Small Scale Life Podcast
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Displaying items 1-10 of 18 in total of Small Scale Life Podcast with the tag "homestead".
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Restarting Our Small Scale Life
June 2nd, 2022 | 10 mins 21 secs
gardening, gardening podcast, homestead, homesteading podcast
After a long hiatus this Spring, Tom is back behind the mic to reintroduce himself, the Small Scale Life Podcast and Driftless Oaks Farm.
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Homestead Hunting and Liberty All Day Long with Letti Loo
March 24th, 2021 | 1 hr 7 mins
homestead, homesteading podcast, simple living
On this 189th Episode of the Small Scale Life Podcast, I am talking homestead hunting, Roberts Rules, grounding and gardening with Letti Loo from the Liberty All Day Blog, Podcast and Vlog.
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First Frost: End of My 2018 Garden Season
October 4th, 2018 | 30 mins 51 secs
compost, fall gardening, first frost, 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
The first frost can be a gardener's worst nightmare. Couple a 60-pound dog with the first frost, & you have the recipe for the end of my 2018 garden season!
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Homesteading for Beginners: Definition of Homesteading - Part 2
August 23rd, 2018 | 1 hr 3 mins
community, definition of homesteading, edible landscape, frugal living, fruit trees, homestead, living simple, mentors, reduce debt, rural life, rural living, simple life, simple living, small scale life podcast, sustainable life, tradition, tribe, urban homestead
Greg Burns Jay and I discuss the definition of homesteading, how to build experiences and how to cultivate people while building community.
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Homesteading for Beginners: Start with Why - Part 1
August 15th, 2018 | 1 hr 16 mins
community, edible landscape, frugal living, fruit trees, homestead, homesteading for beginners, living simple, mentors, reduce debt, rural life, rural living, simple life, simple living, small scale life podcast, sustainable life, tradition, tribe, urban homestead
Many of us dream of creating productive homesteads and breaking free of our urban or suburban existence. Where do you start? My friends Greg Burns and Jay return to the podcast and we discuss Homesteading for Beginners. Greg recommends we start our journey with a different question before we begin: why.
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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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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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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?