Welcome back to the FamilyPreparednessGuide blogsite!
We’re truly trying to Keep It Super Simple!
Tonight’s principal guest is a man who has a determined concern about and absolutely committed to helping others become prepared for whatever the uncertain future has in store for them.
We’ll start with Tom Martin, the originator, developer, chief of motivation, and promoter of http://www.americanpreppersnetwork.com.
Depending on getting a handle on things beyond his control, Tom may be joined by John, an APN member, whose website is www.pioneerliving.net, a blogsite of a family living the real homestead lifestyle.
Also appearing will be Marica, a homesteader and gardener on her homestead. She is arranging a Prepper Symposium on her homestead in Mississippi. She’s with the MississippiPreppersNetwork. Marica is always an interesting person to interview.
Then, at 8:00, we’ll be joined by some previous guest who have captured a lot of interest in laid-back, waist-level, hydroponic gardening.
Dwight Sitta is a Certified Vocational Agriculture Teacher, with an adult lifetime of agricultural and horticultural experience: as a Shop teacher, developed a shop program of building trailers, teaching welding, pipefitting, plumbing, and carpentry. His students exceeded 30% entering college. He set up the Sales/Service development program and training courses , including small engine maintenance for the start-up of Weed Eater Inc. (Houston TX).
Educated as an Aggie with a B.S. Agriculture/Biology and M.S. Agriculture Business, he has worked for Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) in the Agricultural Waste Pesticide Collections Department (AWPC) as its Coordinator (Manager) with a budget exceeding &1 million. He managed all hazardous waste contractors under State contract; managed Safety Program for AWPC; developed State AWPC advertisement program; developed State contracts for Hazardous Materials (DOT); and developed safety training manuals.
Dwight Sitta can be reached at ds_sitta@yahoo.com
H.L. Mayer, Proprietor, AquaEasyGarden Hydroponic Garden Systems, New Braunfels TX, a manufacturer of high quality, hand crafted, durable, ebb & flow hydroponic garden kits.
Experience: Construction Management company, New Braunfels TX, 10 years prior to that, President, and Construction Manager of TRIAD CM, a Midwest regional construction management and general contracting firm––completing more than $50 million in private and public contracts for general construction, and managed over $ 275 million in private construction management; before that, Estimator/Project Manager of an engineering and construction company in Knoxville TN.; and J.C. Penney Company (Dallas TX) construction field representative.
Another Aggie-type: Texas A & M, B.S., Building Construction, with Minor in Civil Engineering, College of Architecture
H.L.’s website is found at http://aquaeasygarden.com/index.php and can be reached at mhcmaher@gmail.com
It was exciting in the Chat Room—the interest had the screen scrolling so fast I couldn’t read it and control the switchboard!
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February 15th, 2010 at 1:33 pm
Sue:
I’ve noted that some people call in to be heard on the air–and occasionally someone who was dropped as a baby goes a little wacko! We’ve had some people in the Chat Room also be naughty, but compared to most of the other preparedness-type shows, the FamilyPreparednessGuide Talk Show is very orderly, and little disintermediation by virtual fools. I agree with your assessment. Maybe we should allow only Chat Room listeners to ask questions. I don’t want people to think we’ve programmed them out of the conversation loop.
What do you think of that idea? I don’t want to become a talking head. Maybe some other listeners and readers of the blogsite have an opinion. I am open to what is best for all concerned. James Talmage Stevens
February 14th, 2010 at 5:04 am
Hi James!
This weekend I started catching up on podcasts I’ve missed due to illness. The American Prepper interview was the first one downloaded. It was really great to hear from the grass roots preppers. Tom has been instrumental in supporting the fledgling Canadian Prepper’s network.
I have a suggestion for the podcast. It would be really nice to have the phone lines open soley to the people being interviewed. Maybe it’s just me, but I don’t find the random call-ins add anything to the show. As a matter of fact, when people call in the guests’ interviews seem to lose their momentum, and the show gets hijacked by people who have a personal agenda different from the guest topic and the hijackers are either boring or shocking.
Just my humble opinion. I’m a big fan so you know I’m not trying to be rude
Keep up the great work. It is awesome the way you are able to keep doing shows week after week and are finding such interesting guests like Zan and the hydroponic guys!
Sue (still under-the-weather, but slowly improving)
February 11th, 2010 at 2:31 pm
Chris:
Thanks for listening. I’m trying to get new ideas and technology introduced. There are so many opportunities for making preparedness simple, easy, and less expensive than formerly because of innovation. I’m finding new players that have figured out how to Keep It Super Simple! Ain’t it grand! James Talmage Stevens
February 11th, 2010 at 12:36 pm
James, what a great show–lots of information! Tom is always good and I enjoy his website. Marcia was an inspiration as a fairly new homesteader willing to share her experiences. And H.L. and Dwight were so interesting–until tonight I wasn’t aware of just how accessible hydroponic gardening was to regular people. The idea being able to grow vegetables in a small space and over a longer grow season is very interesting. James, thank you for bringing all this info to us through your radio blog.