Category: Power

Let’s Cook with the Sun!

Let’s Cook with the Sun! Highlander “Survival and Tech Preps” This show I will be discussing solar ovens and the uses. How can you build one yourself? And a few pre-made ones you can buy. What are the advantages and drawbacks to such a device? The need for food is unquestionable. When we do not have…
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August 30, 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

Control projects created!

Control projects created! Brett Bauma “Makers on Acres” This week on the Makers On Acres Tech, Build and Grow show we are going to be discussing Arduino! It has been a while since we have visited the world of Arduino Micro controllers!


March 6, 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

Battery Power Preps

Battery Power Preps Highlander “Tech Preps” The advent of battery power years ago let us take our devices portable, and the technology is getting better and better, and for a prepper batteries are essential. We have to find what works for us in our current preps, such as flash lights, there are many flash light…
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September 21, 2015 0

Life Hacks When Technology Fails

Life Hacks When Technology Fails Us Highlander “Tech Preps” If you missed this show last week your not alone. Because of technical difficulties we all did. Tonight we give it another go. Thanks for your patients. When Technology fails us, when the power goes out, when stuff breaks, what do we do? Who do we…
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August 3, 2015 0

Cheap Hot Water Anyone?

Cheap Hot Water Anyone? James Walton “I Am Liberty” Its rare that I get into preparedness products. Self-reliance toys if you will. Now I am not talking about silly cheap China made knives that are also wrenches that are also flints that pose as shovels and when held in the just right light resemble a compass.…
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June 26, 2015 0

Technical Preps for the homestead!

Technical Preps for the homestead! Dirty Lew & Highlander “Tech Preps” This week’s show, Highlander and I will be going over different Technical Preps for your homestead.  We will be discussing different topics on how to power your homestead (Solar, Backup Generators and/or Wind), how to keep your homestead secure (Security Systems, CCTV and/or Weaponry),…
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June 6, 2015 0

Lighting innovations!

Lighting innovations Host: Destiny Survival When the power goes out, and it’s dark, the first thing we want is light–even before food and water. It not only helps us see, but it provides us with comfort and reassurance. Of course, you want a dependable light source. My DestinySurvival Radio guest and I talked about a…
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March 8, 2015 0

EMP the Electric Pulse Orchestra

EMP the Electric Pulse Orchestra Host: Jackie “Apocalypse Nana” The Apocalypse Nana Show brings you, “Electric Pulse Orhestra” or “Lights: Don’t Bring Me Down (Bruce!)”! As you may know, during early nuclear research, scientists discovered that a nuclear explosion renders all nearby electronic equipment useless. This effect is fallen Electromagnetic Pulse, or EMP. Since this…
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January 29, 2015 0

Transforming Society, The Solutions!

Transforming Society, The Solutions! Host: Doug “Goat Hollow” A special edition replay of GoatHollow and the Surreal News… Transforming Society, The Solutions, and a look into the book “Countdown to Preparedness“.  Not at your Homestead level, but on a National scale!!! We’ll be discussing some shining examples of how we can transform our society, end fossil fuel use,…
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December 26, 2014 0