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I am Tom – gardener, river dweller, bird seed artist, bird watcher, professional wanderer, podcaster and lifelong learner.
The Small Scale Life Podcast is a place to slow down, reflect, and reconnect with simple living, seasonal rhythms, gratitude, and care—for ourselves, our homes, and the natural world. Here, we grow food and flowers, feed the birds, explore the world around us and live in tune with the seasons.
Whether it is planting garlic, reflecting by the water, kayaking down a river, feeding the birds or finding wellness in simple routines….
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Featured Content
Lessons Learned from Our 2025 Holiday Season: Welcome to 2026!
In this 256th Episode of the Small Scale Life Podcast, your host Tommy Cakes is kicking off the New Year about Lessons Learned from Our 2025 Holiday Season including his birthday, the holidays, the backyard bird sanctuary project and what’s on tap for the coming year.
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The No-Spend Challenge: Can You Survive 28 Days?
In this 247th Episode of the Small Scale Life Podcast, Tom and Adam discuss origins, tips and guidelines for the February No-Spend Challenge (or Frugal February Challenge) on Small Scale Life. Can you survive the No-Spend Challenge for 28 days?
24-Hour Fast and Tommy Cakes Seed and Supply Update
Tom discusses his 24-hour fast challenge: how he felt during and after the fast. Tom also discusses suet projects and the birds in the feeders
End of January 2025 Accountability Stream
To make progress on goals, it helps to have an accountability partner. In this episode, Tom and Adam discuss progress in January 2025
Monk Mode: The Path to Productivity or a Road to Burnout?
In this 244th Episode of the Small Scale Life Podcast, Hosts Tom and Adam discuss Monk Mode to determine if it is a path to productivity or a road to burnout. We also discuss Tommy Cakes Seed and Supply and what is happening at Modern Frontier Farm. Tom also agrees to a 24-Hour Fast, which will be executed later tat week (and results in a Just One More Thing Episode with Tom).