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This is a presentation given by Mark Vander Meer at the 2012 Inland Northwest Permaculture convergence. Mark is a soil scientist who works as a wild restoration ecologist in Montana. His presentation focuses on soil restoration and is very much… Read more…
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Paul Wheaton and Heath Carrey continue their discussion on sewage treatment and poop beasts that started in podcast 223. They continue with their concerns on using the wood from the poplar project because of the pharmaceutical, the chemicals, and the… Read more…
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After visiting Missoula’s wastewater treatment plant, Paul and Heath Carrey from Montana organization of Soil scientist talk about human bodily waste management and poop beasts.
They talk about the poplar project of the Missoula wastewater treatment plant to process poop… Read more…
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Paul Wheaton talks to Neil Bertrando about the book, “A Good Road Lies Easy on the Land,” by Paul Zeedyk, which fits well with keyline design. They talk about berms, and good or bad places to put a road. It… Read more…
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Paul Wheaton talks to some local folks after his talk on replacing irrigation with permaculture in Great Falls, MT. Great Falls is very windy, which dessicates the landscape. Paul advises building berms more than using trees for windbreaks. They have… Read more…
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Paul Wheaton, Jocelyn Campbell, and Helen Atthowe respond to listener questions. Helen talks about soil testing and base saturation. Helen talks about “bad” compost, and the positive benefits of adding compost to your soil. They talk about some soils potentially… Read more…
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Paul Wheaton and Kelda Miller continue reviewing Sepp Holzer‘s Permaculture Chapter 2. They talk about creatively building markets, rather than doing what everybody else is. They also talk about turning problems into solutions. They talk about soil fertility and the… Read more…
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Paul Wheaton and Kelda Miller continue reviewing chapter 1 of Sepp Holzer‘s Permaculture (the book). First, they talk about “humus storage ditches” (what Paul thinks is pretty much a swale). You shouldn’t do this if you are clay heavy as… Read more…
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Paul Wheaton and Kelda Miller continue reviewing chapter 1 of Sepp Holzer‘s Permaculture (the book). Sepp goes over some general questions concerning setting up a permaculture system. He then asks: what is your goal and what do you expect from… Read more…
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Paul Wheaton and Jocelyn Campbell review Gaia’s Garden the second part of Chapter 8, by Toby Hemenway. The chapter is called: Creating Communities for the Garden, and it addresses polyculture. He shares what he would plant in his apple tree… Read more…
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Paul Wheaton and Michael Pilarski (Skeeter) talk about keyline systems. A keyline system uses a keyline plow and spreads water throughout the landscape, rather than letting it only accumulate in vallies. The goal is for the landscape to become a… Read more…
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Paul Wheaton, Jocelyn Campbell, and Dave Bennett review chapter 4 of Gaia’s Garden by Toby Hemenway. They discuss “dirt” vs “soil.” Paul brings up a recording he saw recently of Alan Savory on desertification, which covers the importance of grazing,… Read more…
Paul Wheaton and Helen Atthowe; (website: www.veganicpermaculture.com) discuss nutrients and soil in agricultural systems, often referring to the methods of Masanobu Fukuoka. They say that, ideally, compost tea and rock dust are unnecessary to utilize in a system, and they… Read more…
Paul Wheaton and Jocelyn Campbell review the movie, “Permaculture Soil,” with Geoff Lawton. Paul and Jocelyn thought Geoff did a good job discussing the topic of weeds as symptoms rather than problems. They think he could have done better talking… Read more…
Paul Wheaton and Jocelyn Campbell respond to questions asked in the “tinkering” forum at www.permies.com. They talk about different peoples’ approaches to funding permaculture projects, the related topics of fruit tree guilds and polyculture, the experience of a friend cultivating … Read more…
I visit with Helen Atthowe, goddess of the soil and longtime Missoula County Horticultural Extension Agent. We start off talking about compost. She is the most advanced composter I know. And we talk about how composting doesn’t have to be… Read more…
I visit with Helen Atthowe, goddess of the soil. She has a new web site she calls veganic permaculture.
We talk about how we are going to not talk about pH and conifers. We do talk a bit about conifer… Read more…
A bit of breakfast with Larry Korn in Ashland, Oregon. Larry was an intern for Masaobu Fukuoka for several years and did the translation for One Straw Revolution.
Larry starts off talking about the time that Bill Mollison (the inventor… Read more…
Paul Wheaton and Jocelyn Campbell talk about how permies.com got started. Paul shares about his lawn care article and needing help managing his emails. He then talks about the difference between making nature “your personal bitch” and working with nature.… Read more…