Category: Gardening

GMO’s the wolf in sheep’s clothing deluge our cupboards and lives.

Have we been unknowing guinea pigs for the past 18 or so years while our Government touts GMO’s as the answer? Are we in fact feeding ourselves Franken food? Despite promises of increased yields, drought resistance, cheaper food and enhanced nutrition none have yet to be met by the current glut of GMO products to…
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February 17, 2013 2

Gardening Questions and Answers – Open Discussion

For the past several weeks on “Preparing To Provide” we’ve spent a lot of time on raising chickens and homesteading. Well, the weather is beginning to warm up, people are starting seeds, and the folks down South are already planting. So it’s time to focus on my primary topic, gardening and growing your own food.…
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February 15, 2013 1

Incognito or camouflaged garden, sometimes known as the food forest garden!

A flourishing, pest & predator resistant garden blooms incognito right before prying eyes! Join Lynna on “The Other Side…A Preppers Path” as Rick Austin, The Survivalist Gardener, shares secrets of an incognito or camouflaged garden, sometimes known as the food forest garden. Tune in to learn the secrets of an abundant garden you plant once…
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February 10, 2013 0

Rick Austin, the author of Secret Garden of Survival and Medicinal Gardens!

The Doom and Bloom(tm) Hour with Nurse Amy and Dr. Bones, brings you a very interesting and important interview with Rick Austin, the author of Secret Garden of Survival and active permaculturist in North Carolina. Nurse Amy will continue her Medicinal Garden series with Part 2. Nurse Amy and Dr. Bones are focused on medical…
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February 3, 2013 0

It’s time to start planning your garden!

This Saturday on “The Prepared Canadian“, with snow levels measured in feet and temperatures reaching the minus 30 range, I thought this would be a great time to start talking about this year’s garden.  No, I’m not completely off my rocker with cabin fever!  There is actually very little time left to start thinking about…
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January 19, 2013 0

The Seeds We Sow Everyday! Not the ones you’re thinking of.

During the last 3 broadcasts of “Preparing To Provide”, we’ve been discussing seeds, primarily vegetable seeds. But as important as seeds are for growing food, there are some seeds that I feel are much more important. So as we prepare for Christmas, I’d like to talk about the seeds that we sow each day by…
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December 21, 2012 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 highly nutritional salad 365 days a year!

Join Paladin Prepper on “The Paladin Prepper Report” for this week’s ‘Prepper Point’… “Power House Salad 365″. If you’re someone who would love to have a fresh, healthy salad every day, but live in a situation where you don’t have land to grow a garden… then THIS is the show for you! Stuck in a…
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December 13, 2012 0

Selecting the most productive varieties for your garden depending on where you live!

Over the past month on “Preparing to Provide” we’ve discussed the different “types” of seeds…. Open Pollinated,  Heirloom, and Hybrid. Now it’s time to find those specific “varieties” that will do well in your area. From Florida to Ontario, from Texas to Oregon…. growing conditions vary greatly from one location to another. So it makes…
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December 7, 2012 1

How much food you can produce with the land you have available?

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 home food production. How much food you can produce with the land you have available and we’ll take a look at how much…
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November 24, 2012 0

The GMO Story, End of Discussion

Listen to the original show on GMO go here!


November 18, 2012 0

Genetically Modified Seeds: Your garden and your food, what you need to know.

During my last show “Preparing to Provide“, where I was discussing seed types, I ran out of time and was unable to cover GM or Genetically Modified seeds. The topic of GMO (genetically modified organism) is one that most people have a very strong opinion about. With the failure of California to pass Prop 37,…
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November 16, 2012 0

Tips from Australia and New Zealand on gardening!

It’s 5:00 somewhere as the country music song goes!!!  It’s also Spring in Australia and New Zealand.  Join me, and my guest “Hamish121212″ from Youtube on “Prepping with GoatHollow“.  He’s planting his garden right now!  LOL.  He’ll talk about how the climate is different there, and dealing with that.  Give us a little hope for…
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November 14, 2012 0