Small Scale Life Podcast
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Welcome to The Small Scale Life Podcast! The Small Scale Life Podcast is focused on gardening; homesteading/DIY projects; wellness; financial freedom and minimalism; and connecting to nature. The podcast focuses on providing real-life stories and experiences from the hosts and guests, often encouraging listeners to take small, practical steps toward self-reliance and sustainability.
Learn, do, grow, and be a little better everyday! That, my friends, is a good thing (and where the magic is)!
You can find more about Small Scale Life at our website https://smallscalelife.com.
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The Slow Down Season
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Dec 08, 2025 |
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Gathering Around the Hearth: The Gratitude We Grow
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Nov 30, 2025 |
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Lessons Learned from the Harvest
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Nov 24, 2025 |
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Letting Go and Beginning Again
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Nov 13, 2025 |
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The Great Wheel Turns Forward
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Nov 05, 2025 |
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The Fast Lane: Mastering Speed in Business and Life
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Mar 05, 2025 |
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How to Thrive in Slow Business Cycles
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Mar 05, 2025 |
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The Power of No
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Mar 05, 2025 |
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The No-Spend Challenge: Can You Survive 28 Days?
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Feb 04, 2025 |
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24-Hour Fast Results and Tommy Cakes Suet Update
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Feb 02, 2025 |
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End of January 2025 Accountability Stream
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Feb 01, 2025 |
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Monk Mode: The Path to Productivity or a Road to Burnout?
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Jan 24, 2025 |
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Just Tommy Cakes: 2025 Garden Plans, Backyard Birds and Your Questions
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Jan 14, 2025 |
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2024 Wins, Losses, Lessons Learned
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Jan 08, 2025 |
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Getting Ready for 2025; Setting the Stage for Success
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Dec 26, 2024 |
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Watching Drones, Surviving Christmas Gatherings and Closing Out 2024
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Dec 19, 2024 |
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2024 Acres USA Eco-Ag Conference: Regenerative Agriculture and Homestead Business Ideas
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Dec 13, 2024 |
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How to Cook a Turkey
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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20 Simple Steps for Better Holiday Season
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Nov 26, 2024 |
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How to Find Your First Customer: What Fishing Taught Me About Business
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Nov 19, 2024 |
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Dreams and Goals: How to Manifest Your Future
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Nov 12, 2024 |
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How to Find Your Passion: From Hobby to Heartbeat
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Nov 05, 2024 |
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Boredom: A Path to Mindfulness and Innovation
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Oct 29, 2024 |
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Hustles and Hurdles: Side Hustles and the Gig Economy
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Oct 22, 2024 |
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Fading Dreams: Leaving the Farm Behind
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Oct 18, 2024 |
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ANT Live 3 - Mindset and Milestones: Prepping for a Life Upgrade
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Oct 16, 2024 |
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ANT Live 2 - The Importance of Getting Away
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Oct 09, 2024 |
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Adam and Tom Live: Catching Up with Adam Rick from Modern Frontier Farms
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Oct 07, 2024 |
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9 Types of Garden Fertilizers and How to Use Them
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Aug 22, 2024 |
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My 4 Garden Failures in 2024
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Aug 16, 2024 |
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Garden Chat: Building a Gardening and Homesteading Advice
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Aug 07, 2024 |
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3 Critical Elements of Vegetable Garden Layout Design and Planning
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May 23, 2024 |
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8 Tips for a Successful Whole30 Reintroduction
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May 09, 2024 |
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5 Lessons Learned from Beek Meet 2024
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Mar 30, 2024 |
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Our Experience with the Whole30 Challenge
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Mar 14, 2024 |
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What is Whole30? Reset Your Body and Relationship with Food
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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Happy New Year! A New Cycle Begins....
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Jan 17, 2024 |
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Are We Really Selling Driftless Oaks Farm?
