Month: September 2012

Episode-127- Refinance My Mortgage To Save Money

Tony Teolis September 30, 2012 0 Comments
I need to refinance my mortgage. Interest rates are artificially kept low by the Federal Reserve with the belief that cheap loans will result in more loans being made and more loans means more of everything. This is what caused the housing bubble in the first place. Now that the Fed is going to buy $40 billion in mortgage backed securities each and every month from banks who issue them you can...

Episode-126- Eat More Squash Because The Squash Bugs Are Gone

Tony Teolis September 22, 2012 0 Comments
The female squash bug lay their eggs at the base of leaf stalks, and the caterpillars develop and feed inside the stalk, eventually killing the leaf. They soon migrate to the main stem, and with enough feeding damage to the stem, the entire plant may die. On July 14 I had 5 squash plants growing in the gardens but... the evil squash vine borer killed two of them. The damage and my efforts to...

Episode-125- How To Prepare For America’s National Debt Bomb

Tony Teolis September 18, 2012 0 Comments
I choose to react to America’s debt problem as it were my own personal problem. It’s big, it’s bad and it’s painful. I can’t escape it. I can only mitigate how the fallout of too much national will affect my family and I.  Because of the debt I pay ... Higher Taxes Higher Interest Rates Because of the debt I have Fewer Job prospects Because of the debt I suffer an Erosion of Life...

Episode-124- No Treatment, Clean Wax, Natural Cell For Honey Bees

Tony Teolis September 3, 2012 0 Comments
  Honey Bees Gone Wild - No Treatment, Clean Wax, Natural Cell In Episode 116 I presented my ideas on how and why I must become a less intrusive and more natural beekeeper. The tasks for accomplishing natural beekeeping will take a little but I started to implement more of the techniques on August 4, 2012. These tasks include... I have to first Stop treating with chemicals. I need to raise...

Episode-123- Get More Food With Fall Gardening

Tony Teolis September 1, 2012 0 Comments
This fall I am growing Kale, sweet potatoes, daikon radish, chinese cabbage, broccoli, garlic, and French red shallots. I bought the sweet potato slips, kale, cabbage and broccoli from the home store, the garlic and shallots will come in September from SESE. The cover crops that also come from SESE will be sowed in October or as the gardens die then they’ll be sown again in the early spring....