Small Scale Life Podcast
Learn, do grow and be a little better everyday!
About the show
Welcome to The Small Scale Life Podcast, your weekly journey to connect with Nature and Community.
Join us as we explore Homesteading, Wellness, and the bonds that bring us together. Your host, Tom, believes that every individual and every place has a unique story waiting to be discovered and uncovered. Together, we’ll embark on an adventure to discover the road less traveled, forging new paths and connections along this journey called Small Scale Life.
Plant Deep Roots and Craft Your Own Small Scale Life. The Location and the Path are entirely yours to choose.
Every day is an opportunity to learn, grow, and become a little better.
That, my friends, is a good thing (and where the magic is)!
You can find more about Small Scale Life at our website https://smallscalelife.com.
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Episodes
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Midweek Motivation - 4 Tips to Keep Going
March 1st, 2018 | 7 mins 30 secs
4 tips to keep going, goals, healthy lifestyle, keep going, life lessons, midweek motivation, mindset, new years resolutions, small scale life podcast
How many of you set your New Year’s Resolutions and gave it up already? You need to keep going. Results are not guaranteed, but you will be better off in the long run for trying.
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Reviewing Top Seed Sources for Your Garden - S3E12
February 23rd, 2018 | 35 mins 51 secs
compost, garden, grow what you eat, homestead, rain gutter grow systems, raised beds, reviewing top seed sources for your garden, saving seeds, seedlings, seeds, soils, square foot gardening, trellis, urban gardening, vertical gardening, wicking beds
Now that you have developed your Garden Plan, it is time to gather seeds! This can be confusing and overwhelming. In this post and episode, I am reviewing top seed sources for your 2018 garden.
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Midweek Motivation: The Greatest Showman - Friends, Creativity and Drive
February 21st, 2018 | 8 mins 2 secs
adventure, creativity, drive, friends, healthy living, midweek motivation, podcast, pt barnum, the greatest showman
This episode is all about the lessons learned from the life of PT Barnum and the movie “The Greatest Showman.” There are some great lessons learned about friends, creativity and unstoppable drive from the life of PT Barnum, and Tommy Cakes tells you some of those lessons in his own unique way.
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Four Lessons Learned from Starting Seeds – S3E10
February 19th, 2018 | 33 mins 6 secs
compost, 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, trellis, urban gardening, urban homestead, vertical gardening, wicking beds
In this episode of the Small Scale Life Podcast, I am going to discuss Four Lessons Learned from Starting Seeds in my basement last year.
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Midweek Motivation: Super Bowl Spectacular - S3E9
February 8th, 2018 | 16 mins 46 secs
authenticity, healthy living, midweek motivation, mindset, new england patriots, philadelphia eagles, simple life, small scale life podcast, st. paul winter carnival, super bowl, tom brady, winter carnival
This episode is all about the Super Bowl Spectacular that was held here in Minnesota. Did you watch the Super Bowl? Here are some thoughts and observations from Tommy Cakes.
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How To Develop A 2018 Garden Plan - S3E8
February 6th, 2018 | 34 mins 27 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, vertical gardening, wicking beds
In this episode, I am going to discuss 2018 Garden Plan: what I am going to grow and how I am going to grow it. I am making some adjustments to my planting strategy, and while I am not going to grow commercially, I am adopting some urban farming concepts and principles to make my garden very productive in 2018.
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Midweek Motivation: Overcoming Dread - S3E7
February 1st, 2018 | 8 mins 52 secs
dread, goals, healthy living, midweek motivation, mindset, overcoming dread, small scale life podcast
This episode is focused on overcoming dread. Are you spending all your time and energy worrying about something? Are you afraid to tackle tasks? Perhaps you need to change your perspective and mindset, and Tommy Cakes is here to help overcome your dread.
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Midweek Motivation: Preparedness
January 25th, 2018 | 7 mins 1 sec
frugal living, homestead, midweek motivation, prepared, preparedness, prepping, rural life, rural living, small scale life podcast, sustainable life
This episode is focused on preparedness and the recent short-lived Government Shutdown. Do you prepare for life's disasters?
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BellCast: Winter Urban Farming Blues - S3E5
January 21st, 2018 | 1 hr 26 mins
bellcast, friends, garden, gardening, instagram, mindset, podcast, small business, small scale life podcast, tribal, tribalism, urban farm, urban farming, urban homestead
Michael and I discuss urban farming in cold weather and high winds, and we will discuss the effect on his crops and his plan moving forward. We discuss some future projects and building soil using Regenerative Agriculture techniques discussed in a recent seminar by Gabe Brown. We also discuss the NFL games last weekend including the Minneapolis Miracle.
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Midweek Motivation - Keep Your Eye on Target - S3E4
January 18th, 2018 | 3 mins 16 secs
Midweek Motivation is a new weekly episode featuring the wisdom and stories of host Tommy Cakes. This episode is focused on the big lesson learned from the Viking's Minneapolis Miracle in their game against the Saints.
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Thank You for 20,000 Downloads!
January 16th, 2018 | 7 mins 51 secs
about, adventure, blog, gardening, healthy lifestyle, podcast
We wanted to say thank you for hitting 20,000 downloads since starting this podcast a couple years ago! As we kick off 2018, it is great to take a brief look at how 2017 compared to 2016.
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Stoic Farming and Tribalism with Scott Hebert - S3E2
January 9th, 2018 | 1 hr 19 mins
beard, friends, garden, gardening, healthy living, mindset, small business, stoic, stoic mettle podcast, tribal, tribalism, urban farm, urban farming, urban homestead, vlog
In this podcast, we discuss a number of topics including farming, stoicism, his podcast Stoic Mettle, launching his Vlog, developing a tribe and growing and maintaining his beard.
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Happy Birthday Small Scale Life - S3E1
January 4th, 2018 | 11 mins
about, appreciation, happy birthday, podcast, small scale life podcast, thank you
The purpose of this post is to thank you all for all the love and kind word's yesterday on my and Small Scale Life's birthdays.
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Twas the Night Before Christmas
December 24th, 2017 | 23 mins 15 secs
carols, christmas tradition, family, friends, heritage, holiday, tradition
We are establishing our own tradition on today’s episode of the Small Scale Life Podcast! For the second year in a row, I am reading “Twas the Night Before Christmas” for you and your family.
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Our Five Christmas Traditions - S2E33
December 23rd, 2017 | 47 mins 43 secs
carols, christmas tradition, family, friends, heritage, holiday, tradition
As we ramp up for the holidays, family and friends gather together to celebrate the holidays. Out of ideas for something to do? How about trying one of our Five Christmas Traditions this year?
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Doniel Freeman: Wicking Beds and Regenerative Dads S2E32
December 11th, 2017 | 44 mins 15 secs
do it yourself, garden, gardening, podcast, raised beds, regenerative agriculture, regenerative dads podcast, wicking beds
In this episode, we discuss Doneil Freeman’s wicking beds and the Regenerative Dad’s podcast. This is launching a new wicking bed series on Small Scale Life.