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Apr 26, 2023 |
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Tipping Points and Getting Back to Basics
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Mar 16, 2023 |
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Starting a Beekeeping Business
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Feb 28, 2023 |
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Gardening and Beekeeping with Adam Rapier
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Feb 16, 2023 |
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Starting High Desert Hives and Homestead
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Feb 01, 2023 |
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How to Set Your 2023 Guiding Words and Mantras
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Jan 26, 2023 |
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10 Goal Setting and Self Inventory Questions to Start 2023:
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Jan 16, 2023 |
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Merry Christmas: Time to Shine Like the Sun
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Dec 15, 2022 |
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MFJ: Garden and Homestead Update - August 2022
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Sep 09, 2022 |
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Back to the Land Movement Part 2
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Aug 31, 2022 |
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My Farm Journal: Building Wicking Beds, Planting Potatoes and Removing Fence
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Jul 29, 2022 |
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Drifting to Driftless: Cedar Rapids and Decorah Adventure
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Jul 25, 2022 |
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My Farm Journal: What is Operation WW?
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Jul 23, 2022 |
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Modern Day Back to the Land Movement with Mr. Tactical Jay
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Jun 15, 2022 |
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Restarting Our Small Scale Life
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Jun 03, 2022 |
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Chicken Chat with Amy Dingmann
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Mar 31, 2022 |
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How to Start a Small Business
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Mar 25, 2022 |
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Full Moon Energy and 2022 Guiding Words
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Feb 24, 2022 |
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Top 10 Surprises Moving to the Country
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Feb 17, 2022 |
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Creating Heritage Meals and Deep Roots with Adam Rick
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Feb 09, 2022 |
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Grass Fed Farm Business with Adam Rick
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Jan 20, 2022 |
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Monetizing Your Homestead with Brian Aleksivich
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Jan 15, 2022 |
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Our Journey to Driftless Oaks Farm
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Jan 07, 2022 |
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Revisiting Gratitude: Putting It into Action
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Dec 11, 2021 |
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Gratitude Practice: How to Start Expressing Gratitude
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Dec 01, 2021 |
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Halloween Livestream: Breaking the Silence
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Nov 01, 2021 |
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Go with the Flow; Our 10 Step Plan for Difficult Times
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May 28, 2021 |
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5 Lessons Learned from Our Stair Project Failure
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May 05, 2021 |
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Homestead Hunting and Liberty All Day Long with Letti Loo
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Mar 25, 2021 |
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Introduction: How to Start Gardening
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Mar 16, 2021 |
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Our Time is Finite; Prepare for a Season of Change!
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Mar 03, 2021 |
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Raise Your Vibes with Maria the Energy Healer
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Feb 17, 2021 |
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The Struggle is Real; Find Your Lighthouse
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Feb 12, 2021 |
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Grounding with Hannah from The Wisconsin Homestead Podcast
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Jan 19, 2021 |
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Urban Homesteading with Hannah from The Wisconsin Homesteading Podcast
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Jan 14, 2021 |
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Relax and Meditate to Water Sounds: Quaderer Creek
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Jan 04, 2021 |
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Tea Time with Red Dragon Herbs and Teas
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Dec 18, 2020 |
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Eagle's Ridge: Discovering Our Homestead
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Dec 03, 2020 |
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Meditation Stream: Tree of Life
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Nov 25, 2020 |
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Amazing Driver’s Education in Northfield, Minnesota
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Nov 20, 2020 |
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How to Start and Build a Podcast Business with Glen Tate
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Nov 16, 2020 |
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How to Become The Gray Man or Woman with Glen Tate and Shelby Gallagher
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Nov 09, 2020 |
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Escape Velocity: Blogging is Art with Atlantis Gazette
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Oct 30, 2020 |
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Gardening Tips and Advice with Demler and Bell
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Oct 22, 2020 |
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Practicing Gratitude for the Good, Bad and the Ugly.
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Oct 15, 2020 |
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Relaxing Wind Chimes, Wind and Birds in Minnesota
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Apr 29, 2020 |
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Starting an Urban Farm from Scratch with Michael Bell
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Apr 23, 2020 |
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Relaxing Stream of Meditation
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Apr 12, 2020 |
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Adapting, Adjusting and Overcoming Obstacles
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Apr 11, 2020 |
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Modern Victory Gardens in 2020
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Apr 01, 2020 |
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What is Resilience?
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Mar 24, 2020 |
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Whole30 Challenge Results and Thoughts
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Mar 18, 2020 |
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SSG-Growing Mushrooms and Gardening in Virginia
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Feb 27, 2020 |
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What is Whole30? How to Reset Your Body and Mind
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Feb 13, 2020 |
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SSG: A 3 Step Process for My 2020 Garden Plan
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Feb 07, 2020 |
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9 Tips to Start Your $1000 Emergency Fund
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Jan 30, 2020 |
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SSG: What is Small Scale Gardening?
