Category: Heating

The Hot Tent and Camping Wood Stove: FIRST LOOK!

For the purpose of both dominating the elements and extending into 4 seasons of outdoors capablilty, I have been wanting to get into a hot tent and play around. Hunting, fishing and whatever else might drive us into the cold and the wild is now an options and with the right sleep system and some…
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January 4, 2021 0

Keeping Warm with Winter Preps!

Keeping Warm with Winter Preps! Highlander “Survival & Tech Preps” Audio in player below! BRRRRR! Getting cold out there! What are you doing to keep warm in the beginning months of winter? Well fall is almost over and winter is right upon us. In this episode I will be talking all about how to keep warm.…
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December 6, 2016 0

Alternative Energy!

Alternative Energy in Depth! Brett Bauma “Makers on Acres” What are some of the benefits of adding alternative energy to our homes and farms? What are some of the negatives? We discuss many of the different types of alternative energy and the benefits and downfalls of each. From wind power to solar and everything in…
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April 17, 2016 0

Low Tech Prepping!

Low Tech Prepping Highlander “Survival & Tech Preps” Electricity is a great thing, until it is no more. We get so used to having light at a flick of a switch. But what happens when those lights go out? On Survival and Tech Preps we have talked about high tech vs low tech in previous shows,…
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March 1, 2016 0

Staying warm with no power!

Could you stay warm if the power were knocked out? DJ Cooper “Surviving Dystopia” Although the Punxatawny Phil the groundhog predicts an early spring, it is as yet only February and a cold blast is on the way for much of the US.  Blizzard conditions predicted for the midwestern north and with blizzards sometimes comes…
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February 11, 2016 0

Building your own systems!

Building your own systems. Why buy? On this episode of the Tech, Build and Grow show, Brett is discusses new build ideas for our preps, homesteads and more. Moving beyond the greenhouse with our automation and build ideas where can we better our lives and make them more efficient?


December 27, 2015 0

Winter Ready

Winter Ready Host: James and Mike “Survival Punk” This week the main topic is being winter ready. Winter is coming fast this year. James and Mike have some tips to be ready for it. How to keep your home warm. How to save some money this winter. The main places you will be are either…
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November 22, 2014 0

Wood Burning 101 and Alternatives!

Wood Burning 101 and  Alternatives Host: Lynna “The Other side… A Preppers Path” The wood burning stove or more affectionately the wood stove was a mainstay and center of many a home, giving up dominance as a necessary appliance in the home to the likes of coal, natural gas and electricity. The woodstove gradually lost…
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May 3, 2014 0

The Ultimate Wood Burner

Keeping warm with the ultimate wood burner!  With the ever rising cost of heating fuel here is something that may save you a lot of money and if you cut your own wood may save you a lot of back ache. My guest this week on GoatHollow and the Surreal News will be Roger Lehet. …
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May 30, 2013 0

Independence, Self-Reliance, and Preppers with Tom founder of American Preppers Network from the Philippines!

Galtstrike from the Philippines! Tom, founder of American Preppers Network comes to us live from the Philippines where he is sharing self-reliance and Independence. Taking with him a Sun Oven, water purifier, and a few other items to a remote village in the Philippines, Tom Martin shows the native residence alternative ways of cooking, heating…
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April 4, 2013 0

We are prepared and no one goes hungry on the mountain!

I was asked if I would write an article on “Prepping and Self-Reliance in Northern Idaho”. I laughed and replied, “But I can’t write!” However, truth be told, writing is one of my many passions. Mushroom hunting is another. I love being out in the great outdoors…exploring, treasure hunting, taking in the fresh air and…
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December 20, 2012 1

A practical look at heat and when there is a lack of it.

Monday, monday so good to me!!!! Oh baby it’s cold outside…Join me Monday on “The Other Side…A Preppers Path” as we take a practical look at heat and when there is a lack of it.  What happens when the power grid goes down, and flipping the switch doesn’t work. How do we stay warm? Tune…
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November 19, 2012 0

Alternative heating as our electrical grid remains under constant threat of collapse!

Join Denob AKA The Prepared Canadian for a look at the International Prepper Community, as we look at topics of interest from preppers just like you.  This week’s show will focus on alternative heating as winter approaches and our electrical grid remains under constant threat of collapse from numerous sources.  As always, there will be…
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November 17, 2012 0