Road Kill Dinner! GVQ Update #2 10/19

On October 31, 2019December 19, 2019 By The Liberty HippieIn Homeschooling, Homeschools, Homesteading, Homesteads, PodcastLeave a comment

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Updates from the Good View Quarter, getting into deer season, fall gardening, bringing in the firewood, homeschool discussions we had that never would be had in a public school, and more.

I don’t remember many sunsets like this in New England.

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Vacating the Public Schools – 040

On October 29, 2019December 19, 2019 By The Liberty HippieIn Homeschooling, Homeschools, Liberty and Freedom, PodcastLeave a comment

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Episode 40 finds T, an admin of the Vacate Public Schools page, come on to tell her story and talk a bit about the page. We explore what brought her to homeschooling and how it has effected her children’s education as well as her relationships with her children. We talk about how homeschooling and the philosophy behind it has changed her parenting techniques, what prompted those changes and how those changes have been positive for everyone in her life.

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Link to show notes for episode 39 with John Moody.

Rogue Food Conferencing with John Moody – 039

On October 22, 2019December 19, 2019 By The Liberty HippieIn Food, Homestead Hacks, Homesteading, Homesteads, PodcastLeave a comment

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Checking in with the Liberty Hippie for episode 39 is none other than John Moody! In the past, John was the executive director of every homesteaders favorite organization, the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund. Since leaving the FCLDF, John has developed and managed Whole Life Buying Club, written a handful of books, and given a number of talks, including the upcoming Rogue Food Event at the Cincinnati Airport Marriot in Hebron, KY. We covered all of these topics and then some!

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Asking a Homeschool Mom – 038

On October 15, 2019December 19, 2019 By The Liberty HippieIn Homeschooling, Homeschools, PodcastLeave a comment

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Episode 38 is another conversation focusing on homeschooling, this time with curator of Ask a Homeschool Mom, Kari Vanhoozer. We had a fun discussion about her choice to homeschool – or, rather, unschool – and how that works into their families life before talking about her website and the importance of having resources that can help homeschool parents navigate the legal systems, and give advice on developing a homeschool program.

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Anarchapulco and the Homestead.guru – 037

On October 8, 2019December 19, 2019 By The Liberty HippieIn Homeschooling, Homeschools, Homesteading, Homesteads, Liberty and Freedom, PodcastLeave a comment

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The Liberty Hippie has a chat with Catherine Bleish, the Homestead.Guru curator, and Anarchapulco 2020 co-producer. We talk about life in a bus, and how having the ability and freedom to move and travel has not only been exciting and captivating, but educational and rewarding for both parents and children. We also discuss how Catherine came to find herself as co-producer for the 2020 presentation of Anarchapulco.

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Replacing the Purge Pump on an Echo CS-400

On October 4, 2019 By The Liberty HippieIn Chainsaw Fun, Homesteading1 Comment

The purge pump on my Echo CS-400 broke, so I fixed it and recorded it below. While other echo chainsaws (CS-350, CS-300, CS-370, CS-370F, CS-420, CS-5000) may have a different layout, replacing the purge pump is essentially the same.

The weather finally broke two or three weeks ago, and by broke I mean it was probalby 59 in the morning and the high for the day stayed below 90, so I figured it’d be as good a time as any to start cutting some firewood for next year. I gassed-up my saw, topped off the oil, sharpened the chain, and loaded up my wheelbarrow with extra fuel, some wedges and a maul and of course, my saw, an Echo CS-400. I got to the wood lot and got out the chainsaw, ready to go. I pulled the choke and jammed the purge pump: the delicate little rubber bulb popped.

Not wanting to turn around and head in as soon as I got out there, I decided to see what would happen if I tried to use it with a busted bubble. I got the saw to fire up, and it seemed to run normally, but as soon as I put a load on the chain, it would stall out.

I came inside and fired up the ole Amazon. A number of these small parts are interchangeable between different Echo models (the package I picked up covered Echo CS-400 CS-370 CS-370F CS-400F CS-420ES CS-5000 CS-3500 chainsaws.) I settled on a package that contained an air filter, fuel filter, spark plug, vent, and two purge pump bulbs.

It was an easy enough fix to replace, the longest part was probably removing the screws from the housing, but otherwise it went fairly quickly. I recorded the whole thing, uploaded it to YouTube and have linked to it below. This fix also works for other Echo chainsaws, although the layout may be slightly different.

Sailing the Homeschool Seas with Capt. Brent DeRidder – 036

On October 1, 2019December 30, 2019 By The Liberty HippieIn Homeschooling, Homeschools, PodcastLeave a comment

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Episode 36 sees the Liberty Hippie and Brent DeRidder of the Libertarian Party of North Carolina talking about homeschooling, and some future plans of Brent’s to help spread the message of liberty while seeing the country and educating his children. Brent also shares the story that caused him and his wife to remove their children from public school, and it is astounding.

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