Part One of a new series showcasing some Homesteading and Pioneer living skills. We recently attended a public festival demonstrating some of these "old school" skills. In this video we toured the festival and talked with some of the folks demonstrating these skills. With some of these people we had to kind of "lead" them into talking about the skills via asking obvious questions, etc. Some were really helpful and interested in talking about the skills, a few were downright rude. As your watching this, consider the amount of TIME involved with certain tasks- like putting up a year supply of firewood. In this first video we show them using a crosscut saw and a Bucksaw. It would take you probably weeks to put up a year supply of firewood with these methods. Now it's important to know these skills and even have of these old school tools and implements, but don't throw away your chainsaws! Matter of fact, you should take a hard look at your chainsaws and resulting logistics train (spare parts, extra bar, extra chains, files, preserved fuel, fuel mix, bar/chain oil, etc.) after watching this once you realize that you could put up as much wood in probably a DAY that it would take a WEEK or more to put up with hand tools! I'm all for learning these skills and we practice a lot of these skills regularly, but I also think it's important to stockpile a pile of cheap soap (Ivory 16 bars $3.). Make soap by yourself from scratch- not from a kit- one time and you'll want to go out and <b>...</b>

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John shares with you his suburban homestead where he is growing the majority of his food. Remove your lawn and grow food. Start your victory garden today! See what he has done with only 1/10th of an acre of land.

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Part one of simple solar homesteading is an introduction and overview of homesteading: 1: How to find homestead land 2: How to build a solar cabin for under $2000 3: How to use a small solar electric system to power your cabin For more info visit: www.simplesolarhomesteading.com 198 page 18 plan ebook only $5.00

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Take a walk around an urban homesteaders backyard and learn all the tips and tricks you need to get your urban homesteading on. For more great gardening videos visit digincolorado.com

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Ivan and Magda offer practical advice on a chicken hut design, feeding poultry, and what can go wrong with young goslings!

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This is a video for our website about our outdoor creations and alternative buildings.

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Raising Rabbits with Homesteader News: in this episode we discuss raising rabbits and caring for them. Come along as we visit IFA to buy bunnies and discuss rabbit supplies, feeding, and housing. Visit our websites www.simplesolarhomesteading.com and www.homesteadernews.com Homesteader News is looking for corporate sponsors: homesteadernews@yahoo.com

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(VIDEO PROPERTY OF CNN) June 15, 2008. CNN's Thelma Gutierrez reports on a family living the ultimate green lifestyle on an urban farm in Pasadena, California. CNN Video link: edition.cnn.com

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This book is for anyone that lives off-grid or would like to live an off-grid homesteader lifestyle. It is 355 pages and includes detailed step-by-step plans, full color pictures, and material list for building an off-grid cabin and over 30 useful homestead projects. Also included are directions for installing a small solar and wind power system, rain water harvest system, composting toilet, outdoor wood furnace and more... This ebook is printable and works on Linux, Windows, and Mac! Link to Lamar's Youtube Channel SolarCabin: www.youtube.com Here is the link to Lamar's Website where you can order the book: www.simplesolarhomesteading.com (scroll down a little way and look for the link for the $1 e-book) Remember, this good until April 28th, 2011 If you are looking for alternatives to city living, want to learn more about homesteading, survival, off-grid living, solar cabins and more then check out the links. In these times of economic crisis and collapse, it's wise to have a back up plan and to learn all you can about how to sustain you and your family. Build your skills now. It's smart to know how to do things the old fashioned way and we can learn a lot from the old timers. Plus we need to be teaching the children how to learn these skills as well so they can survive on their own and teach their children in the future.

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John from www.growingyourgreens.com shares with you a view of his urban homestead from the roof in Northern California. In this episode, he talks about the uproar in the Urban Homesteading community that has been created by Jules Dervaes. Learn more about the uproar and how we can turn this experience into a positive one. Click and like the facebook page: www.facebook.com

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Ivan and Magda built their house on Magda's Polish grand-parents old farm. The land had been abandoned for 15 years and they have steadily been re-claiming it in order to lead a life of partial self-sufficiency with their two young children during the spring/summer months in Poland. In this introductory video Ivan talks through their vegetable garden. Advice will follow in subsequent videos about following the path to a self-sufficient lifestyle!

