Archive for August, 2009
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Show No. 22 – Saving Seeds & Still NO Sunspots
Thursday, August 27th, 2009
We have so much Homestead talk that we almost ran out of time, but we still managed to talk about how we save seeds and the changes we are making. we are still waiting for the sunspot activaty to start picking up. Oh, and if you have a facebook, join “Johnny Max”s site as a [...]
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Show No. 21 – Ice Cream, Sunspots & Homestead Talk
Tuesday, August 25th, 2009
On this show we have a lot of good homestead talk, We talk about what is happening and we have some Homestead News and we look at the current events. Oh, and I found a recipe that made the Queen Gag… Again… The Queen tells us how to make home made ice cream using your freezer [...]
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Show No. 20 – Fish Tales & Fish Tips
Friday, August 21st, 2009
Man, this was a fun show for me, because I was raised on salt water and I have fished many an hour, be it pleasure, or commercial fishing. I said during the show I would post pictures of me building my 70′ commercial fishing boat back when I was 23 years old and newly wed with [...]
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Show No. 19 – Indoor Grow Plant Lighting
Tuesday, August 18th, 2009
In this show we have a lot of normal homestead talk, but we take a good look at how to grow plants inside with artificial lighting. We look at the different types of bulbs and what plants need. We also tell you what we are planning on doing.
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This is Show No. 18- The Homestead Library & Heating your Greenhouse
Sunday, August 16th, 2009
Alright, it took us a couple of extra days to get this show up, but we did it.
We talk about starting a homestead library, so you have information available even if the Internet is down. Also, we talk about how to keep your Greenhouse warm in the Winter, why are we talking about this in [...] -
WOW! There are Tons of Books for the Homesteader
Friday, August 14th, 2009
http://sshomestead.com/books.htm
I have been working on a page with as many books as I can find that will help the Queen and I on our path to self-sufficiency. If you know of any books, or catagories that we missed please let us know and we will add them.
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Show No. 17 – Live Wize Today – Live Well Tomorrow
Tuesday, August 11th, 2009
Well, the Queen said I was acting like a Daddy to all the listeners. I had my Daddy hat on and I was hammering life lessons. We need to live for tomorrow, not today. But, this was a good show and as always we are posting it unedited.
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Homesteader Recommended Books
Sunday, August 9th, 2009
These book recommendations came from BMellow a listener of the podcast. I put in live links to Amazon.com and any purchase you make from here a small portion will help support the Self-Sufficient Homestead Site and you won’t pay a penny more. Thanks and send us more recommended reading
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Show No.16 – Capturing Wild Bees for Your Hive
Thursday, August 6th, 2009
Hre is a video of a swarm of wild be, being caught. It is in our Homestead Forum [VIDEO HERE]
We interview Doug Thomas, an Organic Beekeeper who prefers Ferel-Bees, that’s wild bees. That’s right! Doug caught his bees locally and now he has 6 or 7 hives. Doug says he is no expert, but he [...] -
Greenhouse Plans -PRELIMINARY_
Wednesday, August 5th, 2009
Okay, as Imentioned on Show 15, I am designing a greenhouse to build.
I promissed I would post the plans I have so far, so here they are.
Here is a link to the pdf file:
http://sshomestead.com/wp-content/uploads/Greenhouse-ssHomestead.com.pdf
