Category: Animals

Chicken Keeping!

Chicken Keeping! Host: Mike Podlesny “Mike The Gardener Show” In this week’s episode, Mike talks with chicken expert and author of the book Fresh Eggs Daily: Raising Happy Healthy Chickens Naturally, Lisa Steele, about how you can use the herbs you grow in your home garden to raise healthy and happy chickens Lisa will explain…
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June 12, 2014 0

Livestock integration!

Livestock integration! Host: Nick & Don “We Grow Ours” This week on the We Grow Ours show Nick and Don will be covering the much anticipated topic of “livestock integration.” The principle is simple, the process isn’t always so. One look at nature and you’ll see there are not any rows of corn, wheat or…
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June 9, 2014 0

Beekeeping and the rewards!

Bee keeping and the rewards (part1) Hosts: Nick and Don “We Grow Ours” WeGrowOurs is dedicating this show to the furry little flying critters that allow all of us to grow our own food! Bees are an amazing super-organism that not only provide the nectar of the gods, but allow us to grow our food! These little…
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May 5, 2014 0

SHTF, Pets and Herbs for Chronic Illness

What about our pets? Economic collapses has come and were off to our retreats with all our pets in tow. So now what do we do? Do you know how to take care of your pets? What should we have on hand to ensure our pets, which are now becoming alert dogs, be taken care…
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April 29, 2014 1

Raising Your Own Chickens (part 2)

Raising Your Own Chickens (part 2) Host: Bobby Preparing to Provide! During the last show of “Preparing to Provide“, we had a great discussion with Paul Wheaton and several callers. A lot was discussed, with quite a bit of focus on long term objectives. Things like rotating paddocks and free ranging would seem to be the…
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April 22, 2014 0

Garden Tips and Heritage Chickens

Garden Tips and Heritage Chickens Host: Mike Podlesny “Mike The Gardener” In this week’s episode, Mike talks with P. Allen Smith. Listen in as P. Allen Smith gives us some great tips if you grow veggies in a container as well as an in depth discussion on using manure in the garden as a source…
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April 17, 2014 0

Chickens, raising your own!

Chickens, raising your own! Host: MHPGardener “Best of Prepper Broadcasting” With the cost of eggs and chicken in the stores, and the uncertainty of exactly where they came from or what they have been fed, I’d like to start raising my own chickens. But unlike gardening, I know very little about chickens. I know barbecue…
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March 18, 2014 1

Rabbit Meat & Hostile Hare!

Rabbit Meat & Hostile Hare! Host: Lynna “Other Side… A Preppers Path” Here comes Peter Cotton Tail! Well not exactly as that perception could way lay some from taking part in a live food storage project available to nearly everyone. Whether you live in an urban area or the country raising rabbits is doable. Not…
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March 16, 2014 0

The Well-Appointed Prepper Homestead!

The Well-Appointed Prepper Homestead Part II Host: Renee “The Homestead Honey Hour Last month, I talked about outfitting your homestead prepper kitchen and household. If you missed the show, you can find it in the archives Go HERE! This month, on The Homestead Honey Hour I will be continuing with this expansive subject and talking…
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March 13, 2014 0

State of Michigan vs “Bakers Green Acres”

State of  Michigan vs “Bakers Green Acres” Host: Renee “The Homestead Honey Hour” Back in March, I interviewed Mark Baker of Baker’s Green Acres here on the Homestead Honey Hour. Mark is a retired air force veteran, now sustainably farming in northern Michigan State along with his wife and 8 children. If you missed that…
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December 19, 2013 0

Raising Quail with guest, Autumnprepper

Quail: The low-key source of eggs and meat with no land required! Raising Quail with guest, Autumnprepper Host: Renée “The Homestead Honey Hour” Square foot gardening, vertical gardening, container gardening, edible landscaping and other innovative horticultural, techniques have made raising at least part of one’s own food achievable for many people. However, when it comes…
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November 21, 2013 1

Making Your Pet Part of Your Disaster Preparedness!

Making Your Pet Part of Your Disaster Preparedness! Author: Lukas Nicholson You’ve got your family emergency plans, you’ve reinforced your home security, all your disaster kits are created and in the places they need to be. You have everything covered, and you are doing great for even something as far as a zombie apocalypse. But…
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November 13, 2013 0

The Homestead Hog!

The Homestead Hog! Host: Renée aka Michigansnowpony It’s easier than you think to raise your own pork! If you have the space and your zoning allows it, you might want to consider raising a couple of pigs. Not only will you have the most delicious hams, chops, and bacon you can imagine, you’ll also have peace…
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October 10, 2013 0