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Episode 41 – Wood – An Alternative Heating Method?

guymcdowell@gmail.com (Guy McDowell) — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 21:49:06 +0000

What has happened that heating with wood is now considered an alternative heating method? Wood is now in the same category as solar panels and wind turbines. Remember when everybody heated with wood? This episode is just a quick chat about our conversion back to wood heating, somethings that we had to consider – cost, [...]

Episode 40 – Video – Cottages as Bug Out Locations with Peter Gray

guymcdowell@gmail.com (Guy McDowell) — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 19:37:41 +0000

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.

Episode 39 – Chickens! On Parliament Hill and in Your Backyard!

guymcdowell@gmail.com (Guy McDowell) — Sun, 01 May 2011 03:37:20 +0000

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 [...]

Episode 38 – Preparing to Sell Your Home, Even If You’re NOT Selling

guymcdowell@gmail.com (Guy McDowell) — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 06:23:24 +0000

Seems like an odd thing to say. Yet the things we should do to prepare our home to sell are the things that we should do even if we NEVER plan on selling. Why? Because you deserve to have a home that is clean, organized and in good repair just as much as someone who [...]

Episode 37 – Life’s Most Stressful Events – Marriage

guymcdowell@gmail.com (Guy McDowell) — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 03:06:28 +0000

On the list of Life’s Most Stressful Events, marriage comes in with a score of 50. 100 being the most stressful which is the death of a spouse. Let’s assume they mean the process of getting married is stressful, because I don’t think marriage is a constant stress, half as stressful as your spouse dying. [...]

Episode 36 – Life’s Most Stressful Events – Passing of a Family Member and Major Injury or Illness

guymcdowell@gmail.com (Guy McDowell) — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 03:00:42 +0000

This episode covers 2 more of life's most stressful events. Is anyone ever really prepared for these things to happen? Probably not, but even some degree of preparation can help you dramatically. Sometimes even just thinking about these things and recognizing that they do happen, can be some comfort.

Episode 35 – Micro Hydro Electricity Intro

guymcdowell@gmail.com (Guy McDowell) — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 03:39:03 +0000

One of our CanadaPrepared.com friends, Paul Cobham of SurvivalSchoolCanada.com, has put together a talk on micro hydroelectricity. Microhydro, as some call it, is perhaps the most consistent and reliable way to produce electricity for your home. It’s also a lot simpler than you might think! All you need is a good stream that doesn’t freeze [...]

Episode 34 – Our BOL, Naturopathy, Airline Travel, and Keeping Tabs on Government

guymcdowell@gmail.com (Guy McDowell) — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 19:22:35 +0000

Bit of a mixed bag of topics in this podcast. I had a work trip, so I was on the road again and finally had some time to talk about a few things that have been important in my modern survivalist life: our new BOL in Nova Scotia, Naturopathy treatment, Airline Travel and Security and [...]

Episode 33 – Life’s Most Stressful Events – Divorce

guymcdowell@gmail.com (Guy McDowell) — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 04:20:09 +0000

Almost half of marriages in Canada end in divorce. Almost all of those divorces have the same thing cited as a reas0n - "I'm not happy anymore." With people using that kind of rationale, it's easy to see why divorces happen so often and how the situation can become utterly disastrous.

Episode 32 – Life’s Most Stressful Events – Death of a Spouse

guymcdowell@gmail.com (Guy McDowell) — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 03:00:42 +0000

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 [...]

Episode 31 – Save Money Slicing and Saving Sandwich Meats

guymcdowell@gmail.com (Guy McDowell) — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 22:03:57 +0000

Using our $5 garage sale meat slicer and our FoodSaver vaccuum sealer, we’ve packaged about 20 pounds (or 10 kilograms) of sandwich meats and saved at least $60 in grocery bills. I wouldn’t recommend the Rival folding meat slicer we have, but for $5 bucks, it’ll do. If you add the logic of food prices [...]

Episode 30 – G20 and G8 and Dealing with Explosive Events

guymcdowell@gmail.com (Guy McDowell) — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 20:51:59 +0000

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 [...]

Episode 29 – Survival Gardening for Absolute Total Beginners

guymcdowell@gmail.com (Guy McDowell) — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 04:39:48 +0000

One of our excellent members, peter31, has done a video talking about his approach to survival gardening in his part of the world. I think you’ll find his methods well thought out and well explained. Especially simple, yet really intriguing, is using Rubbermaid bins as raised garden beds to get plants off to a good [...]

Episode 28 – About Entertainment and Preparedness Planning

guymcdowell@gmail.com (Guy McDowell) — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 04:17:01 +0000

What happens if the power goes out? Might have radio. Might have lights from candles or lanterns or back up generator. Might have a lot of work to do to get ready for the remainder of the challenge. For a few hours this is okay. For a few days, this is drudgery. What will you, [...]

Episode 27 – About Growing Productive Trees

guymcdowell@gmail.com (Guy McDowell) — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 04:29:13 +0000

With the exception of the areas of Canada where orchards are ubiquitous, you don’t see a lot of food production going on with trees and shrubs. Why not? Trees are hardy, easy to grow and tend, and keep producing year after year. Add to that the wonderful benefits that you find in any tree – [...]