Location:
United States
Description:
A podcast that explores homesteading and provides usable information to its listeners to help build, or improve their personal homestead or farmstead. We cover topics from animal husbandry to hydroponics to alternative energy and Permaculture.
Language:
English
Episodes
Ep84: Interview with Ashley from Bus a move2000
2/16/2024
Today I am joined by my older daughter, Ashley, to discuss her Skoolie
Duration:00:39:06
Ep83:Climate and geography before you begin your land search
2/8/2024
Today we talk about really dialing in on your climate and geography preferences before you start looking for your perfect piece of Raw land to develop into a Homestead
Duration:00:22:30
Ep82: Starting the journey towards acquiring off grid land
2/5/2024
Today, we talk about the thing that you really should do first before you even start looking at off grid to acquire for homesteading.
Duration:00:20:24
Ep81: Snowmageddon Aftermath
1/26/2024
Today we talk about how our systems worked out during the super cold snap here in Tennessee and what projects we have now that that has been experienced
Duration:00:31:17
Ep80: Prepping for super cold on the homestead
1/13/2024
Today we talk about getting ready for some way below average temps getting ready to hit Tn and prepping the Homestead.
Duration:00:20:40
Ep:79 Dealing with a string of cloudy days when you rely on solar power
1/4/2024
Today we talk about how we deal with load shifting and being really energy conscious while off grid when you have a string of cloudy days. We are currently experiencing about 10 consecutive days of cloud cover in our part of Tennessee, and that requires us to really manage our power usage more than we normally do.
Duration:00:32:22
Ep78: Off grid living from a teenagers perspective
12/24/2023
Today Im jojned by my younger daughter to discuss her experience living off the grid
Duration:00:22:12
Ep77:My word of the year
12/19/2023
Today I talk about what the word of the year is and then talk about what my personal word of the year is going to be for 2024 and why I chose that word and what I am planning on doing about it for this year
Duration:00:23:45
Ep76: What I learned about solar mounts this year.
12/14/2023
Today we talk about the different options for mounting solar panels and what I learned this year from actual hands-on experience.
Duration:00:22:44
Ep75: Is the Eco Flow Delta Plus worth the money?
12/8/2023
Today we talk about the specifications of the eco-flow Delta plus battery pack, and how to replicate it at home using components you can buy straight from Amazon
Duration:00:26:09
Ep74: Whats up on the off grid homestead
12/7/2023
Today we talk about the different things. We are working on at the Homestead and the plans that we have over the next couple of months.
Duration:00:26:34
Ep 73: California’s residential rooftop solar complete fail
12/6/2023
Today we talk about the complete and total gutting of the residential rooftop solar industry in the state of California, which may be exactly what state regulators were trying to make happen when they passed their new rules that went into effect this year, and then change the rules. which gutted the entire reasoning for The new rules in the first place
Duration:00:25:59
Ep72: Setting 2024 Goals
11/30/2023
Today we talk about setting smart goals and what that means and why goalsetting is much better than a New Year’s resolution as well as talk about some of my goals for the podcast next year
Duration:00:18:51
Black Friday Solar Buying Guide
11/24/2023
I’m getting a bunch of questions about Black Friday deal so I thought it be best to just throw out some information to guide you as you evaluate the plethora of black Friday deals being offered by solar companies today
Duration:00:10:42
Ep71: A Solar Build Workshop
10/31/2023
Today we talk about a recent solar installation workshop that I ran in Southeast Tennessee for a group that is running their own PMA food club.
Duration:00:25:53
Ep70: SRF Recap
10/22/2023
Today we talk about the Self-Reliance festival(SRF) in Camden Tennessee
Duration:00:25:12
Ep69: The Attack on Isreal
10/9/2023
Today we talk about the terrorist attack on Israel that happened over the weekend and some things that we can take as lessons to apply to our own lives in the much more relatively stable areas. We live in without a lot of work, but would potentially large positive consequences.
Duration:00:33:14
Ep68: Permaculture Zones
10/8/2023
Today we talk about the different zones in Permaculture and how we utilize them in our design process
Duration:00:23:00
Ep67: Winter and Fall Projects
10/4/2023
Today we talk about the projects that we have planned through the fall and winter this year to get us ready for the spring planting rush
Duration:00:29:34
Ep66: Gov Shutdown, Strikes, and S&P 100 Hiring in 2021
10/2/2023
Today we talk about come current events. I discussed what I told my daughters about the government shutdown, what I think about the UaW strikes against the Detroit Three Automakers, and Bloomberg’s Blockbuster report that companies in the S&P 100 hired 94% non-white workers in 2021 post the George Floyd murder and related BLM Rioting.
Duration:00:48:58