Homesteading and Permaculture by Paul Wheaton

stinging nettles – skeeter on eating stinging nettles

Published 13 years ago in nettles , Permaculture , Video , wild foods

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Michael “Skeeter” Pilarski gives a wildcrafiting tour during the washington state permaculture convergence. In this part he focuses on stinging nettles. And there is a short seqway about bone healing herbs. Skeeter is a well known permaculture instructor and professional wildcrafter. He talks about eating stinging nettles, and using stinging nettles for … nets! He […]

Tags: food , permaculture

123 – Market Legality and Doing What You Love

Published 13 years ago in missoula , Podcasts

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Paul Wheaton talks with Jocelyn Campbell about the Missoula Heirloom Winter Market. It used to be a “black market,” where you could buy things that weren’t officially approved for sale. They talk about the health department folks sneaking in, and how the market has coped by creating a “members only” policy. Paul mentions Joel Salatin‘s […]

Tags: farmers , legality , money

eco house – shipping container eco house / home

Published 13 years ago in homesteading , Video

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A tour of an eco house made from an insulated shipping container. This eco house is small, humble, cheap and pretty nice considering how cheap it is. Includes a composting toilet. A sort of “secret” eco house – from the drive it looks like a shipping container being used for storage. Inside it looks like […]

Tags: being eco , green building

Official “Earth Sheltered Solar Greenhouse” – pit construction

Published 13 years ago in homesteading , Permaculture , Video

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I took a wee bit of video with my crappy camera while visiting Mike Oehler in north idaho. This is the official solar greenhouse per his popular book “The Earth Sheltered Solar Greenhouse Book”. The solar greenhouse is drafty, but he gets tomatoes in mid december with no added heat. I think the greenhouse construction […]

Tags: permaculture , seed

122 – Natural Swimming Pools Part 2

Published 13 years ago in less toxic living , Podcasts

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Paul Wheaton continues talking with Anna Birkas about Natural Swimming Pools, the subject and the DVD. They talk about vertical walls, pond liners, and Sepp Holzer‘s approach of compressing the soil like a pig would in order to seal a pond. Paul asks about the possibility of using rammed earth as pool walls. They talk […]

Tags: being eco , natural , Ponds , water

500 showers heated from one small compost pile how to tutorial

Published 13 years ago in homesteading , Permaculture , Video

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Brian Kerkvliet from Inspiration Farm tells us about his little compost pile that provided 500 hot showers. Compost heat can, indeed, be captured to heat water. After the hot showers, you have a lovely pile of compost! The moisture from the shower feeds mushrooms! Hot water, compost and mushrooms. Permaculture!

Tags: compost

121 – Natural Swimming Pools Part 1

Published 13 years ago in less toxic living , Podcasts

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Paul Wheaton talks with Anna Birkas about Natural Swimming Pools, the subject and the DVD. In the DVD, David Pagan Butler made a beautiful natural swimming pool in England. Anna mentions Michael Littlewood’s books on the subject, which she is more familiar with. Anna specializes in rain water and grey water. There are two parts […]

Tags: green building , greywater , Ponds , water

$50 underground house eco building

Published 13 years ago in homesteading , Permaculture , Video

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Mike Oehler guides us on a video tour of the house he wrote about in “The $50 and up underground house book”. At the time the video is taken, this underground house is 35 years old. The property has about six underground houses. This underground house was his home for most of the 35 years. […]

Tags: being eco , energy , green building

120 – Aquaculture and Aquaponics

Published 13 years ago in Permaculture , Podcasts

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Paul and Jocelyn acknowledge an enthusiastic listener’s generosity with a spontaneous response to his email questions: First he requests more on podcast #111’s discussion of loneliness and integrity, and second, he asks for general advice on small-scale aquaculture. Beginning with a look at dysfunctional group mentality, Paul cites the “evil banana” anecdote, wherein five gorillas […]

Tags: aquaculture , community

coffee + glass mug + cream = coffee art

Published 13 years ago in Video

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The permies.com mugs came in. This effect was too cool to not upload.

