Are you homesteading with kids? This week on the We Grow Ours show we are discussing homesteading and prepping from a child’s perspective. Nick and Don have Brandon and Josh (2 of Don’s Kids) are in the studio to share their experiences. Brandon has grown up in a normal sub division and is a big part...
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Bokashi and Rabbits
Bokashi and Rabbit Composting with Morgan of Bokashi Evolution. Are you ready for a different composting method for your rabbit manure and kitchen waste? Then Bokashi is for YOU! This week on the We Grow Ours show, Nick talks rabbits and composting with his in studio guest! Morgan joins him, and takes Dons place this week! Nick...
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Farming in the Desert
This week on the We Grow Ours show, Nick and Don are talking farming in the desert. It is a timely topic when you consider the California drought, and a lack of water in Arizona. The guys wanted to give some ideas on how to farm with little water. Farming in the Desert...
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Survival Gear
This week it is all about Survival Gear on the We Grow Ours show, Nick and Don! Tough tested by Tim Ralston of Gear Up. We visit Tim at his store and get to check out some serious gear. Timothy Ralston, is an American inventor, entrepreneur, adventurer, author, movie and television presenter, and renowned expert...
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Beekeeper Dan Punch
Beekeeper Dan Punch of The Punch Honeybee Company joins the We Grow Ours show to talk bees with Nick and Don. The Punch Honeybee Company has set out to change the way we react to swarms, hives and the like. Dan Punch not only rescues bees and relocates hives; he participates in public addresses and clubs to...
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Solar Cooking in the Sun Oven
This week on the guys of We Grow Ours are talking solar cooking with the Sun Oven! They review SUN OVENS® and chat with the owner, Paul, all about what we can do with it. Don has put his through some major testing, and it has really held up! Solar Cooking in the Sun Oven For the past 28...
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Homeschool Myths Today
There are a lot more myths than truths out there, when it comes to homeschooling. But on this week’s We Grow Ours, Nick and Don are talking to Tiffany Davis. Tiffany dispels homeschool myths that are on the minds of those not familiar with this type of education. Dispelling Homeschool Myths Tiffany Davis is an...
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Aquaponics from Down Under
The guys are talking Aquaponics from Down Under on this week’s We Grow Ours show. Nick and Don welcome Paul Van Der Werf to the show to chat about the aquaponics industry and commercial aquaponics. Remember if you’re in Phoenix you can catch the show on Independent Talk 1100 am KNFX every Sunday at 1:00...
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Grow Your Own Food Summit
The Phoenix Grow Your Own Food Summit is coming next month. This week on the We Grow Ours Show, the guys have Kari and Greg from the GrowPhx Summit. If you want to know how to turn your backyard into a food producing oasis – this could be the summit for you. Speakers in...
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Survival Gardening with Rick Austin
Survival Gardening, are you doing it? Rick Austin is and he wants to teach you the whys and hows of this ever-growing branch of the prepper community. Survival gardening is an important step in your prepping plan – just like live food storage with your rabbits and other livestock. Rick was once a traditional apple...
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Survival Medicine – Duct Tape 911
Survival Medicine – Duct Tape 911 Survival medicine is the topic of the day on this episode of We Grow Ours. Nick and Don’s guest is the Survival Doctor himself – Dr. James Hubbard. The author and expert on survival medicine and how non-medical people can use it. His latest book is Duct Tape 911...
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Nick’s Awesome Origin
We start somewhere…and this week the guy’s are talking to Nick’s dad, Jerry, a farmer and cattleman. Following in his own father’s footsteps, Jerry is farming the family acres. Nick, Don and Jerry talk history, conventional farming’s pros and cons and a farmer’s view on GMOs. Add in a dash of varmint control and you’ve...
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Small Livestock Integration
Small Livestock Integration On this episode of We Grow Ours the topic is Small Livestock Integration. Using nature as the example this way of raising livestock creates a natural self-regulating organism. The goal is to create a system that has very little input and produces the maximum amount of food. But this integration is more...
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Will Allen of Growing Power, Inc.
Will Allen of Growing Power, Inc. Will Allen of Growing Power, Inc joins the We Grow Ours podcast this week. You might recognize Will from the movie Fresh. Will is an the founder and CEO of Growing Power Inc with several urban gardens. He is also teacher and proponent of the urban farm movement in...
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Bees and Monsanto
Bees and Monsanto Today we bring you the second part of the bee series – bees and Monsanto. Dan Punch joins Nick and Don on this podcast. A beekeeper and rescuer, Dan knows bees; including “Africanized” bees. What’s a colony collapse? What is Monsanto doing to the bees? What about neonicotinoids and pesticides? Dan shares...
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Beekeeping & Beepods
Beekeeping and the BeePod Beekeeping and the BeePod on this episode of We Grow Ours. Join the guys as they talk about these amazing furry creatures that are so important to our food system. They’ll also be discussing the crisis that bees are in right now and why we should all be concerned about the...
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Prepping with Goats
Prepping with Goats Goats offer a prepper, with the room, so much; so today we bring you prepping with goats. Jyl of Desert Dream Farms joins Nick and Don to talk about all that goats offer the prepper and homesteader. Jyl is schooling us on breed selection, care and goat offerings like milk, meat, soap,...
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Aquaponics with Sylvia Bernstein
Aquaponics with Sylvia Bernstein Sylvia Bernstein literally wrote the book on Aquaponics! On this episode of We Grow Ours the guys get a chance to sit down and talk to the “godmother” of aquaponics. She is going to share the science involved in aquaponics and the current industry.
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Solar Power
Solar power is the topic of We Grow Ours Episode 7. Nick and Don welcome Chris Frye of Alternative Energy Inc. to talk solar power. If solar power is something you’d like in your home then you don’t want to miss this episode. Chris has owned Alternative Energy Inc. for the last 14 years and has built a...
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Ham Radio & Freedom
Ham Radio and Freedom On this episode of We Grow Ours the guys are talking Ham radio and The Home Grown Freedom Act. Nick and Don discuss some basics of amateur radio (HAM Radio) and why they think this is one of the most important items in your preparedness plans. Communication! Come learn a bit about it...
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Quail and Prepping
Quail and Prepping On this episode of We Grow Ours we talk Quail and Prepping with Scott Yarosh. We’re talking prepping styles, reasons behind prepping and food storage. Then Scott of the Yarosh homestead shares his expert knowledge on raising quail on the backyard homestead.
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The Black Soldier Fly
The Black Soldier Fly Come find out how the black soldier fly can help you on your homestead. This episode we welcome Karl from Compostemania.com and thebiopod.com and a black soldier fly expert!