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Jan 24, 2020 |
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12 Unique New Year’s Resolutions from a Caldera
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Jan 15, 2020 |
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2019 Year in Review: Top 10 Podcast Episodes and Blog Posts
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Jan 09, 2020 |
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11 DIY Christmas Gifts
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Dec 19, 2019 |
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A Long Road Home - Giving Thanks
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Dec 05, 2019 |
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Kombucha and Importance of Mentoring
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Nov 05, 2019 |
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10 Kitchen Thrifty Thursday Tips
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Oct 31, 2019 |
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It’s Your Life: Do Something Positive
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Oct 24, 2019 |
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SSG: 6 Lessons Learned from the End of My Garden Season 2019
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Oct 18, 2019 |
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SSG: Frost is Coming: How to Extend My Garden Season
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Oct 14, 2019 |
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10 Tips to Successfully Plan and Host an Event
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Oct 03, 2019 |
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Happy Fall Equinox 2019!
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Sep 25, 2019 |
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SSG: How to Grow 1 Million Meals with Drew Demler
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Sep 11, 2019 |
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Back to School - Preparing for the Next Phase of Life
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Aug 28, 2019 |
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Small Scale Gardening Podcast: Start with the Why
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Aug 20, 2019 |
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Finding Folk - July 2019
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Aug 02, 2019 |
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9 Steps to Creating Your First Budget
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Jul 31, 2019 |
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How to Dream Big, Set Goals and Take Steps to Achieve Them
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Jul 15, 2019 |
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Last Runner Standing Ultramarathon
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Jun 19, 2019 |
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Leaving a Legacy - Tribute to Larry Hall
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Jun 01, 2019 |
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Start by Taking Inventory and Tracking Expenses
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May 22, 2019 |
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Happy Mother's Day 2019
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May 15, 2019 |
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Bonus Episode: Calling in the Experts
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May 06, 2019 |
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Our Journey towards Financial Freedom
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May 01, 2019 |
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Starting to Build Community
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Apr 19, 2019 |
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Soup Gardening with Michael Bell
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Apr 11, 2019 |
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Renew You Q2: Introduction to Financial Freedom
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Apr 03, 2019 |
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Living in the Analog with Terrance Layhew
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Mar 28, 2019 |
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Growing Easy with GrowOya at Dallas Half Acre Farms
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Mar 21, 2019 |
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Health and Fitness Renew You with Karen Mangieri
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Mar 07, 2019 |
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Tipping Points with Nicole Sauce
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Feb 27, 2019 |
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Four Tips for Keeping New Year's Resolutions
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Feb 06, 2019 |
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How to Prepare for the Polar Vortex
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Feb 01, 2019 |
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How to Overcome Self-Sabotage with Danny Domres
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Jan 25, 2019 |
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Day 7: Leveling Up and Next Steps
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Jan 16, 2019 |
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Day 6: Meal Planning and Food Prep for Success
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Jan 13, 2019 |
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Day 3: Basic Nutrition with Michael Bell
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Jan 09, 2019 |
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Day 2: Basic Movement with Michael Bell
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Jan 08, 2019 |
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Day 1: How to Complete the 24 Hour Plan
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Jan 07, 2019 |
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Welcome to 2019: Time to Renew You!
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Jan 05, 2019 |
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Renew You in 2019 Kickstart
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Dec 14, 2018 |
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Growing Salanova Salad Empires in Dallas, Texas
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Dec 06, 2018 |
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Pivoting Business Strategies in 614 with Drew Sample
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Nov 29, 2018 |
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Happy Thanksgiving 2018!
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Nov 21, 2018 |
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Minimizing Time Commitments while Maximizing Life
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Nov 14, 2018 |
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Minimalism: Decluttering Questions and Answers
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Nov 06, 2018 |
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Happy Halloween 2018: Memories and Stories
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Nov 01, 2018 |
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Overcoming October Blues
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Oct 17, 2018 |
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First Frost: End of My 2018 Garden Season
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Oct 04, 2018 |
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My Hell Week: Dealing with Deadlines and Obligations
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Sep 27, 2018 |
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Midweek Motivation: Go Full Throttle!
