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Matt
Matt
9 years ago

Just yesterday I was thinking how amazingly prescient your ‘GOP strongman’ prediction turned out to be. Maybe this crazy redneck duck farmer is onto something…

Jose Garcia
9 years ago
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Every terror attack in Europe helps Trump here.

Rorschach
Rorschach
9 years ago

For the origin of C-O-N-spiracy see ”In Living Color”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwz9RAVou1U.

Rianna Stone
Rianna Stone
9 years ago

I have used Android phones for quite some time and I have just recently switched to iPhone but I wanted to offer my suggestions for anyone looking for a better way to listen to the show. If you don’t want to use Jack’s app on Android for some reason, one of the better apps that I found was Stitcher. With Stitcher you can build a podcast library of many different shows and have them all in one place. Personally I preferred Jack’s app but this is available if you want it. On iPhone, I have found a really good podcatcher and it’s called Overcast. You can subscribe to several different shows and it has some nifty features such as Smart Speed and Voice Boost. Smart Speed actually takes out pauses and shortens the show slightly but you never notice that it is doing this while listening. I actually like this app better than trying to listen to shows through iTunes. I hope this helps anyone who might be having issues and I can’t wait to see the iPhone app when it’s up and running.

Sam Williams
Sam Williams
9 years ago

Neither party is going to allow the candidate selected by the primaries to be the nominees. Or it would be Trump vs Sanders.

Georgette in Texas
Georgette in Texas
9 years ago

Really appreciated tonight’s podcast — esp. re planting org. grocery store produce — and the John Fogerty brought a smile to my face! Thank you for the good you do!

Lukkas
Lukkas
9 years ago

For what it’s worth Jack, if we didn’t have mcmansion bird houses sitting on those quarter acre lots and more reasonably sized homes, once the fertility developed sufficiently natural farming *could* support a family on them [though the particular crops would need to be adjusted, and in climates too cold for two grain crops the landbase would need to be larger.]

To quote:

“If 22 bushels (1,300 pounds) of rice and 22 bushels of winter grain are harvested from a quarter acre field, then the field will support five to ten people each investing an average of less than one hour of labour per day.”

End Quote

If we mid-ball that estimate to 7 people and cut two off to cover for the land consumed by House and Driveway, we’ve got a quarter acre lot that will provide all the grain necessary for an average 5 member family’s direct use, or a great deal of grain for feeding to poultry for egg and meat [and bones for bone stock] yield. Granted this doesn’t cover a vegetable garden, which might fit well on the roof if the homes were constructed for rooftop gardening.

Decrease population density to 3/8 acre lots, and suddenly you can easily have a border of fruit and nut shrubs and small trees [or larger trees with the use of dwarfing rootstock, which as discussed yesterday can still result in a natural tree form] surrounding each ‘home field.’

As a final note, there are certain insects [grasshoppers among them] which favor high carbon feed like straw from spent grain stalks and could be used to acquire an additional protein yield [either for the poultry or for a family who eat insects directly] before the frass is returned to the fields.

[I do FAR prefer bare minimum 1/2 acre, if not full acre per family, but that’s just not how we do things in populated areas.]

spr61
spr61
9 years ago

I’ve listened to the podcast back when it was in the 700-800 episode days. When I heard the comment today, addressing getting an App on the phone, I felt compelled to make a comment. Frankly, when people have been writing in saying “Jack has changed”, and have let their memberships expire, I feel telling a caller to shove it in his ass is exactly what they are talking about. I have been a member for years, and have tried several times to become a life member. I have also promoted the podcast, and consequently have had dozens of people sign up for the MSB. The caller is listening to the show, and simply offering a suggestion to make it more user friendly (my opinion anyway). Isn’t the podcast designed to solicit comment and suggestions? Anyway, I love the content of the show, but wanted to offer an outside opinion on why people are saying you changed. I would challenge someone to find a comment made like this on any episodes prior to the 1000 mark. I’m just sayin……….

John Wheeler
9 years ago

I agree completely, it was totally bogus the way he demanded it. That said, I am so glad he did and you put it on the show, because I love the app! Thank you so much for creating it. I had never noticed it before. It is so much nicer listening to the podcast on an app on my tablet than in the browser on my laptop.

supershak
supershak
9 years ago

I think the caller asking about “fuel” was actually asking about booze. You know, make your own alcohol for….fuel….of course. Yeah, fuel. >.>

spr61
spr61
9 years ago

agreed sir… but from where I was sitting, it sounded as though it was a plea, not a command. He clearly likes the podcast… just an observation…

John Wheeler
9 years ago

I want to address ordering from Arbor Day Foundation. Now, my experience with them is from 10 to 20 years ago, so it might not be the same now, but I found that they had decent, not great, quality seedling trees. I would never recommend them for anyone with a small property who is doing intensive work and counting on every tree to be productive. But for mass plantings on five acres for stuff like producing alcohol and providing privacy like the caller is looking to do, their trees have done well enough for me. Of course, that still leaves the question of whether the member discounted price is really that much of a bargain compared with seedling trees at other nurseries, but that is something that can be answered by research on the Internet. Personally, if I do buy acreage in the future, I definitely plan on rejoining and getting their 10 free tree offer.

Simone
9 years ago

On the topic of growing crops from grocery purchases: I also grow a ton of stuff especially cover crops from the bulk bin section and spice aisles. Great results so far with crops like buckwheat, fenugreek, flax, millet, amaranth, dried beans, lentils as well as dill seeds, fennel, coriander, caraway, sunflower seeds,… As long as they are whole seeds (hulled is often fine) and not roasted or salted.

Any fruit seeds like apple, pears, even plums work too.

And don’t for get any seeds sold for sprouting!

Cheapest way to get lots of seeds in household quantities.

Eddie
Eddie
9 years ago

Regarding the sorting through coins, my grandfather has been doing this for 10 years. He would go to his local bank, order/buy several $100 in halves, sort through them, and return to sell them back.

About 3 yrs ago the local banks started charging him a “counting” fee to confirm he was returning the exact amount he said he was. At $25 / $100 box of coins, it didnt make any sense to continue.