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Summary
part 2 of a 2 part podcast
Paul and Katie continue to talk about Hawaii and how it's different from Montana.
Katie says the main work income is either government, military or tourism. Later they discuss the wealth disparity which is about the highest in the US. There's an issue with young folks moving away to the mainland to get jobs. Tourism is highly valued due to the money it brings, which can be an issue for
local people, but without the tourism, a lot of people would have no job or income.
Paul tells us of a man he met who was talking about Belize: like Hawaii it has a year round growing season, but there's a downside, as there are a lot of parasites. In Montana they don't spend much time thinking about mold, fungus or parasites. Hawaii has a problem with feral
chickens and feral cats which eat the
chickens, and the cats all have
fleas. Paul says he's not seen any
fleas on the cats at his place.
When Katie moved to Hawaii it was mostly due to the year-round growing season but since then she's learned about techniques to extend the growing season in colder climates, so maybe that isn't such a big deal after all.
Paul feels his style of permaculture is well suited to Montana: he grows a bunch of stuff, harvests it, spends time canning and drying and making jam and all that part is good for his soul when he looks at his nice full larder. In Hawaii you wouldn't need to store stuff for the winter. In Montana they've grown a lot of
Sepp Holzer grain, and Paul had to stop people from grinding too much flour because flour only keeps for a month or so but grain keeps for 10 years.
Montana is noted for having 300 days of sunshine. However when Paul moved to the west coast for work, what he missed most was proper rain. Seems the rain in Eugene pathetic misty stuff. Katie says in Hawaii you can get 10" of rain in a night, which is one thing that impresses Paul.
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