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Sep 14, 2018 |
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Starting Small Scale Life - The Intellectual Agrarian Podcast
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Sep 13, 2018 |
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Minnesota Traditions - Labor Day 2018
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Sep 12, 2018 |
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Late August Garden Update 2018
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Aug 29, 2018 |
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Homesteading for Beginners: Definition of Homesteading - Part 2
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Aug 23, 2018 |
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My Weekend Three Things
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Aug 21, 2018 |
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Homesteading for Beginners: Start with Why - Part 1
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Aug 15, 2018 |
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Importance of Building Community Around You
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Aug 12, 2018 |
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Simply Canning – Safely and Confidently Preserving Your Harvest
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Aug 03, 2018 |
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How to Prune Tomatoes to Improve Production and Plant Health
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Aug 03, 2018 |
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Midweek Motivation: 3P's of Success
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Jul 26, 2018 |
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Mid-July Garden Update - Welcome to SuperMax
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Jul 20, 2018 |
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On the Road: Exploring Tomah, Wisconsin
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Jun 29, 2018 |
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How to Build Vertical Garden Planters
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Jun 27, 2018 |
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Garden Update: Under Siege from Pests
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Jun 21, 2018 |
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Midweek Motivation: Life on the Road
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Jun 15, 2018 |
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Homesteading in Ohio with Daniel Bokros
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Jun 15, 2018 |
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Urban Farming Advice with Hebert and Bell
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Jun 07, 2018 |
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Midweek Motivation: Feeling Overwhelmed
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Jun 01, 2018 |
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Midweek Motivation - Stop Distractions: Focus!
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May 23, 2018 |
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Starting My 2018 Vegetable Gardening Season
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May 22, 2018 |
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Midweek Motivation: Turn Off Social Media
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May 10, 2018 |
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Earth Day Tip: Teach Gardening
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May 09, 2018 |
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How to Start a Lifestyle Business
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May 02, 2018 |
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BellCast: Profitable Urban Farming
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Apr 11, 2018 |
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Midweek Motivation: Be Ready Player One
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Apr 05, 2018 |
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How to Declutter to Make a Simple and Intentional Life
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Apr 04, 2018 |
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Grow Lights for Indoor Plants
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Apr 03, 2018 |
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Start Seeds Indoors for Spring Gardens
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Mar 27, 2018 |
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Midweek Motivation: Sacrifice for Others
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Mar 22, 2018 |
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Midweek Motivation: Fun to Done - S3E15
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Mar 17, 2018 |
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5 Steps to Developing a Simple and Intentional Life
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Mar 06, 2018 |
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Midweek Motivation - 4 Tips to Keep Going
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Mar 02, 2018 |
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Reviewing Top Seed Sources for Your Garden - S3E12
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Feb 23, 2018 |
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Midweek Motivation: The Greatest Showman - Friends, Creativity and Drive
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Feb 22, 2018 |
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Four Lessons Learned from Starting Seeds – S3E10
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Feb 19, 2018 |
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Midweek Motivation: Super Bowl Spectacular - S3E9
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Feb 09, 2018 |
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How To Develop A 2018 Garden Plan - S3E8
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Feb 07, 2018 |
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Midweek Motivation: Overcoming Dread - S3E7
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Feb 01, 2018 |
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Midweek Motivation: Preparedness
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Jan 25, 2018 |
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BellCast: Winter Urban Farming Blues
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Jan 21, 2018 |
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Midweek Motivation - Keep Your Eye on Target
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Jan 18, 2018 |
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Thank You for 20,000 Downloads!
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Jan 17, 2018 |
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Stoic Farming and Tribalism with Scott Hebert
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Jan 09, 2018 |
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Happy Birthday Small Scale Life
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Jan 04, 2018 |
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Twas the Night Before Christmas
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Dec 24, 2017 |
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Our Five Christmas Traditions
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Dec 23, 2017 |
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Doniel Freeman: Wicking Beds and Regenerative Dads
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Dec 12, 2017 |
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Cooking Turkey and Making Soup
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Dec 06, 2017 |
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Regenerative Agriculture with Doneil Freeman
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Nov 30, 2017 |
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Thanksgiving Cooking Tips and Failures
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Nov 24, 2017 |
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Congratulations, Jay and Andrea!
