Small Scale Life Podcast
Episode Archive
Episode Archive
243 episodes of Small Scale Life Podcast since the first episode, which aired on January 2nd, 2016.
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On the Road: Exploring Tomah, Wisconsin
June 28th, 2018 | 23 mins 16 secs
adventure, backroads, barn, bees, breweries, cranberries, crops, explore, farm, fields, food, homestead, hops, mainstreet, rail, railroad, rural, rurallife, silo, simple life, simple living, small scale life, smalltown, sunrise, sunset, tracks, trains, wineries
This podcast is focused on my observations and thoughts as I explored in the areas around Tomah, Wisconsin. Of course, I talked about buying our home in Minneapolis and about the future as well.
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How to Build Vertical Garden Planters
June 26th, 2018 | 30 mins 26 secs
common garden pests, compost, garden, grow what you eat, gutter garden, homestead, how to build a vertical garden on fences, rain gutter grow systems, raised beds, seedlings, seeds, soils, square foot gardening, trellis, urban gardening, urban homestead, vertical gardening, wicking beds
I discuss what is a vertical garden, benefits and challenges, materials needed, and a step-by-step guide for building vertical garden planters on fences
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Garden Update: Under Siege from Pests
June 20th, 2018 | 44 mins 41 secs
common garden pests, compost, garden, grow what you eat, gutter garden, homestead, rain gutter grow systems, raised beds, seedlings, seeds, soils, square foot gardening, trellis, urban gardening, urban homestead, vertical gardening, wicking beds
In this episode, it is time for another Garden Update, and while our gardens might be growing, our plants are under siege from pests of all shapes and sizes. I want to give you a head’s up about those pest before too many of you lose productive plants.
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Midweek Motivation: Life on the Road
June 15th, 2018 | 4 mins 30 secs
adjusting to life on the road, focus, goals, healthy living, life on the road, live simply, midweek motivation, mindset, protecting time, simple life, simple living, small scale life podcast, to do list
Tommy is on the road in Central Wisconsin in cranberry bogs. In this episode, Tommy discusses his life on the road and how he is trying to adjust.
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Homesteading in Ohio with Daniel Bokros
June 14th, 2018 | 1 hr 8 mins
bees, chickens, community, cows, frugal living, homestead, homesteading in ohio, livestock, pigs, reduce debt, rural life, rural living, simple life, simple living, small scale life podcast, sustainable life, tribe
A while back, I had a great conversation about Homesteading in Ohio with Daniel Bokros. Daniel is one of the Ohio Get Stuff Done Crew, and he has his own homestead called the Red Dog Ranch. In this podcast, we discuss his journey from the Marine Corps to the homestead in the Ohio countryside, and what Daniel and his wife Christie are doing to earn money from their homestead.
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Urban Farming Advice with Hebert and Bell
June 7th, 2018 | 1 hr 12 mins
bellcast, dallas half acre farm, interview, market garden, michael bell, podcast; profitable urban farming; urban farming advice; urban farming best practices; scott hebert; flavourful farms, small business, small scale life podcast, urban farm, urban farming
Michael Bell and Scott Hebert return to Small Scale Life to discuss urban farming advice and best practices. Topics including selecting seeds/plants, watering crops, harvesting product, successfully marketing products and potentially expanding their operations.
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Midweek Motivation: Feeling Overwhelmed
June 1st, 2018 | 6 mins 12 secs
feeling overwhelmed, focus, goals, healthy living, live simply, midweek motivation, mindset, simple life, simple living, small scale life podcast, to do list
Midweek Motivation is a weekly episode featuring the wisdom and stories of host Tommy Cakes. This week, Tommy is back and broadcasting outside a lounge somewhere in the Minneapolis, Minnesota. In this episode, Tommy discusses feeling overwhelmed and how to eat an elephant.
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Midweek Motivation - Stop Distractions: Focus!
May 23rd, 2018 | 6 mins 45 secs
focus, goals, healthy living, live simply, midweek motivation, mindset, simple living, small scale life podcast, stop distractions
This week, Tommy is on the road and is broadcasting from somewhere near the Front Range in Colorado. In this episode, Tommy discusses how you should always stop distractions and focus on the people and places around you.
