Archive for August 2011
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Paul, Krista, and Caleb review the movie Roundwood Timber Framing with Ben Law. Paul says that he dislikes the word “forest” compared to Ben Law’s “woodland.” They describe some tools used to work with roundwood, such as a rounding plane.… Read more…
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Paul and Joe talk about turning the back of her property to a food forest. They begin talking about the success of rhubarb–a nitrogen pig–and growing it in hugelkultur beds. Paul mentions putting a sun scoop in–a horseshoe-shaped garden. The… Read more…
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Paul Wheaton and Dave Bennett talk about Horticulture of the United States of Pocahontas, aka husp. Paul reads what he has written on it at permies.com, which involves native cultures in North America that respect the earth thriving. He thinks… Read more…
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Paul Wheaton and Jocelyn Campbell first share about Paul’s new mullein video, and then one he made on native plants with Toby Hemenway. They then review chapter 6 of Toby’s book, Gaia’s Garden, which is titled “Plants for Many Uses.”… Read more…
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Paul Wheaton talks with Jack Spirko of The Survival Podcast. Jack shares about Bill Mollison’s story, as well as about the immunity of self-reliant folks during economically harder times, like the Great Depression. Paul and Jack discuss the productive utilization… Read more…
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Paul Wheaton and Toby Hemenway, author of Gaia’s Garden, talk about native plants. Toby shares about preferring native, and then, when the native doesn’t do the job, bringing in plants known not to be a problem or take over. He… Read more…
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Paul Wheaton and Toby Hemenway, author of Gaia’s Garden, talk about “fact, proof, science, and how science rules.” Toby shares about working in cancer research, and it turning into a drug company when they discovered something useful and some yucky… Read more…
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Paul Wheaton and Toby Hemenway, author of Gaia’s Garden, talk about the third ethic in permaculture: reinvesting the surplus. This ethic applies to social relationships, and Toby does not like it when people unnecessarily ask for discounts. They will claim… Read more…
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Paul Wheaton, Toby Hemenway, and friends talk about deer control methods, which leads into a discussion on predator pressure in general. Some specific methods of response they discuss are having certain dog breeds around, and concocting Sepp Holzer‘s, bone sauce… Read more…
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Paul Wheaton and Maddy Harland of Permaculture Magazine discuss Sepp Holzer’s animal shelters, which he also converts to food storage spaces. Maddy brings up Chris Evans, and his utilization of Masanobu Fukuoka‘s techniques in Nepali watersheds. She also values David… Read more…