Tags: food

119 – Ingredients Movie Review

Published 13 years ago in Permaculture , Podcasts

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Paul awards the film a B, gauging its value as a farm income resource for those interested in selling superior quality farm products directly to chefs who are willing to pay accordingly for superior flavor. While the film is an excellent permaculture-related documentary, Paul suggests Geoff Lawton’s Food Forest, or Sepp Holzer’s films as better […]

Tags: animals , food , local , money , nettles , organic

118 – How to Dive In to Permaculture

Published 13 years ago in Permaculture , Podcasts

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Paul hosts listener Josiah Wallingford, advising him on the dive into permaculture. Before this, however, Paul speaks to listener comments expressing hopes for future podcast guests, styles and topics by suggesting that listeners follow Wallingford’s example and start their own RSS feed. Wallingford explains how an RSS (rich site summary) feed is a customizable web […]

Tags: commu , money , permaculture

profit: organic farming vs. permaculture farming

Published 13 years ago in Permaculture , Video

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Helen Atthowe considers economic benefits (profit!) in organic farming systems vs. permaculture farming systems (aka: conservation farming; agricultural ecology conservation farming). Benefits include: less labor, less land, zero spraying for insects, less fertilizer, less weeding, While organic farming focused more on managing crops, soil fertility, reduction of pests, and reduction of chemicals. A permaculture farm […]

Tags: permaculture

117 – Democratic Community

Published 13 years ago in Listener Questions , Permaculture , Podcasts

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Paul and Jocelyn address listener questions regarding democratic governance of intentional communities. They begin by emphasizing three points: First, that progress in establishing functional permaculture systems is made possible by successive implementation of numerous symbiotic strategy and design elements, manifesting as specific projects or decisions, that cumulatively effect meaningfully positive change; second, that a minimum […]

Tags: community

116 – Eco Labeling Recycling Legality

Published 13 years ago in food , missoula , Permaculture , Podcasts

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Paul Wheaton talks with Jocelyn Campbell about some more listener questions. They talk about Paul’s version of a rating system that Missoula‘s Good Food Store could use, which is similar to Jack Spirko’s Agritrue. They talk about requesting lard. Jocelyn would love to have a polyculture label. Helen Atthowe uses a veganic label. They talk […]

Tags: being eco , fungi , Missoula , organic , polyculture , wofati

115 – Wanderlust Review

Published 13 years ago in Podcasts

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Paul Wheaton talks with Jocelyn Campbell about Wanderlust, the movie. It is a comedy about a couple that goes to live in an “intentional community,” which is more of a dysfunctonal commune. One funny part is having a “truth circle” in which everyone has had psychadelics in their tea without their knowing, and its just […]

Tags: community

114 – CFL Experiment Seed Saving

Published 13 years ago in Listener Questions , Permaculture , Podcasts

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Paul Wheaton talks with Jocelyn Campbell about the CFL experiment he is working on. All the incandescents are still going, one CFL out of 3 is still going, and the LED is still going. He talks a bit about LEDs, and some concerns people have about them. He responds to a question about saving seeds. […]

Tags: CFLs , fluorescent lightbulbs , seed

12 rocket stove mass heaters – efficient wood heat

Published 13 years ago in homesteading , rocket mass heater , Video

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A compilation of 12 rocket mass heaters. 8 video clips of rocket mass heaters, 2 video clips of pocket rockets, 1 picture from the cover of the book on rocket mass heaters and one drawing from me making a feeble attempt to explain what a rocket mass heater looks like. And look! A peek at […]

Tags: energy , heat , rocket mass heaters

113 – Permaculture as a Household Word

Published 13 years ago in Permaculture , Podcasts , rocket mass heater

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Paul Wheaton talks with Jocelyn Campbell mention Paul’s pheasant video. They talk about farms having a “bone yard.” How could you imagine getting to a world where permaculture is a household word. Paul says that is his hope with the hugelkultur into the brains of 50 million thread. Jocelyn talks about how people don’t understand […]

Tags: permaculture , polyculture , rocket mass heaters

hot water via wood, solar and micro hydro

Published 13 years ago in Permaculture , Video

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A visit to an eco village called “the homestead” showed a water heater where the water is heated by solar and/or wood (rocket stove mass heater) and/or micro hydro.

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