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  • Surviving and Thriving on Minimum Wage Part 3

    Surviving and Thriving on Minimum Wage Part 3
    Oct 7 2025
    Show notesHow To Choose Potential Career Paths in ITCareer Quiz - Which Tech Career is right for youWTCS Career Quiz Upwork.com Where IT workers can build a portfolio with paying customersAlex Hormozi’s YouTube channel Very good sales and marketing adviceHormozi’s audiobooks for free:$100M Offers$100M Leads$100M Money ModelsHormozi’s ebooks for not much cost:$100M Offers$100M Leads$100M Money ModelsLow-income budget family of five My budget spreadsheet for spendingeBay searches for durable, cheap, fast, easy-to-repair laptops:Dell Latitude laptopsDell Precision laptopsHP EliteBook laptopseBay searches for durable, cheap, fast, easy-to-repair desktops:Dell Precision workstationsHP workstations800W Inverter for $36Good podcasts to listen to with powering your house from an inverter and your car during a blackout:Steven Harris on Dealing with a Large Scale Blackout – Part 1Steven Harris on Dealing with a Large Scale Blackout – Part 2Steven Harris on Long Term Fuel StorageGood cheap surge protectorHow to Backup Your Windows 11 to an External Hard DriveWhat Is BitLocker to Go and How to Encrypt a USB Drive with It?Realtor.com search for 2br houses with a quarter acre lot or larger, from $60-150k It says Kentucky but it’s basically the entire Eastern seaboard$100 preparedness spreadsheetBeginning Preparedness presentationUnprepared person’s survival notesOther, related podcasts we’ve done on these subjects:City PreppingHomeless to Homestead Part 1Homeless to Homestead Part 2Homeless to Homestead Part 3United Preppers Facebook groupNeed help with your homestead? Go to SuburbanHomesteadingToday.com Got a flock? Here’s a coop door opener with phone notifications: SecureCoop.com Use coupon code SUBURBANHOMESTEADING to for $20 off your first order.You love gardening. You’ve got a sense of humor. So do we. Check out our shirts, mugs, and bags at BlossomingThreads.comMusic from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/ra/simple-miracleLicense code: AZOMMV84IKSAHL7A
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  • Surviving and Thriving on Minimum Wage Part 2

    Surviving and Thriving on Minimum Wage Part 2
    Oct 1 2025

    Show notes

    • CraigsList car search I use If you center your searches around the southern states, even if they are a longer drive to get to, you can find cars with less rust
    • How to check if your phone can be activated with Visible
    • eBay search I use to find Verizon or unlocked phones
    • $50 Walmart mummy bag It has an accurate temperature rating, by the way. Excellent value.
    • My budget spreadsheet for a low-income family of five
    • Bronze health insurance
    • USDA Thrifty food plan, up-to-date costs accounting for inflation (these numbers are accurate, I checked), and recipes
    • Oral-B Vitality electric toothbrush When buying replacement heads, don’t bother with the cheap knock-offs, they all pinch my cheeks. Go with the Oral-B brand replacement heads. More expensive, but worth every penny.
    • Zenni Optical
    • United Preppers Facebook group
    • Need help with your homestead? Go to SuburbanHomesteadingToday.com
    • Got a flock? Here’s a coop door opener with phone notifications: SecureCoop.com Use coupon code SUBURBANHOMESTEADING to for $20 off your first order.
    • You love gardening. You’ve got a sense of humor. So do we. Check out our shirts, mugs, and bags at BlossomingThreads.com


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    36 min
  • Surviving and Thriving on Minimum Wage Part 1

    Surviving and Thriving on Minimum Wage Part 1
    Sep 18 2025

    Show notes

    • Minimum wage budget for a family of five Requires staying with family or friends until you can get on your feet, but you can save up a LOT of money fast
    • $100/mo for nutritionally-complete food rations Says $50 in the presentation but that was two years ago
    • 30-second flatbread
    • No-Fail Strawberry Freezer Jam
    • How to Make Quick Homemade Jam (No Canning Needed!)
    • Fermented recipes YouTube playlist
    • EatTheWeeds.com
    • Getting started with Kratky hydroponics Read the comments
    • Worm grunting
    • Prepper Princess
    • The Complete Tightwad Gazette
    • Short video on what an emergency fund is
    • Government study showing how to beat poverty
    • United Preppers Facebook group
    • Need help with your homestead? Go to SuburbanHomesteadingToday.com
    • Got a flock? Here’s a coop door opener with phone notifications: SecureCoop.com Use coupon code SUBURBANHOMESTEADING to for $20 off your first order.
    • You love gardening. You’ve got a sense of humor. So do we. Check out our shirts, mugs, and bags at BlossomingThreads.com


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    36 min
  • Estimating Space Needed For Self-Sufficiency

