in Podcasts | Tagged bitcoin, bitcoin breakout, lightning network | Leave a reply

Cable Matters 6-Outlet Wall Mount Surge Protector – Item of the Day

The Survival Podcast Posted on August 9, 2022 by Modern SurvivalAugust 9, 2022 6

Price Alert – It’s back again because it is on sale for 50% off again and everyone of you guys that picks up one or two of these guys seems to love them.  It is a lifestyle hack that costs about 10 bucks and five minutes to install.  From that point forward your home runs just a little bit better.

Every day I bring you an item on Amazon that I personally use or has been purchased by many members of the audience and I have researched enough to recommend.

Today’s TSP Amazon Item of the day is the Cable Matters 6-Outlet Wall Mount Surge Protector and it is one of my favorite little gadgets for making my life easier.  It is available in both black and white depending on your preferences.

There are so many reasons I love this thing.  First is my wife and her fricken air fresheners that plug in.  She has them all over, and okay they smell nice but plug in one and you loose two outlets.  This lets me take them back for more practical things like my favorite power failure lights.  But I will admit those too take way an outlet and most of the time it doesn’t matter.

But then you are cooking and want to plug in your spice grinder or some other gadget, fricken outlet is blocked.  By expanding dual boxes into quads or six ways you can still plug in another item or two.

Next there are the USB ports, these have two 2.4 amp charging ports for USB devices.  While not as fast as 3.1 USB ports they are not snails either.  I use them all the time and they put juice back in my phone plenty fast.  They are really great at times when the phone is low and say I am cooking, I want to plug it in but am listening to music and don’t want to walk to the other room to skip songs, etc.

The next thing I love is something that could be a problem for some folks or in some rooms, suffice to say I won’t put one of these in my bedrooms.  Why?  Well they have a green power indicator light on them.  It is actually bright enough to be like a night light.  So when you get up in the night you have enough light not to stub your toe.  I am sure you could paint over part of this light or put a bit of tape on it to dim it down a bit if you wanted to.

Last but not least the entire unit is a surge protector that protects your electronic devices from surges.  And to top it all off, again it is on sale today with a total cost of 10.99 on sale today with free shipping on Prime.

Frankly I have looked at dozens of similar products and for the money nothing beats this one, especially marked down like it is today.  So check out the Cable Matters 6-Outlet Wall Mount Surge Protector today and take back your outlets! I have two of these in my home, the oldest has been in operation for about 5 years now.  It still works perfectly, I mean what else an you ask for at about 10 bucks and change.

Remember you can always find all of our reviews at TspAz.com

 

 

Posted in Amazon Reviews | Tagged amazon item of the day, cell phone az, electronics az, energy az | 6 Replies

Check Out the Live Free Academy Budget Homesteading Workshop

The Survival Podcast Posted on August 9, 2022 by Jack SpirkoAugust 9, 2022 2

Would you like to know how to grow pounds of organic food… buy loads of groceries at cheap prices… stockpile enough food to survive any emergency… and slash your debt to “stretch your dollar”…

And I mean even if you have no land, live in a small home, make little money, and have never done it before?

Join John Bush and Rebecca Powers for the Exit and Build Homesteading on a Budget Workshop!

More Info andTickets Here

Throughout the workshop, you’ll discover proven methods for:

  • Growing pounds of fresh, organic food to eat year-round whether you live in a 0.1-acre suburban home or cramped apartment
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  • Buying high-quality food your family loves at bargain prices at select stores online and offline (where to shop, what to buy, tricks to use, and much more)
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  • Strategically stocking and prepping enough food to feed you and your family during a blackout, riot, storm, or total economic disaster
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  • Eliminating debt, slashing expenses, and cutting costs to have more money and freedom for the lifestyle you want even with little income and a low-paying job (these strategies work no matter how much money you make or how much debt you have)

 

And it gets better, if you buy you ticket before Friday August 12th at midnight you also get instant access to two awesome bonuses…

  •  A workshop by Marjory Wildcraft on How to Grow Half Your Food in Your Own Backyard in Less than One Hour Per Day
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  • A workshop from Paul Wheaton on SKIP, Skills to Inherit Property.
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Both of the these are from Day 3 of the Exit and Build Land Summit II.