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Nov 11, 2017 |
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Healthy Lifestyle Update: Good, Bad and Ugly
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Nov 10, 2017 |
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7 Steps to Winterize Your Garden
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Oct 28, 2017 |
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Healthy Lifestyle Advice with Michael Bell
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Oct 18, 2017 |
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Urban Farming in Dallas with Michael Bell
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Oct 06, 2017 |
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Fall Garden Update: Pest Patrol
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Oct 04, 2017 |
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Healthy Lifestyle Progress Report
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Sep 28, 2017 |
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Fall Garden Update
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Sep 21, 2017 |
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Planning a Healthy Lifestyle
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Sep 15, 2017 |
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Michael Jordan: Building a Billion Dollar Business
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Sep 01, 2017 |
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Michael Jordan: Beekeeping Questions and Answers
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Aug 10, 2017 |
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Gratitude for Small Victories
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Aug 03, 2017 |
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Michael Jordan's Beekeeping Journey
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Jun 30, 2017 |
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Becoming Debt Free
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Jun 30, 2017 |
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The Land of 10000 Downloads
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Jun 16, 2017 |
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What is Square Foot Gardening?
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Jun 08, 2017 |
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Moving Forward in Difficult Times with Todd Ehrhardt
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May 31, 2017 |
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Growing Grass, Not Food
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May 19, 2017 |
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Travis Swanson’s Bee 52 Honey
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May 08, 2017 |
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Mr Tactical: Practical to Tactical Skills
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Apr 20, 2017 |
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Learning, Doing, Growing
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Apr 14, 2017 |
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Preventing Damping Off Disease
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Mar 29, 2017 |
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9 Lessons Learned from Gardening Indoors
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Mar 24, 2017 |
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Restarting My Engine - HELP 9
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Mar 21, 2017 |
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Remembering Barb Taylor Part 2
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Mar 03, 2017 |
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Remembering Barb Taylor Part 1
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Mar 02, 2017 |
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Review FX's Show "Taboo"
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Jan 28, 2017 |
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Greg Burns on Tribe and Homesteading
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Jan 26, 2017 |
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2017 Goals and Plans
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Jan 05, 2017 |
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Wrapping Up Christmas 2016
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Dec 26, 2016 |
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Twas the Night before Christmas
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Dec 24, 2016 |
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Winter Driving and Survival Tips
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Dec 21, 2016 |
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Winter Tips
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Dec 13, 2016 |
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Mind Games - HELP 8
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Dec 06, 2016 |
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Happy Birthday, Small Scale Life!
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Nov 16, 2016 |
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Rebooted Body with Kevin Geary - HELP 7
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Oct 31, 2016 |
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Hogtoberfest and Tribe - HELP 6
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Oct 22, 2016 |
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Debt and Real Estate Part 1
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Oct 19, 2016 |
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Tribe, Ritual and Debt
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Oct 16, 2016 |
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Failing Forward: Losing Weight, Gaining Muscle, Having Discipline - HELP 5
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Oct 06, 2016 |
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Vertical Gardening with The Plant Charmer Part 2
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Oct 01, 2016 |
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Heathly Lifestyle with Chazington Alloucious - HELP 4
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Sep 28, 2016 |
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Spinning Salad - HELP 3
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Sep 21, 2016 |
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Vertical Gardening with The Plant Charmer Part 1
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Sep 14, 2016 |
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Labor Day Reset - HELP 2
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Sep 08, 2016 |
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Healthy Lifestyle Podcast: Introduction - HELP 1
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Aug 25, 2016 |
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Garden Update Podcast - Week of 8/15/16
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Aug 16, 2016 |
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Charles Hugh Smith
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Aug 13, 2016 |
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#Gardenchat with Bren Haas
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Aug 01, 2016 |
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Get Out of Your Rut
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Jun 18, 2016 |
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Urban Farming and Podcasting with Drew Sample
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May 20, 2016 |
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Urban Farming with Scott Hebert
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May 06, 2016 |
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How to Lose 70 Pounds
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Apr 29, 2016 |
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Cowbells and Kettlebells Part 1
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Apr 21, 2016 |
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What is a Sustainable Life?
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Apr 06, 2016 |
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How to Grow Seeds Indoors
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Feb 27, 2016 |
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Transitions and The Growing Greens Challenge
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Feb 16, 2016 |
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Three Questions for 2016
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Feb 01, 2016 |
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Grow What You Eat
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Jan 15, 2016 |
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Introduction to the Small Scale Life
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Jan 02, 2016 |