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Podcast 760 – Permaculture Smackdown 33 – Beyond Organic Eggs – Part 3

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Paul finishes up the smackdown with Samantha and Rob by discussing how the chickens will get their protein, how many chickens there’ll be, and methods of population control before taking a few questions from chat, like how cold hardy are feral chickens, and the practicality of a fish trap/farm Support the podcast on Patreon Show […]

Podcast 759 – Permaculture Smackdown 33 – Beyond Organic Eggs – Part 2

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Paul, Rob, and Samantha continue discussing bringing chickens to basecamp. Paul’s not too enthused about getting feral chickens thanks to the neighbour’s toxic gick but up at the labs is a different matter, but electric fence is a complete no-go. Junkpole fences? Absolutely. Support the podcast on Patreon Show notes and discussion More information and […]

Podcast 758 – Permaculture Smackdown 33 – Beyond Organic Eggs – Part 1

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Paul sits down with Rob and Samantha for a smackdown on chickens, why Basecamp went 13 years without them, why they’re coming now, his history with “feral chickens” and how to produce eggs that with a little luck, will be 40x better than store bought, and his plans for a paddock shift system for them. […]

Podcast 715 – Brock’s Consultation – Part 2

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Brock’s consultation continues with Paul further detailing hugelkultur use and use of paddocks to raise chickens while keeping them away from human food, and that Brock should focus on roughly a quarter acre of his land at a time and make it awesome before moving to the next. Support the podcast on Patreon Show notes […]

Podcast 275 – Chicken Tractors Debate

Sam, Petey, Emily, Jocelyn, & Paul have a discussion and rebuttal of the Paul Wheaton versus Darby Simpson Chicken Tractoring Duel (TSP Episode 1297). Items discussed: Chicken Tractors vs. Salatin style Pen vs. Paddock Shift Scalable systems. Tractors: the philosophy v the contraption The scorched earth philosophy. Will Paul raise chickens at the Laboratory? Lots […]

210 – Woodleaf Farm Orchards

Paul and Eivind are at Woodleaf Farm where they discuss yellowjackets and methods to control them and then they have a quick synopsis of the last few stops on the Tour. They revisit some of the things they have seen on the different farms they have visited. Paul tells of having his first orange off […]

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