    Estimating Space Needed For Self-Sufficiency
    Jul 28 2025

    Show notes

    • Your Survival Garden Could Kill You Presentation where we calculate how to grow 100% of your nutrition requirements
    • How to Grow More Vegetables, Ninth Edition: (and Fruits, Nuts, Berries, Grains, and Other Crops) Than You Ever Thought Possible on Less Land with Less Water Than You Can Imagine
    • It appears the free public domain of the book above is gone but that one is worth every penny
    • Joel Salatin Talks Rotational Grazing and Cutting Hay
    • It appears that Florida Bullfrog’s YouTube channel is gone, but here are a few resources:
    • Lost Chicken Knowledge: Birds that Survive on JUST Free-Range! David the Good and Florida Bullfrog
    • Free-Range Survival Chickens by Florida Bullfrog
    • Jack Spirko on ducks
    • United Preppers Facebook group
    • Need help with your homestead? Go to SuburbanHomesteadingToday.com
    • Got a flock? Here’s a coop door opener with phone notifications: SecureCoop.com Use coupon code SUBURBANHOMESTEADING to for $20 off your first order.
    • You love gardening. You’ve got a sense of humor. So do we. Check out our shirts, mugs, and bags at BlossomingThreads.com


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  • What If Your Spouse Isn't On Board With Prepping

    What If Your Spouse Isn't On Board With Prepping
    Jul 21 2025
    Show notesDave Canterbury’s Ten Cs of SurvivalDave Canterbury’s Bushcraft First AidDave Canterbury’s YouTube channelCD3WD project, large caches of free PDFs, you can download them all at once via TorrentPreppingDeals.net regularly has free ebooksWhere There Is No Doctor, 2010 edition That is free, but the 2025 edition is updated and only $7.95 in PDF format. That’s also where to find Where There Is No Dentist, Where There Is No Midwife, etc.Red Cross First Aid Free PDFTraditional Herbal Remedies for Primary Health Care Free PDFThe old root and herb doctor, or, the Indian method of healing Free PDFMicrowave-Generated Steam Decontamination of N95 Respirators Utilizing Universally Accessible MaterialsUSB bleach generator Useful for sanitizing waterDisinfecting water using pool shock (calcium hypochlorite)Sawyer Mini water filter Filters up to 100,000 gallonsSODIS water sanitization Sanitize water using only a Gatorade bottle and the sunRedneck Weapons, Wheels, and Water presentationRedneck Energy Generation presentationMy Beginning Preparedness class Covers the $100/mo food bucketKratky method of aquaponics Simple and cheapOur podcast episode, “Emergency Car Supplies”Thin, flammable walls: Armoring and defending a modern house or trailerPerimeter Security presentationOffline security camera system Can use the internet, but doesn’t require itLaser training cartridge If that’s sold out or the wrong caliber just search Amazon for laser training cartridge and be sure you’re not buying a laser bore sighterMantis Laser Academy printable targets Goes with their app for iPhone or AndroidDirt Cheap Emergency Communications: How to meet 80% of your needs for $30Unprepared Person’s Survival NotesEneloop batteriesMy favorite battery charger Has independent slots to charge only one at a time if needed, and it’s not hard on the batteriesFree first aid classUnited Preppers Facebook groupNeed help with your homestead? Go to SuburbanHomesteadingToday.comGot a flock? Here’s a coop door opener with phone notifications: SecureCoop.com Use coupon code SUBURBANHOMESTEADING to for $20 off your first order.You love gardening. You’ve got a sense of humor. So do we. Check out our shirts, mugs, and bags at BlossomingThreads.comMusic from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/ra/simple-miracleLicense code: AZOMMV84IKSAHL7A
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    1 ora e 18 min
  • Building Resilient Kids

    Building Resilient Kids
    Jul 14 2025

    Show notes

    • Your Survival Garden Could Kill You
    • 5 Knots You Should Know
    • Mattress cooler
    • Outschool.com
    • United Preppers Facebook group
    • Need help with your homestead? Go to SuburbanHomesteadingToday.com
    • Got a flock? Here’s a coop door opener with phone notifications: SecureCoop.com Use coupon code SUBURBANHOMESTEADING to for $20 off your first order.
    • You love gardening. You’ve got a sense of humor. So do we. Check out our shirts, mugs, and bags at BlossomingThreads.com


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    47 min
  • Hydroponics

    Hydroponics
    Jul 7 2025

    Show notes

    • Keep on Growin' with Mike VanDuzee
    • Leaf’d Mini Hydroponic Education Kit with Science Curriculum
    • United Preppers Facebook group
    • Need help with your homestead? Go to SuburbanHomesteadingToday.com
    • Got a flock? Here’s a coop door opener with phone notifications: SecureCoop.com Use coupon code SUBURBANHOMESTEADING to for $20 off your first order.
    • You love gardening. You’ve got a sense of humor. So do we. Check out our shirts, mugs, and bags at BlossomingThreads.com


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    31 min
  • Dealing With Chemical Explosions And Spills

    Dealing With Chemical Explosions And Spills
    Jun 30 2025

    Show notes

    • Hazadapt: Hazardous Materials Release (very good!)
    • Global Wind Atlas (Use to discover your prevailing winds. I find it better to just regularly watch weather forecasts with satellite timelapses, and understand from that the direction that winds generally move in your area.)
    • United Preppers Facebook group
    • Need help with your homestead? Go to SuburbanHomesteadingToday.com
    • Got a flock? Here’s a coop door opener with phone notifications: SecureCoop.com Use coupon code SUBURBANHOMESTEADING to for $20 off your first order.
    • You love gardening. You’ve got a sense of humor. So do we. Check out our shirts, mugs, and bags at BlossomingThreads.com


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    37 min