To Get your Tickets Before the Friday Deadline Visit the Exit and Build Website Now.

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Getting Started with Quail for Meat & Eggs – Epi-3140

The Survival Podcast Posted on August 8, 2022 by Jack SpirkoAugust 8, 2022 3
https://www.survivalpodcast.net/audio/2022/08/epi-3140-starting-with-quail.mp3

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:51:05 — 25.4MB)

In my recent talk with Ken Berry about home meat/egg production the subject of quail came up.  It may be the easiest and fastest way into production for the largest number of people.  Eggs hatch in 18 days, young meat birds are ready for harvest in 6 weeks, new layers start laying in 7 weeks.  You can breed your own replacements.  It can all be done in a back yard or even a garage.  Today we talk about how to maximize this highly over looked aspect of home meat production.

Join Me Today to Discuss…

  • Why the quail for meat and eggs
    • Fast growth
    • Easy to reproduce in house
    • Fast to egg production and meat production
    • Process a bird in less than 60 seconds
  • Food value of production
    • 3-4 quail eggs equal about one chicken egg – link 1 –  link 2
    • One adult will find 2 quail make a good meal, perhaps 3 without filling sides
    • Livers are a good source of fat, I like them and don’t typically like liver
    • Cook in lard/bacon etc. to increase fat
    • Egg yolks are as fatty as chicken yolks
    • Use an egg cutter on eggs or you hate yourself – 2 pack of cutters – 12 pack of cutters
      • Some Stuff I have Done with Quail Beyond Typical
        • Heart and  jalapeño mini skewers – link
        • Quail Soup – link
        • Sweet and Spicy Asian Leg Quarter – link
  • The basics of using a stacked cage system
    • Breeding cages are generally 1 male to four females at a 2×2 sized cage (some go smaller, I don’t)
    • Grow out cages can be much more dense, if a bird gets picked on move or cull early
    • Birds need feed, water and grit, especially layers need lots of grit & dust baths (play sand is fine)
    • Thoughts on oyster shell for calcium/grit
    • Laying birds did fine for me on lower protein layer feed, growing birds need game bird feed
  • Thoughts on systems outside the “stack” – My Six Cage Stack System
    • Stacks in a way are CAFO operations, you really have to manage them well to not be abusive
    • The “quail tracker” was a great idea with shipping limits, build something similar – link
    • Quail aviaries may be the best way to go if you have the space, time and materials
    • Ignore the bullshit myths about flying, breaking necks, etc.  They are tougher than you think.
    • Also consider an “in between” model
      • Layers in a stack system
      • Babies in a brooder system
      • Young grow outs do 3-4 weeks in a tractor
      • Adult culls get the same 3-4 weeks prior to harvest
      • Indoor birds are protected, outdoor labor is seasonal under your control
  • Dealing with the waste stream, more of it then you’d think – Amount from 6 Cages
    • Standard composting
    • Worm bin composting
    • Set and forget piles
  • Some ways to boost protein
    • Worm farm, hell yes they will eat worms
    • Raise your own meal works or BSF
    • Buy BSF or Mealworms dry as a reserve BSF on Amazon – Meal Worms on Amazon
  • Final Thoughts

 

Resources for today’s show…

  • Join the Members Brigade
  • TspAz.com
  • TSPC on Discord
  • TSPC Group on Telegram (group chat)
  • TSPC Telegram Channel (just messages from me)
  • Jack on Flote
  • Jack on MeWe
  • Join Me on Odysee
  • Over Three Hours of Q&A on Quail with Timestamps to Jump to Answers (manually)
  • Small Hog Ring Plier Set – Like we shipped with the quail tracker
  • Overview of the Quail Tracker Video from this Episode
  • All My Recommend Bitcoin Tools and Resources

 

Sponsor of the Day

  • Knife Kits
  • Bulk Ammo

 

Remember to comment, chime in and tell us your thoughts, this podcast is one man’s opinion, not a lecture or sermon.