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Starting My 2018 Vegetable Gardening Season
May 22nd, 2018 | 34 mins 28 secs
compost, garden, grow what you eat, homestead, rain gutter grow systems, raised beds, seedlings, seeds, soils, square foot gardening, trellis, urban gardening, urban homestead; 2018 vegetable garden season, vertical gardening, wicking beds
This podcast is all about starting my 2018 vegetable gardening season, and if you think that everything is rainbows and unicorns, you are wrong. I had immediate trouble including rotting raised beds, dead plants and rabbits. Can anyone relate to this?
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Midweek Motivation: Turn Off Social Media
May 9th, 2018 | 6 mins 8 secs
community, family, friends, healthy lifestyle, life lessons, midweek motivation, mindset, nature, small scale life podcast, turn off social media
Gary Vee recently said that the cell phone is the remote control of today’s society, and your activity on Social Media is nothing more than the reality shows of our current year. Why not turn off Social Media, put down the cell phone, and enjoy people and nature instead?
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Earth Day Tip: Teach Gardening
May 8th, 2018 | 35 mins 48 secs
compost, earth day, earth day tip, earth day tip teach gardening, garden, grow what you eat, homestead, lessons learned from starting seeds, rain gutter grow systems, raised beds, seedlings, seeds, soils, square foot gardening, starting seeds, teach gardening, trellis, urban gardening, urban homestead, vertical gardening, wicking beds
As part of Earth Day Week, I went to a local elementary school and presented about the three basic elements needed for gardening: light, water and soil. For those of you who want to make a difference in a student’s life while helping the planet, my Earth Day Tip is Teach Gardening.
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How to Start a Lifestyle Business
May 2nd, 2018 | 1 hr 6 mins
how to start, how to start a lifestyle business, kevin geary, lifestyle business, online business, rebooted body, six figure grind, small business
Kevin Geary and I discuss how to start a lifestyle business that allows you to put some of that stress at ease by earning extra income while charting your own destiny from almost anywhere on this planet.
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BellCast: Profitable Urban Farming
April 11th, 2018 | 42 mins 23 secs
bellcast, dallas half acre farm, interview, market garden, michael bell, podcast; profitable urban farming, small business, small scale life podcast, urban farm, urban farming
Micheal Bell returns to the Small Scale Life Podcast to discuss progress at his urban farm in Dallas, Texas. Michael and I discuss a number of topics including the great weather in Texas right now (and the crappy weather in Minnesota), what he has planted and some of his profitable urban farming strategies.
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Midweek Motivation: Be Ready Player One
April 5th, 2018 | 5 mins 2 secs
4 tips to keep going; fun to done, completing goals, completing projects, goals, healthy lifestyle, how to complete goals; be ready, keep going, life lessons, midweek motivation, mindset, new years resolutions, small scale life podcast
Here is a question for you to ponder: would you be ready to drop everything and go if opportunity knocks? If you are, you might have an opportunity of a lifetime. This episode is all about the lessons learned from a local accountant turned Superman for the Chicago Blackhawks.
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How to Declutter to Make a Simple and Intentional Life
April 4th, 2018 | 1 hr 2 mins
debt free, declutter, giving, goals, intentional living, living simple, mindset, minimalism, reduce debt, simple life, simple living, small scale life podcast, sustainable living
in this episode, we are coming back to discuss one of the 5 steps in more detail. We are going to discuss How to Declutter to make a Simple and Intentional Life,
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Grow Lights for Indoor Plants
April 2nd, 2018 | 25 mins 34 secs
compost, do it yourself, garden, grow lights for indoor plants. grow lights, grow what you eat, homestead, how to, how to start seeds indoors for spring gardens, rain gutter grow systems, raised beds, seedlings, seeds, soils, square foot gardening, trellis, urban gardening, vertical gardening, wicking beds
In this podcast, I will discuss grow lights and my inexpensive grow light stand made out of scrap wood and extra materials. At the same time, I will discuss leggy seedlings and how to solve that problem.