Episode 40 – Video – Cottages as Bug Out Locations with Peter Gray
Aug 20, 2011 Bug Out Locations
Our good friend, Peter Gray, shares his thoughts on utilizing the family cottage as a bug out location. He addresses the some of the pro’s and con’s, looks at his reasons for utilizing an electric chainsaw over a gas powered or battery powered one. Thank you Peter for sharing part of your world with us.
We’ll be looking forward to see how your home garden is doing!
Tags: BOL, bug, canada, cottage, lake, location, out, preparedness, survival
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 32 – Life’s Most Stressful Events – Death of a Spouse
Aug 8, 2010 Family Preparedness
These events are the ones that are most likely to happen in your life. They are also the ones that are most likely cause an incredible amount of grief for you and your family. Yet we know that these things are almost inevitable, so we can plan for them and make them less stressful for ourselves. Once we have planned for them, they don’t have to loom in the back of our mind, like a gargoyle waiting to pounce. We can concern ourselves with more enjoyable things.
By preparing, we can dramatically improve the quality of our lives today and in the event that these common life events happen. Today, we talk about being prepared for the passing of a spouse or of ourselves – to ease the burden of our grieving spouse and family by making sure you have wills in place and up to date. This is just an overview to get you thinking.
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Episode 30 – G20 and G8 and Dealing with Explosive Events
Jul 1, 2010 Family Preparedness
It’s really insanity that the dignitaries would set up an explosive event in a major centre. It’s also insanity that the protesters would take the bait. Here’s a few of my thoughts and a few ideas to help you avoid, or deal with, such a situation if you have to be near it.
Of course I’ve got some political and philosophical thoughts about this whole G20 and G8 thing, yet I don’t really go into it in this podcast. As time goes on, you’ll find me addressing these sorts of events and news items more regularly. Hope you enjoy, let’s talk in the forum!
Tags: avoid, canada, emergency, G20, G8, powderkeg, preparedness, survive, Toronto
Episode 3 – About Food
Sep 18, 2009 Preparedness and Mazlow
Due to fighting with yesterday’s podcast and getting it up on the blog, I didn’t have the time to do show notes for today’s notes. Nonetheless, I think it’s a pretty decent show – considering it’s just one big brainstorm. Well, there’s is the fact that the audio quality is bad. I tried to use Audacity to make it better, but this is as good as it gets. Must be something wrong with the headset.
Today I’m talking about the importance of:
- food in general
- macronutrients
- balance in nutrition
- food production and
- food storage
- dehydrate2store videos
It’s a lot of general terms, since each of these can be an episode in itself. Listen in for my special RANT on picky kids and parents that don’t buckle down and deal with that. It may save your child’s life.
Vendors mentioned:
Tags: canada, canning, dehydration, food, nutrition, preparedness, sealing, storage, vaccuum
