Welcome to permies! Permies is a place for
gentle souls to discuss
permaculture and homesteading, all the time. It is a community, as well as a forum that is rich with wealth of information and assistance--made possible by lovely people like YOU!
Permies was started by Paul Wheaton in 2005, but this was not his first rodeo in managing forums! As a software engineer, he’d been managing forums way back in the 90s. Yes, there were forums back then--they just looked quite a bit different! In 2000, he took over
Code Ranch, a forum devoted to java and other types of programming. You can find out more about those early forums
HERE!
After he gained his Master Gardener certification in 1997, he wanted to learn even more and share what he knew, but the existing
permaculture and homesteading forums just weren’t a good fit. He had his own website,
richsoil.com where he shared articles about everything from
cast iron to
chickens to
diatomaceous earth. But, he wasn’t about to stop there. He made a youtube channel and his made his own forums--these very same ones!
The forum is owned by Paul, who pays the bills to keep permies running, and it runs in the red (you can
Buy some PIE,
purchase or sell something on the digital market,
advertise on permies, or
feed the empire in other ways to help keep permies up and running!).
Permies is run by over 100 volunteers, who are chosen to be moderators because of their
niceness and passion to help others. Our
volunteer staff (called
gardeners and stewards ) lovingly squish spam,
answer questions, and share their knowledge. By working together, they make this site a safe place for gentle souls to talk about
permaculture and homesteading, without being lambasted by trolls and people who "know better." For more on how permies.com works, check out our
Frequently Asked Questions.