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Don't know what youtube has changed in the uploading process but this is the SIXTH try in uploading this video. Been at it for nearly a full DAY...... Part 1 of our new series on raising rabbits looks at equipment needed for rabbit raising as well as helpful hints in getting started. This series has been in the works for six months as we have tried to capture video of kits at various ages and stages of growth. This new series is about raising rabbits for MEAT, ie, to EAT. Be forewarned that we will discuss rabbit raising in that format and later videos will show some butchering - with a warning before it actually comes up. So for the PETA crowd, men of the other gender and the "we won't eat anything with eyes" crowd, you'll probably want to skip these videos. www.survivalreport.net www.homesteadingandsurvival.com Be sure to visit and support our sponsor- www.jrhenterprises.com 17 years in the preparedness and survival business.

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Just a fun video of the country I live in, small Cedarbilly cabins and the Cabin I was raised in. www.simplesolarhomesteading.com

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How I keep my chickens My backyard coop and run setup. I now have 15 chickens and 2 roosters, see the video response to see an updated video of this coop. The one from redneckresponder

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Blends interviews with historians, the stories told by descendents of homesteaders, and dramatic readings from pioneer diaries & letters to paint a picture of the people who struggled with daily life enduring hardships & successes they celebrated.

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Here are a few projects we are working on.

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Magda shows you how to use your excess of courgettes for preserving so that they can be eaten through the long winter months!

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Robert Henry of the Survival Report brings you the first of a series of videos on starting out with fruit trees. He includes tips on buying the right types of trees for your area, how to care for them, irrigation solutions as well as information on diseases and treatments. With the ever growing possibility of an economic collapse or depression and with food shortages currently being a daily news item, now more than ever it's important to works towards some level of self-sufficiency with your food supply. Long term storage of foods is very important but also is the ability to produce food and preserve it. www.survivalreport.net

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showing the couple of different nest box styles I use for my rabbits - also known as BOO RATS. I should have mentioned for actually nesting boxes for kits, you need some sort of floor. 1, you need to check on the babies periodically to make sure all is well, and to remove any ones that didn't make it. Often its easiest to lift the nest box out of the cage. 2, unless you anchor your nest box into the hutch, rabbits are notorious for moving things around in their cage - without a floor a baby could get caught under the box if the mom starts moving it around. wire floors are best as they are more hygienic than wood floors (which can get moldy quick, trap the poo etc...). For a winter box, to stay warm, no floor is the cleanest, easiest option. The hay they pack inside becomes the perfect temporary floor.

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This historic cabin includes a single home, out buildings and stable and is located along what was once the Mackay to Challis wagon Road. Whiskey Springs served as a stage stop around 1910 and in 1918, the development of the town of Chilly caused the decline of stage traffic. It was later used as a gas station and a rest stop in the 1930s and was an infamous point of distribution during the prohibition days of the 1920s.

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Part 2 of introduction to Simple Solar Homesteading: 1: the cabin foundation 2: The water supply 3: The grey water system 4: The propane system

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Discover how easy it is to grow tropical fruit in your backyard from Crunchy Chicken TV. Topics include Hass avocado, dwarf meyer lemon, lemon trees and Cavendish banana plants. www.thecrunchychicken.com

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An update on the various projects I am undertaking for a little self-sufficiency.

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Part 6 in our series showing some Alternate energy systems. This 2 part set shows a VERY INEXPENSIVE (as far as AE goes) alternate energy setup that's used at a hunting camp. If you already have a generator you have a power source and can build a small system like this cheaply and effectively. This becomes a great STARTING POINT for a larger off grid alternate energy system that can be done a little at a time as finances permit. www.survivalreport.net tags- solar, wind, micro hydro, pickens plan, alternate energy, off grid, homesteading, survival, self- reliance, self- sufficiency, preparedness, survivalist, alex jones, 911, prepare for terrorism, war, hurricane hurricanes energy shortage, fuel shortage, peak oil, economic collapse, crash, dow, market, aig, bear stearns, ron paul, anything else that will bring in people :)

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You don't have to retreat to a cabin in the forest to grow your own tomatoes and raise chickens, you can do it anywhere. People are growing cucumbers on windowsills in a Los Angeles and harvesting honey on the rooftops of New York City. A new way of participating in the food/life cycle is blushing on the horizon. We are living in the dawn of the ecotarian. People want to get back (don't make me say it) to their roots (gotcha!). A relatively new movement, urban homesteading takes "simple living" to the next level (sorry Martha) through incorporating small-scale agriculture, sustainable and permaculture gardening, and home food production and storage into every day life. By growing their own food and harnessing natural energy, city dwellers are reconnecting with their land while planting seeds for the future for our cities. Over the past 4 years Michelle has transformed her tiny cement jungle of a patio into an urban homestead complete with compost piles, laundry lines, and edible produce. Pretty impressive for a girl who couldn't keep a spider plant alive a mere four years ago.

