Homesteading and Permaculture by Paul Wheaton

333 – Maddy Harland on Most Recent Issue of Permaculture Magazine Part 2

Published 10 years ago in Permaculture , Podcasts

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Maddy Harland opens with a discussion on crop protection. Stephanie Hafferty work with Charles Dowding and his methods for no dig gardening. His core income is from gardening and selling salad to local restaurants. The article shares some of the real secrets of how to grow in raised bed systems and minimize pest damage without […]

332 – Maddy Harland on Most Recent Issue Of Permaculture Magazine

Published 10 years ago in Permaculture , Podcasts

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Part one of a two-part podcast with Maddy Harland. Paul sits down with her to discuss issue 86 of Permaculture magazine. Right away, they discuss how it should be fresh on the shelves in the US at the time this podcast is released. Paul considers this issue one of his favorites. Three things make him […]

331 – Hugelkultur, Water Systems, and Land Texture with Erica Houck Part 2

Published 10 years ago in Permaculture , Podcasts

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Part of a set of podcasts where Paul and Jocelyn are in Oregon. They’ve been discussing a number of things with Erica Houck and are now addressing a number of questions. Part two begins with a discussion of a huckleberry pie that went missing in Paul’s presence. After a confession, the conversation shifts to nettles […]

330 – Community, Ponds, and Quack Grass with Erica Houck Part 1

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A feline named Henry joins Paul for this interview. Paul and Jocelyn go to Erica’s after a funeral for his aunt Donna Lee, near Enterprise Oregon. She took Paul in when he was 16. His Aunt was from Joseph, Oregon and Paul graduated high school near the area too. Paul’s Grandfather was a tour guide […]

329 – Questions From Jet Packer Davin Hoyt Part 3

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Podcast 3 The third of three podcasts where Paul and Jocelyn sit down with Davin Hoyt, who has watched every single podcast. It starts immediately with Paul asking the question of where do we get our organic food. Paul and Jocelyn explain where they go in Missoula, listing multiple locations that includes a ‘small world’ […]

328 – Questions from Jet Packer Davin Hoyt Part 2

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Davin Hoyt Continues to ask Paul questions because he has listened to every single podcast. Thermal inertia and moisture barrier. What is a wing wall? A wall that retains the soil against the exterior wall from the corner of the wofati. This is a retaining wall based on elevation change. This transitions from the side […]

327 – Questions From Jet Packer Davin Hoyt Part 1

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Paul sits down with Davin Hoyt who has listened to every single one of the podcasts. He mentions how if anyone listens to all the podcasts, they can make a list of questions (that cover stuff not in the previous podcasts), and he will sit down with you and answer those questions in a new […]

326 – Questions From Morgan Bowen; Trees; the PDC at Wheaton Labs; the Ant Village

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Paul sits down with Morgan Bowen. Morgan (the man who peed on a mountain lion) has listened to all of the podcasts Paul has produced, mainly while soaking in the tub. As they reminisce about the mountain lion, they go over what animals are in the area, concluding none would harm adult humans. Since Morgan […]

325 – Alone in the Wilderness, the Story of Dick Proeneke

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Paul sits down with Evan, the first Ant in Ant Village. Paul asks Evan some introductory questions about how things have been going on his plot. They start to go over the film, “Alone in the Wilderness, the story of Dick Proeneke. Paul sets out to try and figure out just how long it took […]

324 – The Ant Village Explained Part 2

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Paul and Jocelyn continue from part 1 on explaining Ant Village. Paul shares his initial excitement about the concept, and how his previous community project involving gappers ended up steering away from his values. Paul expresses how ant village is much more aligned with where his values are. Paul paints a picture of the future […]

323 – The Ant Village Explained Part 1

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It’s official, at wheaton laboratories there’s going to be a free PDC for ants, their gappers and deep roots people. So if someone wants to come an attend the PDC that can show up as gappers and follow the fourteen day PDC, with PRI teacher Howard Story. There’s a whole thread on this on Wheaton […]

322 – Transition to Ant Village Part 2

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When Paul was young he tried to be someone who everyone got along with but he realized that this made him very unhappy. Paul likens himself to a bulldozer. With Gappers, this can be a problem. With Ants, Paul thinks he would have no problem eating three meals with them. Paul is not big on […]

321 – Transition to Ant Village Part 1

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Paul and Jocelyn continue on with the new updates at Wheaton Labs and basecamp. He gives some background on the first ant Evan, and soon to be ant Nick. Paul expresses how since recording around 4 hours of updates in podcasts, it has freed up a lot of time for him. Jocelyn points out a […]

320 – Gapper Problems

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Paul and Jocelyn warn that they are going to talk about some of the problems and some people might not like this. Jocelyn states that community and people systems are 90% of the permaculture at the farm. Paul has been at some communities where the people are very miserable. When the labs started it was […]

319 – Wheaton Laboratory Update Part 3

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Permaculture is about having a symbiotic relation with nature and we are dealing with human nature, so we have to design so that human nature brings forward the system. An ant village will be the way to achieve this. In designing these systems, we have to observe all possible design options to mitigate any problem […]

318 – Wheaton Laboratory Update Part 2

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Paul and Jocelyn continue from part one, with their discussion about community, and the big changes at Wheaton Labs. Paul starts off expressing how trial and error are the core of experimentation, and how he’s happy to look at the failures and see how to make changes. They discuss mistakes – and how they are […]

317 – Wheaton Laboratory Update Part 1

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Paul Wheaton opens with the declaration that this could be the most important podcast of all times since the podcast is going to focus on the least talked about but in Paul’s view, most important, aspect of permaculture: Community. Paul and Jocelyn describe the 20 month long “party” with having over 200 guests and visitors […]

316 – More on Rocket Mass Heaters with Ernie and Erica Wisner Part 2

Published 11 years ago in Podcasts

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Paul and Jocelyn continue their conversation with Ernie and Erica Wisner about rocket mass heaters. Erica starts off talking about how different homes will get different ratios of heat, depending on insulation or design and how well their current systems (wood stoves etc,) have been working for them. She gives examples of ways people have […]

315 – More on Rocket Mass Heaters with Ernie and Erica Wisner Part 1

Published 11 years ago in Permaculture , Podcasts

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Paul Wheaton sits down with Ernie and Erica Wisner to do a turbo podcast about rocket mass heaters. Ernie starts by asking Jocelyn what she feels about having the RMH sitting in the middle of the living room for so long, unable to be used. Jocelyn gives a few downsides to having that but goes […]

314- Winter Update from the Labs Part 2

Published 11 years ago in Permaculture , Podcasts

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Paul and Jocelyn continue their discussion about what has been happening at the labs this winter. The temperatures dropped and it required that a Rocket Mass Heater (RMH) be installed inside the wofati. The temps were very cold inside and outside the WOFATI and there’s a draft problem. When the wind blows, it can go […]

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