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Posted in Podcasts | Tagged eggs, meat production, quail, small livestock | 3 Replies

Turkish Made Folding Harvesting and Pruning Knife – Item of the Day

The Survival Podcast Posted on August 8, 2022 by Modern SurvivalAugust 8, 2022 9

Special Notice – I am bringing these around again today because they are back in stock.  For how long I don’t know but almost every time they come around and I run this item it sells out in a few days.  This is the only source of this item I am aware of in the US.  And it is simply an exceptional tool for homesteading, gardening, etc.  If you want one given they are only made in Turkey and the supply chain issues, I’d do it now.

Every day I bring you an item on Amazon that I personally use or has been purchased by many members of the audience and I have researched enough to recommend.

Today’s TSP Amazon Item of the day is a Turkish Made Folding Harvesting and Pruning Knife, honestly I do not know what they are really called, but that is what it is.  The description on Amazon is officially a “Folding Scythe Weed Garden – Scythe Grass Saw 12” and I think some things were lost in translation from Turkish to English.  Anyway this is not a scythe, a scythe is for mowing and it has a non serrated blade.  This tool has a serrated blade, it is for cutting, not chopping and not mowing.  I have added a video to this review to further explain why I just love this tool.

I found out about it one of my favorite ways to find out about things, from the audience.  I recently did a post on Rice Knives and a commenter named Joel said this in response to that post…

“I have tried a variety of these rice knives as well as a number of alternatives when I inevitably lost them. I finally settled on an alternative that I like better: a folding Turkish grape harvesting knife also on Amazon. It is of similar light duty build and I use it exactly like a rice knife. Its trump card is that it folds and can safely be placed in a hip pocket so I don’t lose it. I’ve used it daily for months and have no complaints. I’m thinking of buying one for backup because I only know of this one source.”

Well I asked him for a link and he provided it, I ordered one and I love the damn thing.  It does everything a rice knife does and it is a little beefier in build though this is not a over built tool.  Gonna bet in Turkey these are really common and likely sell for about 5-10 bucks vs. the 20 they cost on Amazon.  You know what though, I think they are totally worth 20 bucks.  Just like Joel said the weakness of a rice knife is you do not want to put it in your pocket, you will ruin your pocket and or cut yourself.  Hence you end up setting them down and misplacing them.

This guy folds up like a big pocket knife and fits pretty damn comfortably into a cargo shorts pocket and even into jean pockets.  That equals not put down, not lost, not rusted, etc.

Okay but how does it work?  In a word perfectly.  It does all the light duty stuff a rice knife does it also handled wild sunflower stalks the size of my thumb and simply stalks on a huge lambsquarter plant, no issues.  Like a rice knife you must use a sawing motion.

There are some real advantages here though. The first is you are a lot less likely to cut yourself then with a chopping sickle. You hold the material, lay your blade on it and saw though. I do hope if you feel it on your skin you won’t pull it across it. Also if you do get yourself as soon as you start moving it you should feel pain and unless you are a moron stop doing that. When you chop something you are holding and miss you either cut yourself or cut yourself bad, like say hitting a joint or a tendon and fucking your hand up for good.

This is great for precision like trimming grasses out from in between vegetables. A missed chop and there goes that eggplant or swiss chard when all you wanted was to get rid of some stubborn grass that can’t be pulled up because it will bring your veggies with it. Oh and it is the best tool for cutting comfrey you will ever and I mean ever find. Harvesting mint and other herbs in mass for drying, amazing for that too.