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Here are some of the developments on our homestead this winter.

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Some new additions to the homestead. Life as a prepper is not doom and gloom but fulfilling and real. Nothing fake here just living life as we where made to live. Our survival and ability to live and thrive by our labor and work of our hands. Life is good.

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Come along as we prepare our raised beds for an early spring salad garden! We go step-by-step through soil preparation, planting and even show you how to protect your plants with a simple yet effective greenhouse. www.simplesolarhomesteading.com http

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A video about raising your own chickens for eggs to live a more self sufficient lifestyle as well as keeping them for pets.

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Ivan gives you practical advice on how to split your logs as well as tips on axe sharpening and wood storage.

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Some insights into the delights of picking your own wild mushrooms! Some guidelines include: * Dress appropriately. Here in Poland one can get deer ticks which can be lethal if not discovered in time. * Adders can sometimes be found in the forest, particularly on hot days near rocks. * Check your mushrooms very carefully. If spongey (pory), they are generally edible (but not always so check your mushroom guide!). Any that have gills (blaszki) are normally inedible. * Best to start picking very early in the day. The season in Poland really starts end of September/October. * Take a sharp knife. Some people also like to use a stick for checking for mushrooms hidden under foliage. * Mushrooms can be eaten fresh or dried for the winter. Good mushroom guides: * Atlas grzybow by Marek Snowarski (Publisher: Elipsa Sp. z oo) * Grzyby lesne by Andrzej Grzywacz (Pub. Panstwowe Wydawnictwo Rolnicze i Lesne, Warszawa 1990)

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Part 11 of our Beekeeping series focuses on getting your colonies ready for winter. www.homesteadingandsurvival.com www.survivalreport.net

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I'm not sure if the end of the world will happen...but just in case, here is how you can live off the land! -Buy 6 months to 1 year worth of stored/packaged food. (meals or bulk items such as rice, grains, sugar, flour, etc.) Hit up Costco or Sam's club, etc. Or order the bucket foods from Cabelas or other outfitters. -Cast Iron water/well pump -Wood Stove/Fireplace -Stock up on propane and propane stove/burners (eventually switch to wood stoves) -Cast Iron cookware for the wood stove (use the ashes for soap, dusting chickens, etc.) -Grow a large garden and preserve the food (canning, pickling, smoking) -Solar generator -Chickens/Goats -Security (reusable weapons and some guns) -Community (more likely to survive with a community) -Grow the feed/grains for animals (1 acre of corn will feed a cow, and 2-3 other large animals for a year) -Plant or have indoors, fruit/nut trees -Grow lots of plants indoors if you live in a cold climate, to eat throughout the year

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Using electric fence to fence in a creek or you could use it for any problem area that regular fencing would not work.

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Part Two of a new series showcasing some Homesteading and Pioneer living skills. We recently attended a public festival demonstrating some of these "old school" skills. This second part shows some blacksmithing. Later parts will cover candlemaking, sugar cane and other homesteading/pioneer type skills. In these videos we toured the festival and talked with some of the folks demonstrating these skills. With some of these people we had to kind of "lead" them into talking about the skills via asking obvious questions, etc. Some were really helpful and interested in talking about the skills, a few were downright rude. As your watching this, consider the amount of TIME involved with certain tasks- like putting up a year supply of firewood. In this first video we show them using a crosscut saw and a Bucksaw. It would take you probably weeks to put up a year supply of firewood with these methods. Now it's important to know these skills and even have of these old school tools and implements, but don't throw away your chainsaws! Matter of fact, you should take a hard look at your chainsaws and resulting logistics train (spare parts, extra bar, extra chains, files, preserved fuel, fuel mix, bar/chain oil, etc.) after watching this once you realize that you could put up as much wood in probably a DAY that it would take a WEEK or more to put up with hand tools! I'm all for learning these skills and we practice a lot of these skills regularly, but I also think it's important to <b>...</b>

