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Small Scale Life Podcast

Learn, do grow and be a little better everyday!

About the show

From The Landing on the banks of the Willow River in Western Wisconsin, join host Tom as he discusses his adventures in homesteading and in Nature as he develops a sustainable wellness practice. We will build resilient mind, bodies, spirits and communities as we learn, do, grow and be a little better everyday!

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Episodes

  • 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.

  • 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?

  • 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
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    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.

  • 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.

  • Start Seeds Indoors for Spring Gardens

    March 26th, 2018  |  34 mins 54 secs
    compost, do it yourself, garden, 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

    Welcome to Spring 2018! It is time to plant seeds and grow some seedlings!  In this post and episode of the Small Scale Life Podcast, I am going to set up an indoor gardening area and start seeds indoors for spring gardens.

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    Midweek Motivation: Sacrifice for Others

    March 22nd, 2018  |  12 mins 9 secs
    community, family, friends, healthy living, making friends, marines, midweek motivation, neighbors, podcast, sacrifice, sacrifice for others, service, service to others

    What does real sacrifice look like? Two Marines who gave all in defense of their Band of Brothers in Iraq in 2008 show us what real sacrifice is, even in this modern era. While you might not make the ultimate sacrifice for others, what can you do to help your family, neighbors and community around you?

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    Midweek Motivation: Fun to Done - S3E15

    March 16th, 2018  |  13 mins 9 secs
    4 tips to keep going; fun to done, completing goals, completing projects, done, goals, healthy lifestyle, how to complete goals, keep going, life lessons, midweek motivation, mindset, new years resolutions, small scale life podcast

    This episode is all about adding fun to get stuff done (fun to done).  Many of us set goals and resolutions, only to fall apart or abandon them on Day 2.  Why is that? Tommy Cakes recommends adding fun to done to complete projects and keep moving forward.

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    5 Steps to Developing a Simple and Intentional Life

    March 6th, 2018  |  1 hr 15 mins
    debt free, declutter, giving, goals, intentional living, mindset, minimalism, reduce debt, simple life, simple living, small scale life podcast, sustainable living

    My guest and I are going to talk about going from high paying, fast-paced lifestyles to slower-paced, more simple lives with less stuff.  How does one achieve that? Where does one begin?  In this episode, we are going to discuss the 5 Steps to Developing a Simple and Intentional Life.

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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.