Happy Thanksgiving!
Oct 9, 2011 Uncategorized
From my family to yours, I wish you a happy, healthy, Thanksgiving with your family and friends.
Days are definitely getting shorter and the nights getting longer…and colder. How are you doing on your fall preparations? Got some fruits and veggies canned? Cleaned out the flue on the wood stove? Put up enough wood for the winter? There’s no shortage of things to do even after the harvest is in. But that’s what we live for, right?
Once it’s all done we get the joy of settling in for the winter to cuddle up with our loved ones, whether that be your spouse or a good book, or movie. You’ll be able to relax in the knowledge that if the power fails, if the ice storms come, if, if, if…you’ve got it covered. That’s the joy of being a prepper. Give thanks for that!
Episode 39 – Chickens! On Parliament Hill and in Your Backyard!
Apr 30, 2011 Uncategorized
I didn’t have a title for this podcast when I started it, but near the end I realized there was a theme – chickens. Things that sit in a coop and cluck all day. Fortunately for us preparedness types, the feathery kind are productive! The suited kind – not so much!
Today I ask you to ask some questions about the person and the party that you are going to vote for on election day. Voting on emotion isn’t really what Canada or you deserve. Ask yourself these questions and answer them honestly. I hope they get you thinking of other questions to ask.
We head to the forum to see what the hot topic is and talk about the discussion. Seems lately chickens are on everyone’s minds. What’s the best way to raise chickens? How much space do chickens need? Coops? Paddocks? Free range? Let’s talk about it.
- BackyardChickens.com
- CanadaPrepared.com Chicken Forum
- NDP
- Conservative Party of Canada
- Liberal Party
- Green Party
Tags: back yard, canada, chicken, coops, election, free range, paddock, politics, prepared, questions
Episode 38 – Preparing to Sell Your Home, Even If You’re NOT Selling
Apr 23, 2011 Uncategorized
Seems like an odd thing to say. Yet the things we should do to prepare our home to sell are the things that we should do even if we NEVER plan on selling. Why? Because you deserve to have a home that is clean, organized and in good repair just as much as someone who is looking to buy your home. I’d say even more so!
I also look at an option to going the traditional real estate agent route for selling your home. It’s based solely on personal experience and you might find it interesting. Check the link below for a FREE BOOK on selling your home yourself.
- The Wealthy Home Seller – Free Book!
- PropertyGuys Red Deer – Twitter Page
- CanadaPrepared.com – On the Facebook
Tags: checklist, cleaning, clutter, for sale by owner, home, home for sale, house, moving, preparedness, relocating, selling home, staging
Episode 35 – Micro Hydro Electricity Intro
Mar 28, 2011 Energy, Microhydro, Uncategorized
One of our CanadaPrepared.com friends, Paul Cobham of SurvivalSchoolCanada.com, has put together a talk on micro hydroelectricity. Microhydro, as some call it, is perhaps the most consistent and reliable way to produce electricity for your home. It’s also a lot simpler than you might think! All you need is a good stream that doesn’t freeze up or dry out, a drop in elevation and the necessary equipment. Once installed, maintenance is on par with solar or wind, but the production is much more consistent.
Coupling this technology with solar or wind would definitely make for the ideal off-grid situation.
Keep in mind that you will need to talk with your local natural resources office for regulations and advice. Paul, a long time instructor of outdoors survival, speaks very well about this topic. I know you’ll enjoy it!
Tags: electricity, hydro, Microhydro, off the grid, offgrid, power
Unexpected Preparedness Lessons – Vacuum Storage Bags
Mar 20, 2011 Family Preparedness, Uncategorized
Sounds like some sort of oxymoron, right? Yet there are times when you do something for one reason that turn out to be great for a preparedness reason. Vacuum bags for packing clothes is one of those things!
When my sweetie headed down to our Nova Scotia home with about 1/4 of the stuff from our household, she packed all her clothes and linens in these vacuum packing bags that she bought at Dollarama. I’m sure other dollar stores have them as well. She got the large size for $1.25 each, filled them, sealed them and they happened to fit perfectly into a 5 cubic foot moving box. Honestly, this wasn’t planned! It just worked that well.
She towed her things behind the truck on a 20 foot car hauler with side rails and everything tarped. But that wasn’t enough for the rain she would encounter on the last two days of their trek. When they got to the house, everything was soaked! All the cardboard, furniture, everything! Well, everything except her clothes and linens!
If you’ve ever been in that ‘everything soaked’ situation, you know what a morale booster having clean, dry clothes can be. That’s the bonus lesson of using these vacuum bags. She did it to save space, and it saved some of her peace of mind.
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