While much like a rice knife this is best on material about thumb size and down that is still mostly green it will cut though some tougher stuff.  I did some research on these things and they are used mostly for harvesting grapes and berries and for pruning said same like Joel mentioned.  They seem to have been around in this form a very long time.  In trying to get more info which is very limited I ran into some that claimed to be antiques over 200 years old, they look exactly like this one other than being very aged and not having the same markings on them.

When something is used by a society for over 100 years or more you know one thing, it works as designed.  I plan to stain and seal the handle.  The blade is carbon steel so I will likely patina it with vinegar, if you are not familiar with that process tune in today (episod 2709) and I will explain how and why to do it with tools like this.

In any event like Joel said there is only one source of this thing I can find so I am going to order a few more.  I plan to gussy them up a bit and give them as gifts this year.  Heck I may even give one to a couple instructors and raffle one off to a student this year at TSP20.  You don’t have to wait for that though.  Pick up one of these Turkish Made Folding Harvesting and Pruning Knives today and I don’t think you will ever regret it.  I have to say as much as I like rice knives I don’t think I will ever buy one again.  I mean summing it up, I now consider this tool on of my essential gardening and homestead tools.

Remember you can always find all of our reviews at TspAz.com

PS – The Stock Images from the maker do give dimensions but it doesn’t really convey scale well so here are a few pics of mine in hand and next to a rice knife to convey how well scaled this tool really is.  Like I said when a culture uses a tool for centries there is usually a very good reason for it.

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Posted in Amazon Reviews | Tagged amazon item fo the day, garden az, homestead az, homesteading az, knife az, permaculture az, tools az | 9 Replies

Downward Class Migration a Decade In – Epi-3139

The Survival Podcast Posted on August 5, 2022 by Jack SpirkoAugust 5, 2022 2
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It has actually been more than a decade at this point since I first covered this concept in Epi-761 of the Podcast.  I talked about it a lot after that but it became clear that some of what I was saying was being misunderstood. So in 2012 I did this YouTube video about it.  Today a bit more than a decade into this we take a look at how it is playing out and what I got right and wrong.

Join Me Today to Discuss…

  • What We Must Pay For (needs)
    • Food
    • Water
    • Shelter
    • Energy
    • Security
    • Health and Sanitation
  • Means by Which we Define our LQ (lifestyle quotient)
    • House Quality (size, condition, location)
    • Education (quality, safety, condition)
    • Vehicles (quality, style, reliability, mpgs, etc.)
    • Diet/Food (quality, desirability, service, etc.)
    • Entertainment (frequency, access, time for it, etc.)
    • Credit Access (cost to borrow, limits on borrowing, etc.)
  • What is Middle Class
    • The “elite” make up about .9% of society in the developed world
    • The wealthy (net worth over 1 million) make up about 5%
    • The upper middle class make up about 40%
    • The lower middle class make up about 42%
    • The poor make up about 12%
  • What has really been going on
    • Wages have failed to keep pace with inflation
    • Interest rates have been artificially low, setting up a bad end game
    • YOLO has been the creed fo society since the 1980s
    • Our dependence on off shore manufacture and materials has grown constantly
    • We have created a society of educated idiots with low skill and low drive
    • Administrators have out numbered doers and the gap grows – artificial price inflation
    • Regulatory capture has resulted in government protected monopolies in all primary sectors
    • Supply squeeze, money printing and economic ignorance have led to inflation + artificial S/D curve
    • Deflation is coming at the same time, more accurately disinflation, “it’s a trap”
    • Real estate is about to experience another huge wealth transfer to the wealthy and elite
  • What I got wrong, pretty much only that it was far more by design that incompetence
  • What can you do about it
    • Build in the parallel economies we talk about all the time
    • Develop hard skills
    • Make your property productive
    • Buy smart, work systems hard
    • HODL Bitcoin even if it hurts to admit that “Jack is right about it”
    • Over all drive down the cost side of your life while driving up the LQ at the same time

 

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