The Prep For Today Podcast: Recent Episodes
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Anyone that’s looking to keep a keen eye on their personal finances are in for a real treat with this episode. If you are like me you spend a fair amount of time logging into various websites to monitor and track your financial assets and accounts. If you have ever longed for a centralized tool … Continue reading
A lot has changed since I last posted an episode of the Prep for Today Podcast way back in August of 2013. Well over four years ago- wow! Well, while there’s no single/truly good excuse, I could go and blame it on a number of outside factors- having moved houses, changed jobs, just being ‘busy’ … Continue reading
Of all of the retirement planning resources I’ve researched, read, or consulted, this book, The 5 Years Before You Retire written by Emily Guy Birken, is one of the best organized and informative of them all. I highly recommend it so much that I will be doing a series of podcast episodes framed around this … Continue reading
Today we’ll expand on the basics of Scrum- a flavor of Agile project management and how it can help us achieve more in less time. Not restricted to our personal preparedness needs- – use individually – Immediate family (household), or extended family (family or community) – Business continuity and disaster preparedness Scrum Theory- founded on … Continue reading
Project Based Prepping Today we’ll go over a couple of the most common project management methodologies and what is probably the most common approach used for prepping. The most common? Shotgun approach- Chaos- first to mind, first to action, think of it-do it, let opportunity fly Good approach, but risky Potentially shortsighted- hasty decisions … Continue reading
Building Your Own Home Seed Bank- In this episode we discuss the value and benefits of having own seed bank and why it’s advantageous to store your own veggie and flower seeds. Points covered include: Why bother saving seeds? Convenience Ensuring availability Opportunity to share/trade Getting started- Where do you get your seeds? Self-harvested Retail … Continue reading
12 Important numbers to keep in your cellphone, car, or little black book In any emergency time will be of the essence, especially when you need to reach one of these people. In this episode we review twelve numbers your will want to be sure to keep handy. 1.) local police non-emergency number 2.) … Continue reading
PrepForToday Ep4 Today we will review the benefits of and how to create your very own salad green containers. Not only are they quick and easy to assemble, they make a great prep as a food production system and provide a steady supply of fresh greens at a fraction of the cost of those store … Continue reading
In this episode I review our 2008 power outage, how we managed, and why we chose our current backup solution for our current house.
5 Things to Look For When Choosing An Emergency Weather Radio It seems like every time we turn around there’s a new stream of weather emergencies unfolding. It doesn’t matter where you live in the world Mother Nature is always working hard to keep it interesting. To help us be more prepared for these often … Continue reading
