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Summary
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.
In an old podcast, Paul hypothesized dividing his future land into four sections, one organic, the next with 1/10th the contaminants, the third with 1/100th, the fourth with no contaminants, even fire or plumbing. The idea behind the no-fire rule being that
wood smoke having many times the carcinogens of tobacco smoke, and the idea behind no plumbing being that pipes always get full of mysterious gunk that can’t be good for anyone. The fourth zone was never designed to be for everyone, but rather for absolute purists or people trying to fight cancer by reducing toxins in the environment to as close to zero as possible. On the topic of purity, if you’re fencing an area off and want to grow stuff near the fencing, avoid using rolls of galvanized
fence, as a small amount of the galvanizing will be leeched out in rain and steadily poison the soil around it. The effect is much more pronounced around buildings made of galvanized metal, simply because there’s much more of it.
Last year, Paul bought some organic, edible citric acid for use as a cleaning agent, going one step beyond “a cleaner that you can eat”, into “a cleaner you want to eat” territory. A lot of people in Missoula use apple cider vinegar for cleaning, which is edible, if as a condiment, but Paul has gotten sick to the teeth of the smell. Headed in the same direction, Opalyn has switched from using bleach to hydrogen peroxide solution with baking soda, which while still not edible, at least won’t kill you like bleach will. This topic is probably going to get its own smackdown in the future.
Relevant Threads
Clean With Cleaners You Can Eat by Raven Ranson
Wilderland - a permaculture commune in New Zealand
Fencing forum
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This podcast was made possible thanks to:
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