Hack my Homestead

Today I talk about an idea that I had while listening to a different podcast that I answered an expert panel question on that related to send batteries. My general idea it was that it was a bad idea, but there were ways to strip the bad parts out and recycle the good parts into a good idea.

Today we talk about the power of persistence, and how I believe it is the most important driver of success.

Today we talk about why i think chickens are the best starter animal for a homestead.

Today i wrap up my thoughts on bringing the government in to resolve your disputes

Today I talk about when I think it’s appropriate to being the state into an argument between peers.

Today we talk about why you should put conspiracy theories where they belong and focus on your personal liberty, and what you can do to improve your own life

Today we talk about some of the initiatives for the month of April and 2023 in general.

Today we talk about different types of first flush, diversion systems, and whether they are useful or not on rain water catchment from your roof

Today we talk about how to think of behind the grid/meter solar with battery is basically like a whole home UPS that gets charged from the sun

Today we do a brief after action report on the self reliance festival in Camden Tennessee

Today we talk about whether I think the housing market is going to collapse in 2023 or early 2024.

Today we talk about different uses for international bulk containers on the Homestead

I am back from Salt Lake City and talking about the Silicon Valley Bank run and collapse, and what I think that means for the rest of the banking sector

Today is a throwback where I take a few questions from my expert council segments at the Survival Podcast and repurpose them as content for this audience while I'm out of town.  We discuss Solar appliances, well pumps, and log splitters.

Today Ive selected several expert council segments from my 4 year library of segments from the survival podcast.  Todays theme is small systems.

I am out of town this week so Ive compiled three expert answers from my segments on the Survival Podcast in the theme of Batteries.  Hope you enjoy and see you next week!

Today i ramble a bit about solar thermal and rainwater collection.

Today we discuss why you may decide to use new vs used solar panels on your project. Whats the actual difference in cost and production?

Today we discuss what we considered when taking the family off grid. What appliances made the cut and how we made those decisions.

Today we finish our two part series about how we took our family off grid

Today we start a multi part series discussing how we ended up living off grid in the first place.

Today we talk about our indoor lettuce growing system using hydroponics to deliver super fresh salad greens at a very low cost.

Today we talk about the difference between an inverter, an inverter charger, and an all in one inverter.

Today we talk about a project where someone wants to pump water from a well approximately 1/2 mile away from the house using solar.

Today we talk about our recent GsD project on the skoolie Nd my thoughts on building a community of doers.