Permaculture Podcast by Paul Wheaton

Paul sits down with three of the five boots at bootcamp (Dez, Magdalene, and Grey) to discuss how much the bootcamp sucks, as well as few upsides that they get out of the way first, such as the success of the last three events and the wofati greenhouse. Support the podcast on Patreon Show notes […]

Paul continues his call with Mark and Katie on the subject of building rules and regulations on his land, this time mostly discussing willow feeder systems, scalability issues with conventional humanure systems and how the inventor got around them by building a humanure treatment plant. Support the podcast on Patreon Show notes and discussion More […]

Paul continues his call with Mark and Katie on the subject of building rules and regulations on his land, this time actually getting to the topic in the title, along with discussion on wofati roof design, willow feeders, and the reasons why Paul doesn’t want humanure. Support the podcast on Patreon Show notes and discussion […]

Paul calls up Mark and Katie to discuss the rules and regs of building on his land, but get sidetracked into talking about progress with the wofati greenhouse, potential future kickstarter projects, and an update on using citric acid as an edible cleaner. Support the podcast on Patreon Show notes and discussion More information and […]

Paul continues the latest episode of the Permaculture Smackdown with Katie and Kyle to discuss how to deal with haters without running and hiding. They talk about Paul’s philosophy on dealing with haters, it’s Buddhist origin, and his experience with the Fouch family. Support the podcast on Patreon Show notes and discussion More information and […]

Paul sits down for the latest episode of the Permaculture Smackdown with Katie and Kyle to discuss how to deal with haters without running and hiding. They mostly discuss Paul’s approach to moderation, getting thicker skin, and how to move past trolls and haters on other sites. Support the podcast on Patreon Show notes and […]

Paul sits back down with Eliot once again to continue talking about his farming experience and contrast them with Paul’s. They talk about topics such as climate change, carbon footprints and how reducing them brings other benefits, and the reasons why each of them first bought land. Support the podcast on Patreon Show notes and […]

Paul sits back down with Eliot to continue where they left off on the subject of gardening verses farming. Other topics include some of the difficulties of developing communities, PEP and SKIP certification, and another brief rundown on staying on potentially temporary land. Support the podcast on Patreon Show notes and discussion More information and […]

Paul sits back down with Eliot for a quick podcast discussing Paul’s visit to Eliot’s farm before knocking off for lunch. They do get around to discussing berms, hugelkultur, terraces, orchards, frost pockets and how to make upside down hugelkultur beds. Support the podcast on Patreon Show notes and discussion More information and discussion of […]

Paul continues his talk with Eliot, one of the people at the 2021 Rocket Mass Heater Jamboree to discuss the past week of the 9-day event, Rocket Mass Heaters, Walker Stoves, Liberator cores, Gamera, and Bartell’s Bunkhouse, the not-quite-wofati that’s getting a new RMH. Support the podcast on Patreon Show notes and discussion More information […]

Paul sits down Elliot, one of of the 30 people at the 2021 Rocket Mass Heater Jamboree to discuss the past week of the 9-day event, covering topics such as Rocket Mass Heaters, Rocket Stoves, a rocket “lorena”, outdoor kitchens, and other happenings at the 2021 RMH Jamboree. Also omelette bars. Support the podcast on […]

Paul continues his talk with Justin on the subject of his Walker stove to be, covering topics such as relative insulation of various materials, effectiveness of convective and radiant heat, fuel consumption, and a hack-y method of ensuring a seal on a brick stratification chamber. Support the podcast on Patreon Show notes and discussion More […]

Paul sits down with Justin to talk about the rocket heater he’s building, specifically a Walker Stove of Matt Walker’s designs, as well as potential modifications to it, like a metal barrel, heat shielding, insulation, base strength, and the RMH Jamboree. Support the podcast on Patreon Show notes and discussion More information and discussion of […]

Paul continues his discussion on the building codes at Wheaton Labs with his usual crew (Mark, Katie, Opalyn, and probably Kyle). They talk about good duff (insulation) materials for wofaties, plans to simplify wofati designs going forward and some dos and don’ts of glass. Support the podcast on Patreon Show notes and discussion More information […]

Paul once again sits down with his usual crew (Mark, Katie, Opalyn, and probably Kyle) to discuss the building codes at Wheaton Labs, as well as a chunk on straw. Other topics include wofaties, appropriate duff material, and use of cardboard as duff insulation. Support the podcast on Patreon Show notes and discussion More information […]

Paul continues his consultation with Oregon landowner Chris, another fool that actually paid him rather than blowing the money on cool stuff like ice cream. They talk about stuff like ponds, swales, headache inducing soil composition, solar pumps and BBs. Support the podcast on Patreon Show notes and discussion More information and discussion of this […]

Paul calls up Chris, another fool that actually paid for a consultation on his land in Oregon rather than blowing the money on cool stuff like ice cream. Topics covered in this part include Oregon water collection laws and policing, ponds, soil retention, and food forests. Support the podcast on Patreon Show notes and discussion […]

Paul continues the smackdown with 6 of his patreons (Mark, Katie, Opalyn and Weston were named) on the topic of the ideals that Paul wants people to adhere to when building on his land, such as weather or not urbanite is welcome, and maximum area of a building. Support the podcast on Patreon Show notes […]

Paul continues the smackdown with 6 of his patreons (Mark, Katie, Opalyn, and someone from New Zealand whose name was never mentioned) on the topic of the ideals that Paul wants people to adhere to when building on his land. Support the podcast on Patreon Show notes and discussion More information and discussion of this […]

Paul sits down with a whopping 6 patreons (Mark and Katie were named) to discuss the ideals that Paul wants people to adhere to when building on his land, although most of this part is talking about philosophy, small eco-communities, and an update on the plumbing at the lab. Support the podcast on Patreon Show […]

Paul continues his call with Jennie in the San Luis Valley of Colorado, covering topics such as hugelkultur, compost, food forests, mulch, fruit trees, edible cleaning agents, and the making of a willow feeder system. Support the podcast on Patreon Show notes and discussion More information and discussion of this podcast on this thread at […]

Once again, Paul calls someone who paid him for a consultation on their land – this time Jennie in the San Luis Valley of Colorado, and covering topics such as earthworks, berms, hugelkultur, fencing, composting, and mouse control. Support the podcast on Patreon Show notes and discussion More information and discussion of this podcast on […]

Paul calls up Alexandra and Richard, who have recently aquired 0.3 acres in “Mosquito Town”, Minnesota, just on the edge between urban and suburban for a consultation on what to do with it, covering topics such as allelopathic trees, ponds, and hugelkultur. Support the podcast on Patreon Show notes and discussion More information and discussion […]

Paul calls up Sean, who parted with pizza money to get an opinion on whether or not to move away from his friend’s place in California, and if so, what to do? They also discuss residual income streams, renting land and buying land. Support the podcast on Patreon Show notes and discussion More information and […]

Paul sits down once again to finish up the review of Sepp Holzer’s Desert or paradise, this time with special guest Dr. Julia and the usual suspects (Katie, Opalyn, Mark), along with some on rocket oven maintenance and the upcoming RMH Jamboree. The main topics covered are humane slaughter and bee keeping. Support the podcast […]