One of our most requested topics: CHICKS!

Brandi and Sharon go over the basics of buying and owning chicks - what you'll need to bring home your chicks and keep them safe (and alive!), care tips and some thoughts on breeds! We're focusing on raising chicks for egg-laying in this episode.

Brandi highly recommends this book:

The Chicken Whisperer's Guide to Keeping Chickens

(Amazon affiliate link ^^^ - may earn a commission if you click and purchase)

(and, Sharon is gonna buy it because #influenced)

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You've bought your seeds - now what?

Plant them!

You will either start seeds indoors (and transplant to their final growing destination later), or you will direct sow your seeds where they will grow.

But when?

Brandi and Sharon take you through their processes of how they determine when to put those seeds in dirt.

You will want to know your grow zone - find that here:

https://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov

Then, you'll need to know your average last and first frost dates, which you can find here:

https://www.almanac.com/gardening/frostdates

And, we recommend having a notebook, calendar and pen - then it's, as Brandi says, "Plant Math"

Our BIGGEST tip: write it all down! Keep a journal for your seeds, planting, gardening, results, notes, thoughts...etc.!

*If you haven't listened to Season 1, Episode 2 - it's all about buying seeds.

In this episode, Brandi and Sharon chat about preparedness: what it is and the areas in which to begin your journey.

We will be going further in depth with each of these areas in future episodes.

Being prepared to us means that you and your family are able to survive in the event of a natural or orchestrated disaster, and/or if you're cut off from sources you rely on to live (food, water, etc.).

Areas:

• Food & Water

  • sources, purification, storage, stocking up

• Health & Wellness

  • Medications

  • Supplements

  • First-Aid

• Shelter

  • from elements

  • alternate power/fuel, cooking, heat sources

• Protection

  • firearms, knives, taser (need to be able to charge), etc.

  • consider training in how to safely/effectively use your protection of choice

• Money/Currency

  • Tangible "currency" (items with which to barter/trade)

• Community

  • develop ahead of time ways to communicate with your community

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