Podcast 708 – Suze’s Consultation – Part 2

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Paul and JB continue Suze’s consultation on what to do with her sewage situation instead of connecting up to the city sewage network. They discuss what sort of woodchips to use, the current lack of a drain field and the potential issues that causes, and weather or not to use shampoo. Support the podcast on […]

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Tags: compost , Consultaion , humanure , poo-less , shampoo , urban permaculture , Willow Feeder

Podcast 707 – Suze’s Consultation – Part 1

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Suze decided that it was a good idea to willingly give money to Paul for a consultation on what to do with her (urban) community’s failing septic tank system, so he and JB decide to discuss Willow Feeders as they’d be a far cheaper and better solution than coughing up about $40k to connect to […]

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Podcast 706 – Bootcamp Culture – Part 2

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Paul, Eliot, and Julia continue their discussion on the culture that’s developed in bootcamp, and attributes much of it to the quality of people that tend to come there and stick around. Paul’s own over-eagerness definitely helps with both the culture and filtering some specimens out. Support the podcast on Patreon Show notes and discussion […]

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Podcast 705 – Bootcamp Culture – Part 1

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Paul is with Julia and Eliot talking about bootcamp culture and how it contrasts to, say, another community that apparently causes couples to divorce when they go there, and the story of an Andy that attempted to start his own community and the woes he faced until he found out how to get it on […]

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Podcast 704 – Homestead Living Magazine

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Paul talks with Matt about RMHs and Homestead Living magazine for which Paul and Beau wrote an article and they discuss this and other RMH-related subjects, such as Mud’s aversion to using wood anywhere near a RMH just in case it slowly becomes more flammable. Support the podcast on Patreon Show notes and discussion More […]

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Podcast 703 – Permaculture Smackdown 31 – Strategies for growing enough food to feed your family – Part 3

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Paul finishes up the smakdown with Beau, Liv, and Samantha with a discussion on butter making, dairy in general, preserving meats in ways beyond simply freezing it, and keeping chickens as an introduction to raising animals for meat. Support the podcast on Patreon Show notes and discussion More information and discussion of this podcast on […]

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Podcast 702 – Permaculture Smackdown 31 – Strategies for growing enough food to feed your family – Part 2

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Paul, Liv, Beau and Samantha continue discussing how to grow enough food to feed a family, with a lot of the discussion this time being about corn, or lack thereof, in the discussion thus far, what with it being calorie dense, having a long shelf-life, and being good fodder for cattle Support the podcast on […]

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Podcast 701 – Permaculture Smackdown 31 – Strategies for growing enough food to feed your family – Part 1

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Paul, Liv, Beau and Samantha discuss strategies for growing enough food for a family, namely what to grow, how to not get overwhelmed and decide gardening is hard, livestock rearing, what to grow to make gardening fun and potentially profitable, if you don’t mind trading. Support the podcast on Patreon Show notes and discussion More […]

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Podcast 700 – Permaculture Smackdown 30 – The solution for nearly every soil test – Part 2

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Paul, Clay, and Samantha continue discussing soil tests and other ways of quickly building soil. They talk about “Back to Eden Gardening” , it’s use of wood chips and why that may not be the best plan for a couple of reasons, keyline ploughing, and how much mulch is needed. Support the podcast on Patreon […]

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Podcast 699 – Permaculture Smackdown 30 – The solution for nearly every soil test – Part 1

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Paul sets out to talk about soil tests with Samantha and Clay, and winds up talking about how most test results just mean “apply mulch”, unless it means “plant alder trees to detox”, Sepp Holzer’s earthworm greenhouse, root exudate, and Paul’s alleged harassment of a friend via mulch. Support the podcast on Patreon Show notes […]

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Podcast 698 – Permaculture Smackdown 29: Hugelkultur! – Part 3

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Paul, Beau, and Samantha conclude their discussion on hugelkulturs, by talking about turbulence and preventing it with either windbreaks, holly trees, or making them close together, what wood is best for them, (whatever is around, basically), and a brief on another list of things that didn’t get in the main presentation. Support the podcast on […]

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Podcast 697 – Permaculture Smackdown 29: Hugelkultur! – Part 2

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Paul, Beau, and Samantha continue going over the Hugelkultur slides and talk about weather hugelkultur or mulch is better on their own, what materials are good for mulching, how to get mulch to stay on hugelkulturs, and their effects on a growing season’s length. Support the podcast on Patreon Show notes and discussion More information […]

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Podcast 696 – Permaculture Smackdown 29: Hugelkultur! – Part 1

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Paul, Beau, and Samantha sit down to discuss Paul’s favourite topic: Hugelkultur! What it is, how to make it, what to and not to put in it, and why pure lasagna gardening might not be the best addon for it. And, yes, you can use simple dirt to make them if you don’t have enough […]

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Podcast 695 – Bits and Bobs with Alexandra 2 – Part 2

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Paul gets to the end of Alexandra’s long list of topics, with the two of them discussing non-profits, how they’d apply (or not) to permies, and finishing off with a discussion on communities, Paul’s style of running them and the need for a better recipe for making new ones. Support the podcast on Patreon Show […]

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Podcast 694 – Bits and Bobs with Alexandra 2 – Part 1

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Unable to be contained to a mere one two-part podcast, Alexandra is back with another one. This time covering the local cats, their new rocket-ajacent houses, and Alexandra’s experience raising her kids on site without the sometimes expected Paul-daycare. Support the podcast on Patreon Show notes and discussion More information and discussion of this podcast […]

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Podcast 693 – Bits and Bobs with Alexandra – Part 2

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Paul and Alexandra keep going down her list of knickknacks to discuss, which include how BBs are accepted or rejected, what to do if one of yours is rejected, how much faff the SKIP project is compared to college, and a surprising amount of people that do SKIP to help with depression. Support the podcast […]

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Podcast 692 – Bits and Bobs with Alexandra – Part 1

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Paul talks with Alexandra about her experience staying at the Fisher-Price house with her kids, her experience with running the Rocket Mass Heater for a month for a BB, the cost of doing SKIP (or lack thereof), and how engineering planners like her can face unexpected complications. Support the podcast on Patreon Show notes and […]

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Podcast 691 – Permaculture Smackdown 28 – GAMCOD – Part 2

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Paul, Mike, Tim, Rebekah, and Clay continue discussing Paul’s GAMCOD programme, where they started from, their time investment, and what should be grown in such a garden to get as many calories as possible, why soybeans are blacklisted, and any qualifying video that gets used can get $400 per minute used in the upcoming film. […]

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Podcast 690 – Permaculture Smackdown 28 – GAMCOD – Part 1

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Paul, Mike, Tim, Rebekah, and Clay discuss Paul’s GAMCOD programme, in which you show that you can grow food on a 200 sq ft plot of dirt and record the process on video, their experiences with it, and attempt to dispel a few common misconceptions about it. Support the podcast on Patreon Show notes and […]

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Podcast 689 – Permaculture Smackdown 27 – Willow Feeders – Part 3

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Paul, Alan, Stephen and Clay continue discussing faecal management systems, with the goal of making one that can scale up to deal with lots of people. They also discuss other poop loving plants like bamboo, or maybe creating a much more spread out system and using it as pasture. Support the podcast on Patreon Show […]

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