Archive for June 2012
Podcast: Download (Duration: 45:57 — 15.8MB)
Paul Wheaton talks to Jocelyn Campbell about some difficulty in running the forums at permies.com. Paul shares some history behind the 3rd ethic. Paul talks about fallacy. Paul talks about text-based communication, and positive/negative interpretation. He talks about not feeding… Read more…
Podcast: Download (Duration: 52:22 — 18.0MB)
Paul Wheaton talks to “Jocelyn Campbell in the Forks, WA. They talk about working with north-facing slope. They respond to more listener questions. Paul talks about his food rating system, and his TV show idea. They wonder about reusing used… Read more…
Podcast: Download (Duration: 47:25 — 16.3MB)
Paul Wheaton talks to Matt Walker, who has made rocket mass heaters, and is raising livestock guardian dogs. Matt has a great pyrenees and a northwest farm terrier, and the great pyrenees performs a little better. The terrier is great… Read more…
Podcast: Download (Duration: 36:59 — 12.7MB)
Paul Wheaton talks to Jocelyn Campbell in Port Townsend, and talk about the AirBNB They talk about Scotch Broom as a nitrogen-fixing, non-native, soil-building plant. The seeds can travel up to 30 feet from their explosion. They talk about the… Read more…
Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:05:31 — 22.5MB)
Paul Wheaton talks to Forest Shomer, who was in his video on self-seeding tomatoes grown without irrigation. They had just been to a camas prairie. Forest shares about how life used to be like in the area (they are in… Read more…
Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:12:40 — 24.9MB)
Paul Wheaton talks to Maddy Harland of Permaculture Magazine. They talk about the English translation of Sepp Holzer‘s new book by the beginning of October. They describe tree bogs, which utilize willows to help break down poop. If the tree… Read more…
Podcast: Download (Duration: 55:41 — 19.1MB)
Paul Wheaton and Steve Heckeroth talk about Steve’s kickstarter campaign to help farmers get electric tractors for bulk prices. (Unfortunately, however, since this podcast was made, they’ve discovered you can’t sell items costing more than $10,000 on kickstarter). Steve talks… Read more…
Podcast: Download (Duration: 47:36 — 16.3MB)
Paul Wheaton talks to Alexia Allen, who is spinning wool. Paul talks about the thread, “Doubts about Holzer,” and how almost all people who do great things have detractors. Paul asks about Alexia’s benevolent dictatorship. Alexia talks about kids on… Read more…
Podcast: Download (Duration: 14:23 — 4.9MB)
Paul Wheaton talks to Neil Bertrando in Garden of a Thousand Buddhas in Arlee, MT. Paul did some consulting there a while ago, and was a bit disappointed at what they ended up doing. They talk about hugelkultur, and how… Read more…
Podcast: Download (Duration: 58:18 — 20.0MB)
Paul Wheaton talks to Owen and John and another friend reviewing the rest of Paul’s notes from Sepp Holzer week. They talk about urban farming and Sepp’s “sausage.” Paul reviews fruit trees from seed, and hugelkultur and berms 3-5 meters… Read more…
Podcast: Download (Duration: 30:11 — 10.4MB)
Paul Wheaton talks to John about the celebration with Sepp Holzer, which he ducked out of early. Paul talks about a sketch-up of the potential Russia project Sepp will be working on. Paul relays a story of discovering how to… Read more…
Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:01:31 — 21.1MB)
Paul Wheaton talks to Sepp Holzer through a translator, Dr. Immo Fiebrig (author of a German permaculture book). Sepp has a new book (in German at the moment), but will be translated by Maddy Harland‘s team at Permaculture Magazine soon.… Read more…
Podcast: Download (Duration: 31:40 — 10.9MB)
Paul Wheaton talks to Neil Bertrando and Owen Hablutzel about keyline plowing. Keyline plowing helps deepen the soil and keep water in the land. They had some things to add after listening to the keyline podcast Paul and Skeeter previously… Read more…
Podcast: Download (Duration: 54:27 — 18.7MB)
Paul Wheaton talks to Bill Schneiders, Owen Hablutzel, and Neil Bertrando about Sepp Holzer week. Owen is connected with Holistic Management International and Permaculture Research Institute USA. Neil does keyline design and permaculture. They talk about greening the desert projects.… Read more…
Podcast: Download (Duration: 34:34 — 11.9MB)
Paul Wheaton and Jack Spirko talk about Sepp Holzer‘s visit to Dayton, MT. They talk about Sepp Holzer and transplanting tomatoes. They talk about making the big bucks with permaculture. They talk about huckleberries. Jack describes Sepp getting angry at… Read more…
Podcast: Download (Duration: 31:10 — 10.7MB)
Paul Wheaton talks to Bill about Sepp Holzer visiting. Paul and Sepp have gotten to hang out a lot. Sepp uses his greenhouses, not only for worms, but for other beneficial insects. Sepp has experimented with transplanting things from a… Read more…