384 – Uncle Mud – part 2

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Paul continues his conversation with Chris McClellan aka Uncle Mud about Rocket Mass heaters. He talks about the cottage style RMH. Paul describes a J-tube type system with a vertical feed system. Heat hits the barrel and then goes down the sides of the barrel. It acts like a standard 6″ J-tube system. There are […]

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383 – Uncle Mud – part 1

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Paul talks to Chris McClellan aka Uncle Mud about Rocket Mass heaters. Chris was one of the innovators at the Innovators Event and will also run the appropriate technology course Jul. 9th – Jul. 20th (tickets available on website from Jan. 1st). They talk about the Cottage Rocket, The Butt warmer, The Ring of Fire […]

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382 – Heating with less wood – part 2

Published 7 years ago in Paul's farm , Permaculture , Podcasts , rocket mass heater , wood heat - 0 Comments

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In this episode Paul and Jocelyn continue their talk about how they heated their house with 0.6 cord of wood. They talk about the things that contributed to them using more wood than would have otherwise been necessary: e.g. no curtains on the windows and the windows not being able to close properly because of […]

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381 – Heating with less wood – part 1

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In this podcast, Paul and Jocelyn talk about how they heated their home with only 0.6 cords of wood. They take the rocket mass heater in the Fisher Price house as a case study. It is December in Montana and they only get about 6 hrs of sunlight at this time of year. Cloudy days […]

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380 – Dealing with community drama – part 4

Published 7 years ago in Community , homesteading , missoula , Paul's farm , Podcasts - 0 Comments

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Paul and Jocelyn continue to address some intentional community 3.0 issues. They start off by addressing the claim that they were locking a “historically” public road, which was proven by local authorities not to be public. They talk about the issues with Allerton Abbey, which were fixed in the summer. They talk about the bounty […]

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Tags: ant village , community , composting toilet , drama , intentional community , residual income stream , wheaton labs

379 – Dealing with community drama – part 3

Published 7 years ago in Community , Composting Toilet , homesteading , income , missoula , Paul's farm , Podcasts - 0 Comments

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Paul and Jocelyn continue to address some intentional community 3.0 issues. They start off with the last 2 concerns the Ants formulated: written rental agreement and not being allowed to commute to a job. They then move on to addressing criticism from 47: the local currency (fysh) being obscure, poop management, the lock at the […]

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378 – Dealing with community drama – part 2

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Paul and Jocelyn continue to address some intentional community 3.0 issues. They start with a discussion on how Paul can come across as an asshole. They then move on to discussing the criticism raised by a former ant who qualified the issues as “a modern feudal slumlord clashes with his peasants.” Paul admits that he […]

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377 – Dealing with community drama – part 1

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Paul and Jocelyn address some intentional community 3.0 issues. Paul agrees with Bill Mollison that in permaculture, we need to replace petroleum with people. Paul’s goal is to find a model that will work on other farms. Paul and Jocelyn give some context of the Wheaton labs community and they talk about why they think […]

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376 – How to do a kickstarter – part 3

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Paul, Erica and Julianne continue their discussion about what it takes to make a successful Kickstarter. They talk about how to select the rewards, what a good description is, collaboration, affiliate links, and the problem of early bird pricing. Paul emphasizes the importance of a $1 reward to get more supporters. Paul and Erica talk […]

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375 – How to do a kickstarter – part 2

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Paul, Erica and Julianne continue their discussion about what it takes to make a successful Kickstarter. They talk about the importance of good prep ahead of time, how to set the budget and the goal. Paul also mentions involving the community and the importance of a good short intro video. Support the podcast on Patreon […]

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374 – How to do a kickstarter – part 1

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Paul, Erica and Julianne talk about what it takes to make a successful Kickstarter. The conversation is based on Paul and Erica’s experience with running Kickstarter campaigns that got more than fully funded. Support the podcast on Patreon Relevant Threads Dirtpatcheaven thread at permies Dirtpatcheaven Youtube channel Julianne’s podcast with Paul about residual income streams […]

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373 – Epic Shit

Published 7 years ago in Permaculture , Podcasts , saving the world - 0 Comments

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Fred and Paul discuss Paul’s article “Struggles, Hurdles, Challenges and Observations” about how you can choose whether you want to produce “Epic Shit” or want to live a little grey life. If you choose to work hard and learn things that other people don’t know how to do – you can produce “Epic Shit”. If […]

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Tags: professionalism , saving the world

372 – Well

Published 7 years ago in homesteading , Paul's farm , Podcasts - 0 Comments

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Today’s podcast is about rural wells and fixing things yourself. It’s Paul talking to Fred about the prolonged adventure of repairing the well down at basecamp when it stopped functioning a few weeks ago. They were without water for 15 days, but they did get the job done! It just took… a whole lot longer […]

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371 – Review of Just Enough – Part 7

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Paul had Abe Coley and Rory Page with him to review Just Enough: Lesson on Living Green from Traditional Japan by Azby Brown. They discuss City Living. They talk about the vast air temperature difference between this city and modern day cities being a result of using dirt roads/walkways as well as their focus on […]

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370 – Botany in a Day Review – Part 6

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Paul had Neil Bertrando from Reno, Nevada with him in this podcast to review Botany in a Day, by Thomas J. Elpel. Exploring the Mallow sub-class, Paul discovered that it includes Huckleberries, Blueberries, the Mustard family, the Squash family, and the Poop Beasts (Poplars, Cottonwoods and Willows). St John’s Wort family. St John’s Wort is […]

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369 – Review of Just Enough – Part 6

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In this podcast Paul continues the discussion of Just Enough with Abe Coley and Rory Paige. This section took a left turn from the rest of the book, the narrative and illustrations ended and was replaced by a list of rules and things you should do. The discussion starts out with doing good things instead […]

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368 – Rich Dad, Poor Dad

Published 7 years ago in income , Podcasts - 0 Comments

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Paul and Jocelyn relate a story from the book Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki. It is about innovation to generate income. Paul mentions that his experience has been that any time he wants to generate more income, he has to innovate. Support the podcast on Patreon Relevant Threads Rich Dad Poor Dad by […]

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367 – Botany in a Day Review – Part 5

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Paul had Neil Bertrando from Reno, Nevada with him in this podcast to review Botany in a Day, by Thomas J. Elpel. The podcast opened with Paul bragging about having huckleberry pie for breakfast. Paul said reading the book is helping his getting the ‘order of orders’ clear. Neil came up with a mnemonic: King […]

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366 – Review of Just Enough – Part 5

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Paul had Abe Coley and Rory Page with him to review Just Enough: Lesson on Living Green from Traditional Japan by Azby Brown. In this part they discussed big government versus local community, Paul’s take on shogun culture, rice as taxes, peasant revolts, village size, farm manuals, schooling, the plethora of pictures, details of rice […]

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365 – Gaia’s Garden Chapter 11 – Part 1

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Paul and Jocelyn review Toby Hemmenway’s “Gaia’s Garden” chapter 11 about urban gardens. They start out by commemorating Toby’s contribution to Permaculture in general and as a friend specifically since Toby passed away recently. They then go on to describe the urban garden, and how you can use your neighbour’s gardens as a resource and […]

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Tags: bioremediation , Book review , fungi , gaia's garden , toby hemenway , urban permaculture