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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Tags: Beau Davidson , hugelkultur , Lasagna Gardening , mulch , permaculture smackdown , Samantha

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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Tags: Alexandra , Alexandra Malecki , Badge Bits , Rocket Mass Heater , SKIP

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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Tags: Clay , GAMCOD , Gardening , Mike Haasl , Rebekah Harmon , Stephen , Tim N.

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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Tags: Clay , GAMCOD , Gardening , Mike Haasl , Rebekah Harmon , Stephen , Tim N.

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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Podcast 688 – Permaculture Smackdown 27 – Willow Feeders – Part 2

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Paul, Alan, Steven and Clay continue the discussion about poop, with Paul aiming to replace sewage plants even in areas that ban compost toilets, and Alan feeling that the alpha testing is complete, and discussing weather humanure or willow feeders are safer in regards to pathogens. Support the podcast on Patreon Show notes and discussion […]

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Podcast 687 – Permaculture Smackdown 27 – Willow Feeders – Part 1

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Paul sits down with Steven, Clay, and Alan Booker to discuss other methods of dealing with human waste, aka poop. There’s a lower limit of about 1m3 for a compost heap, so why not put it underground and put a willow tree in it to keep it in one place? Support the podcast on Patreon […]

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Podcast 686 – Christmas RMH Special – Part 2

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Paul, Steven and Alexandra continue discussing the Fisher-Price house Rocket Mass heater, and how to effectively fuel it, how much it costs in terms of time spent, fuel used, what sizes of wood to burn when, and how to avoid turning the feed into a competing chimney. Support the podcast on Patreon Show notes and […]

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Podcast 685 – Christmas RMH Special – Part 1

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Paul sits down with Steven and RMH-expert-aspirant Alexandra to discuss her experience with running the Rocket Mass Heater in the Fisher Price house for a month so she can get the BB, her fascination with the fluid dynamics inside them, and dispelling some perceived flaws with RMHs. Paul, Steven, and Alexandra discuss running the Fisher-Price […]

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Podcast 684 – State of the Jungle – Part 3

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Paul and Steven still have a variety of notes to go over, such as Rocket Mass heaters needing a better PR spin, getting GAMCOD off the ground with a 3-boot startup, appreciation for all the support he’s been getting, and some slight hypocrisy around compost toilet bans. Support the podcast on Patreon Show notes and […]

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Podcast 683 – State of the Jungle – Part 2

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Paul and Steven continue their discussing of a whole jungle’s worth of topics, covering everything from reworking the Building a Better World book, GAMCOD, Hugelkultur, BEL, server and email maintenance, Youtube plans, and a bit of bot bashing to round things off. Support the podcast on Patreon Show notes and discussion More information and discussion […]

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Tags: BEL , building a better world , GAMCOD , Rocket Mass Heater , Steven , youtube video

Podcast 682 -State of the Jungle – Part 1

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Paul is with Steven and they discuss the state of the jungle, which in this case is mostly about plans for the next kickstarters, including either a willow feeder movie or book, a Rocket Mass Heater book with Uncle Mud, or a GAMCOD movie Support the podcast on Patreon Show notes and discussion More information […]

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Podcast 681 – BEL Fundraising

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Paul is with Bo, Fred, Dez and Steven doing a fundraiser for BEL (Bootcamp Experience Log), a rolling fund which pays out to boots who make 100 posts in their BEL thread, while also discussing the new GAMCOD programme and a new big prize for a new boot that shows up and sticks around. Support […]

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Podcast 680 – Hawaii – Part 2

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Paul and Katie continue to talk about Hawaii and how it’s different from Montana, such as the year-round growing season, (although there are ways to extend it if need be) and potential for massive 10″ rainfall in a night. And the lack of parasites in Montana. That’s a big plus. Support the podcast on Patreon […]

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Podcast 679 – Hawaii – Part 1

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Paul and Katie skip clambering up to the caldera and instead sit down to talk about Katie’s experience with her now home of Hawaii, the problems caused by the prevailing wind, the wet and dry sides of the islands, fungal and ant plagues, and the side-effects of becoming a state. Support the podcast on Patreon […]

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Podcast 678 – Paul the Snake Oil Salesman

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Paul and Katie take another hike up to the caldera, this time discussing how Paul’s advocacy for Rocket Mass Heats can have him coming across as a bit of a snake oil salesman (heck even Katie dismissed them at first) and a few hypotheses as to why that is. Support the podcast on Patreon Show […]

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