Episode 25 – Preparedness Talk from the Phillipines
Mar 2, 2010 Uncategorized
CanadaPrepared.com member Roughrider_Fan has been overseas for a little bit and decided to sit down and chat with his brothers-in-law. One of them is Frodo – another CanadaPrepared.com fella. Listen in as they talk about their adventures in getting prepared (or not so prepared) for life. These guys have good solid thinking caps and a wealth of information and experience to share. It’s a long one, yet you’ll feel like you just sat down at Timmie’s for coffee with the boys and learned some neat things. The only thing better would be to have been there.
Episode 24 – About Home Food Production – Gardening
Jan 18, 2010 Uncategorized
What happens if there’s a truckers strike? Your grocery store could be empty in as little as 4 days. What happens if you have to self quarantine for flu? Do you have a weeks worth of nutritious food? Gardening is much more than a hobby, it’s a life skill. One that is in the blood of every person as every culture has survived and thrived through it. In this episode, I introduce you to different methods of gardening: row gardening, community gardening, permaculture, hydroponics, guerilla gardening, gleaning and aerogardening.
Episode 22 – About Peak Oil and Canada
Dec 14, 2009 Uncategorized
Here’s another great podcast by one of CanadaPrepared.com’s members, Peter. It’s very clear and concise and well researched. If you’re a Canadian and you’ve heard of this Peak Oil concept, you need to listen to this.
Also, I introduce to our listeners the excellent deal provided to CanadaPrepared.com Forum Members by Ledge Outdoors. 25% off! As good a reason as any to join our community. Joining is free and always will be!
25% Off at Ledge Outdoors for CanadaPrepared.com Members!
Dec 13, 2009 Uncategorized
Here’s the deal of the year! You get to join CanadaPrepared.com for FREE. Sign up in the forums. Then, you can e-mail me and ask for the code to get a 25% discount off of everything in the Ledge Outdoors online store!
Why is that such a good deal? Here’s why. One day, these kinds of offers are only going to be made to members that help financially support this site. You will still be able to join for free, but the work to get the deals will be for those that help support CanadaPrepared.com.
Ledge Outdoors has some amazing products and the prices are better than most places in Canada, even with the US exchange rate. Then take off your 25% and, well, it’s just exciting!
Personally, I’m getting the Alaska 0 King Size Sleeping Bag. You know I’m a big guy, about 275 pounds. So to cuddle with my sweetie under the stars I need a big sleeping bag! You could easily fit me, my wife and another person into this HUGE bag. But we don’t roll that way.
Remember, the temperature ratings are in Fahrenheit as well. So Ledge’s 0 rated bags are good for about -17 deg Celsius!
Good podcasts, great friends online, wicked discounts on amazing things. Seriously, why haven’t you joined yet?
Episode 21 – About the Cost of Energy
Nov 19, 2009 Uncategorized
This is a very thought provoking episode, done by a guest host. You might know him as Roughrider Fan from the CanadaPrepared.com forums.
I put out the call to have some guest podcasts done, as I am very busy trying to get ready to do the challenge exams for the first and second year of my Instrumentation apprenticeship. Roughrider grabbed that by the brass ring and ran with it. Wow. Seriously, this is possible the best thought out and most concise podcast yet.
What I’d like to see is what our other members have in them. I know they’re mostly very well informed and educated – much moreso than myself. Come on folks! I’ll tutor you on the task and do the editing.
I also want to call attention to our first full-fledged sponsor – SafeCastle Royal. In the US, they operate on a very large scale with quality products and competitive prices. They now offer Mountain House freeze-dried, long term storage, foods in Canada! They are shipping from Ontario and can have your order to you in 24 to 48 hours. Now that’s service!
Normally, I would have asked for the opinions of our regular forum members before taking a sponsor, however SafeCastle Royal has been a long time sponsor of Jack Spirko’s TheSurvivalPodcast.com that I didn’t feel it was necessary. Good enough for Jack and the Moderators at his site, is good enough for me. I’ve had freeze dried foods before and you won’t believe how good it really is! Or maybe you will. Ideally, you’ll put down your own food and use different long term storage methods, and this is a great supplement to those supplies.