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Part 10 of our ongoing series on beekeeping. This part shows and discusses a few of the potential diseases and pests of the honey bee. honeybee, bees, beekeeping, homesteading, survival, self-sufficiency, self-reliance, peak oil preparedness, food shortage, food storage, apiary, beehive, Nosema, CCD, wax moths, anything else that might catch.. LOL www.survivalreport.net

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In this of two videos, introductions are made of just what kinds of livestock the homesteading prepper may want to consider depending on lot or acreage size and so forth. I may have come off a bit admonishing about preparing for livestock before bringing any home, but that's only because I've witnessed over and over animals suffering in an ill-equipped new home with ill-equipped new owners, so it's gotten to be a pet peeve of mine. As with all our endeavors getting ready for what the future might bring, preparation and organization is everything when it comes to success with livestock too. Books featured on this video are: "How to Build Animal Housing" by Carol Ekarius and "Chicken Coops" by Judy Pangman

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This is a two-part video profiling books for the homesteading prepper's kitchen. This first part shows my three favorite cookbooks to use with my "extended pantry". Not surprisingly, (if you are familiar with the LDS church), all three are written by Mormons. When it comes to putting together and using a food storage, the Mormons are the experts. Thankfully, they are willing to share their expertise with the rest of us playing catch up. Books profiled in this video: "Cooking With Food Storage Made Easy" by Debbie Harmon, "I Can't Believe It's Food Storage" by Crystal Godfrey, and "Cookin' With Home Storage" by Vicki Tate.

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In this episode, Becky shows you how to grow a successful homesteading garden, including tomatoes, squash and flowers. She talks about fertilizer, pest control, and seeds. THIS IS SHOW #: 116 www.BeckysHomestead.com

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Got the new chicken tractor done and filled and we are now getting 3-4 eggs per day. They are super easy and fun for the kids, plus we get food and fertilizer out of them.

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Part 15 of our Survival Gardening series deals with Potatoes. Be sure to visit our new online message boards at www.survivalandpreparedness.com Our sponsor's website- www.jrhenterprises.com 18 years in the preparedness industry! This is our 7th-8th attempt at uploading. Changing file formats, trying different programs, etc. Please bare with us while we work through this stuff. It hasn't been "easy" to put up videos for us for quite some time.

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Books profiled: "Saving Seeds" by Marc Rogers, "Seed to Seed" by Suzanne Ashworth, "Taylor's Guide to Fruits and Berries" by Roger Holmes, "Growing Fruit" by Harry Baker, "The Bountiful Container" by Rose Marie Nichols McGee and Maggie Stuckey, "The Edible Indoor Garden" by Peggy Hardigree, and "Small Scale Grain Raising" by Gene Logsdon

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Part 2 of our new series on raising rabbits. This series has been in the works for six months as we have tried to capture video of kits at various ages and stages of growth. This new series is about raising rabbits for MEAT, ie, to EAT. Be forewarned that we will discuss rabbit raising in that format and later videos will show some butchering - with a warning before it actually comes up. So for the PETA crowd, men of the other gender and the "we won't eat anything with eyes" crowd, you'll probably want to skip these videos. Be sure to check out our new online message board at www.survivalandpreparedness.com

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The first video of 2010 showing the vegetable spring planting and some info. about our new fruit trees (apologies for quality of video from 4.34 - 5.14).

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****NOTE**** Subscriber "72542" just sent me this: "The Have More Plan". I thought that I would pass along that the original version of the book is available for reading or download (free) at the Pioneer Living website (www.pioneerliving.net Isn't that cool!?! Thanks for sharing that Mark!! These are the big books -- those books that try to cover everything needed and neccesary to know on a homestead, big and small, modern and primitive. There's not a lot of titles I've found that do a good job, but a few pass the mustard (I think) and those are the ones I've mentioned here. "The Have More Plan" by Ed and Carolyn Robinson "The Encyclopedia of Country Living" by Carla Emery "Back to Basics" compiled by Reader's Digest or newer version edited by Abigail Gehring "The Backyard Homestead" by Carleen Madigan "The Idiot's Guide to Self-Sufficiency" by Jerome Belanger and "The Foxfire book Series" by Eliot Wigginton

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