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Farm and Country Podcast

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Farm and Country Podcast

Farm and Country Podcast

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Farm and Country Podcast

Farm and Country Podcast

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The world is full of crybabies. Yeah, I said it.  Are you a crybaby? I've had the opportunity to speak with thousands of people, and more than that, observe thousands more as they walk through life trying to get one step ahead of the bills and
Hey folks, I'm back, I lost my portable recording rig somewhere, but I found some time to record at home, and I'll just have to bite the bullet and buy another recorder... Today, I woke up to a little surprise in my living room (a rabbity corps
What a week!  I recorded this show on Monday, but because of some unforseen tasks, I wasn't able to get it posted. Oh well, life goes on, sheep get sheared, and fences get built, but you don't always get as much work done as you would like to,
Living in the countryside used to mean quitting your job, and trying to find a way to earn money in a small town where the only jobs are minimum wage, or tiny little businesses barely making it on a few customers a day.  Not an ideal way to rai
Hey, did you know that water freezes?  Well, apparently I didn't.  When I moved our family to the homestead nine years ago, I set up a couple of water tanks to supply the house with water.  Not surprisingly at all, the water froze in the winter
It's Friday, and the sun is shining, the grass is green, and my fields are covered in shingles from the MASSIVE 3 day storm that just hit us! How many Generators does it take to hold down a Trampoline?   Of all the things the wind can push, t
Everyone has a picture in their head of their dream lifestyle. For me, it was not paying any more bills for power, heat and water!  9 years later, and we've made good progress, but things didn't go how I "expected" them too, and that's ok.  Tod
Solar Freakin' Roadways! That was the tagline on a video that made it's viral way around Facebook and the Internet.  The video was a promotion of an idea that some wiseacre in Europe thought would make a great replacement for roadways! Imagine
Everything is green and growing, and most people are in the process of planting their gardens. If you've missed the garden planting time, don't panic, you aren't completely out of time to get growing and producing your own food! When our family
It's Friday, and it's time to talk about making money with your farm, acreage, or homestead! Starting out with livestock can be very intimidating, there are so many things that no one tells you, not just about raising healthy animals, but findi
Baaaaaa That's the sound I hear coming through my windows these days!  The Sheep have arrived, and I could not be more delighted! Raising sheep for meat and profit is not something I set out to do from the very beginning.  There was a lot of wi
When my family and I first made the "Great Leap", left the city, and moved to the rolling grassy hills of Vulcan County in the great white north of Canada, I expected to just install a few services, hook up some pipes, and start enjoying the pe
It's May, and here in Canada, we still have a month until the start of the regular gardening season.  Last frost here is around June 1st, so what's a gardening addict supposed to do, WAIT? Heck no!  Get your garden going early with 5 simple tip
Today we are reviewing an article written in Agrisuccess magazine by Author Lorne McClinton.   The article appeared way back in 2010, but the content is perfectly relevant to you and I today, and likely for many decades to come. There are still
Two things today:  First, this will be the last podcast recorded in my car, I have a solution for home recording that works very well. Second, we are now released on Twitcher for you growing group of Android users! We've now had 14 downloads of
This is sure to be the favorite topic of most people, and for good reason! Who wouldn't want to know how to make a good living in a time when the economy is in the toilet, and good paying jobs are hard to find, especially in small towns. As of
In today's episode we talk about the challenges of living in the country when things break down.  If you have a flat tire on a weekend, and you're 20 miles from the nearest town, you quickly realize how useful it is to be able to change a tire,
In this episode I talk about some of our initial dreams of raising food, and the reality that quickly set in about gardening in a sub-desert environment... Take heart though, I also have a number of solutions to our food raising challenges, som
Never before has there been a time like this.  100 years ago, most farms didn't have electricity, or even running water, but times have changed, and now, a reliable source of power is completely essential for everyone, not just people in the ci
Many people over the years have told me  "I wish I could move to the country!" I know that these people are unhappy with their lives, and they want to "get away", but did you know that country living is actually HARDER than city living? Especia
The very first episode was all about what we've already done. This episode is all about the future of Sunset Meadows, our small fledgling farm/acreage/dream. We've got a TON planned this year, including -Buying more sheep and raising the lambs
Welcome to the Farm and Country Podcast! This introductory Episode follows our family as we went from  -Being tired of living in the city -Dreaming about moving to the countryside -Actually doing it!
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