Homestead Podcast with Paul Wheaton

podcast 395 – Review of the Song of Increase

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In this podcast, Paul and Jocelyn sit down to talk about Jacqueline Freeman’s new book “The Song of Increase” which is about honeybees and the sounds that they make as a colony and individuals. They talk at length about the different sounds that bees make to communicate with each other about the overall health and […]

Tags: bees , honey , Jacqueline Freeman , observation , pollinators , respect , reverence

podcast 394 – Permaculture Smackdown on Appropriate Technology

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In this podcast Josiah and Paul have a good talk about the Appropriate Technology Course that is going to be taught at Wheaton Labs this year. Paul and Josiah discuss what they think are the types of technologies that are applicable to the realm of permaculture. They talk about how these technologies are used to […]

Tags: appropriate technology , ATC , electric tractor , food dehydrator , pdc , Rocket Mass Heater

podcast 393 – Joseph Lofthouse on plant breeding – part 2

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This is part two of a discussion between Paul, Jocelyn and Joseph Lofthouse. It’s a continuation of their conversation from part one. In this part they start off by talking about the difference between the terms Open Pollination, Heirloom and what Joseph refers to as Promiscuously Pollinated, because he likes to focus on keeping a […]

Tags: diversity , Joseph Lofthouse , landrace , plants , seeds

podcast 392 – Joseph Lofthouse on plant breeding – part 1

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In this podcast Paul and Jocelyn sit down with Joseph Lofthouse and talk about seeds, plants, breeding plants and foraging. Joseph is known and admired for the specific way that he breeds plants to achieve results that few other plant breeders have been able to duplicate. Joseph is passing through wheaton labs on his way […]

Tags: Joseph Lofthouse , landrace , plants , seeds

podcast 391 – Permaculture Smackdown on Residual Income Streams

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In this podcast Paul and Josiah talk about residual income streams. A residual income stream is small trickle of money that comes in by way of work you’ve done in the past. Some examples are the creation of advertising on web pages, articles, videos and other digital content. Paul was able to quit his day […]

Tags: adsense , adwords , early retirement extreme , passive income , residual income stream

390 – Review of the food cure – part 2

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In part two of two, Paul and Jocelyn continue to reflect on ‘The Food Cure’ Movie. The primary theme is how diet can affect the results of a cancer diagnosis. Can food cure cancer? Paul and Joselyn exchange anecdotes and discuss their take on the film and it’s issues. Credit: Josh Pasholk Support the podcast […]

Tags: food cure , gerson diet , movie review , vegan

389 – Review of the food cure – part 1

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Paul and Jocelyn review the documentary “The Food Cure”, which is about 6 people who try to heal cancer through food. The people portrayed in the movie is from all stages in life and from around the world with various different types of cancer. The majority of them try a predominantly vegan dietary therapy called […]

Tags: food cure , gerson diet , movie review , vegan

388 – Permaculture Smackdown on Kickstarters

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This is the podcast for the Permaculture Smackdown with Josiah Wallingford, Cliff, Michelle and Tuesday! Cliff Ponder was in the boot program at Wheaton Labs. Michelle was there as well, she wasn’t a boot but she did lots of things. They were there for the 2017 PDC and ATC and there they met Josiah. They […]

Tags: Josiah Wallingford , Kickstarter , permaculture smackdown , Ponder Family

387 – Wheaton Labs Goals – part 2

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This is part two of the podcast where Paul and Jocelyn are speaking about their wish list for the property. The first thing they talk about is the chateau de Poo, which is a beautiful… outhouse. It took three months to build but looks very nice, with hand cut shingles and everything. There were some […]

Tags: base camp , berm shed , hugelkultur , wheaton labs

386 – Wheaton Labs Goals – part 1

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In this podcast, Paul and Jocelyn go over their long term goals and fantasies about what can happen at Wheaton Laboratories https://permies.com/f/102/labs (The Lab and Basecamp) over the next several years. Paul has made a list. Jocelyn would like to see new things being created, not just repairing and maintaining what’s already there. Paul wants […]

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385 – Uncle Mud – part 3

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Paul continues his conversation with Chris McClellan aka Uncle Mud about Rocket Mass heaters. They start this podcast talking about the Minnie Mouse, who now lives in the Love Shack. She’s a rocket mass heater contained inside a barrel, inside a wooden structure. Peter cleverly lined the back of the barrel very tightly with bricks, […]

Tags: appropriate technology , Jamboree , Rocket Mass Heater , wheaton labs , wood heat

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 […]

Tags: appropriate technology , Jamboree , Rocket Mass Heater , wood burning stoves , wood heat

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 […]

Tags: appropriate technology , innovation , Jamboree , Rocket Mass Heater , wood burning stoves

382 – Heating with less wood – part 2

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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 […]

Tags: radiant heat , Rocket Mass Heater , wood , wood burning stove

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 […]

Tags: radiant heat , rocket mass heat , wood , wood burning stove

380 – Dealing with community drama – part 4

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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 […]

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

379 – Dealing with community drama – part 3

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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 […]

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

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 […]

Tags: ant village , community , drama , intentional community , wheaton labs

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 […]

Tags: community , drama , intentional community , wheaton labs

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 […]

Tags: erica and ernie wisner , Kickstarter , Residual income streams

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