Homesteading and Permaculture by Paul Wheaton

Podcast 757 – Does a Wofati need Concrete Footings? – Part 2

Todd McDonald’s consultation on the subject of wofati construction continues into more general lessons learned from Paul’s experience with building them, such as paranoia

Podcast 756 – Does a Wofati need Concrete Footings? – Part 1

One Todd McDonald has foolishly parted with actual money to ask Paul about his experiences with building Wofatis, specifically about the weight capacity of the footings a

Podcast 755 – The Challenges of Building Community – Part 2

Paul, Kay, Julia, Samantha, and Ash Jackson continue discussing the challenges of building intentional communities, Paul’s desire to eat at the same tables as everyone el

Podcast 754 – The Challenges of Building Community – Part 1

Paul sits down with Kay, Julia, Samantha, and Ash Jackson, to talk about Permaculture Thorns, his work in progress book about the difficult realities of building permacul

Podcast 753 – The Twisted Feels of Being Angry at Good Guys – Part 3

Paul’s discussion with Ash Jackson, Derek T, and Samantha continues with more on community living and finding the right one, some ways to cool a house (Rocket Mass Heater

Podcast 752 – The Twisted Feels of Being Angry at Good Guys – Part 2

Paul, Ash Jackson, Derek T, and Samantha continue discussing a selection of ways in which they see people trying to do the right thing and not quite getting it, such as i

Podcast 751 – The Twisted Feels of Being Angry at Good Guys – Part 1

Paul sits down with Samantha, Derek T, and Ash Jackson to weigh in on the native verses non-native plant debate (with the hidden 3rd option to just grow food), lament on

Podcast 750 – Lab Cats – Part 2

Paul and Stephen continue talkinging about cats, how the semi-feral cats at the lab are treated, the new cathouses built into the Library and the Solarium for both their

Podcast 749 – Lab Cats – Part 1

Paul and Stephen sit down to talk about the internet’s favourite topic: cats. And how they fit into permaculture. Honest. From Jocelyn persuading one to clear a chipmunk

Podcast 748 – Low input heaters, Hight output gardens – Part 2

Paul, the tinpot dictator, continues being interviewed by SuburbanBiology on his Building a Better World book, his experience with the north west power planning council,

Podcast 747 – Low input heaters, Hight output gardens – Part 1

Suburban Biology created a video of building his RMH which is a copy of the Cooper Cabin RMH. Last March, the channel’s owner visited and interviewed Paul about Rocket Ma

Podcast 746 – Hugelkultur Smackdown – Part 2

The hugelkultur smackdown continues with Alan Booker, Andreas, Beau Davidson, and Samantha discussing bio-remediation vs. conventional ways of dealing with toxic gick, wa

Podcast 745 – Hugelkultur Smackdown – Part 1

Paul has rounded up Samantha, Beau Davidson and Alan booker for a smackdown on hugelkultures, strategies for building them, how (and how much) compost should be added, th

Podcast 744 – Organic Bananas – Part 2

Cheryl’s interview continues with the topics moving onto clothes washing, with Paul still using Oasis detergent but is looking for alternatives and Cheryl uses baking sod

Podcast 743 – Organic Bananas – Part 1

Paul sits down to be interviewed by Cheryl, seeing as he’s started to loose track of what he has and hasn’t talked about and promptly started discussing bananas, why buyi

Podcast 742 – Basecamp Walkies

Paul and Samantha go on a walk around basecamp to plant things along the trail, find some morel mushrooms, and discuss what they’ve been finding, the Native American Cama

Podcast 741 – Eat what you Grow

Paul sits down with Samantha to have a free-for-all on various topics, such as the eat-what-you-grow verses grow-what-you-eat philosophies, with Paul falling into the for

Podcast 740 – Sleaze and Anti-sleaze – Part 2

Paul and Samantha continue discussing Spoon theory and how Bootcamp and Permies both avoid being spoon drains and potentially help regenerate spoons, while the upcoming G

Podcast 739 – Sleaze and Anti-sleaze – Part 1

Paul sits down for a completely impromptu session with Samantha about the sheer amount of sleaze that has been growing (at least in the states) over the last decade, and

Podcast 738 – Grow Our Own Food (GOOF) – Part 2

Paul, Alexandra, Miranda, and M Ljin keep talking about how to get people into growing their own food, lamenting the loss of Alexandra’s local orchards, Ljin’s invading p