Phillip Gapp

Completed repair of a screen I put a tear in.

Love seeing what everyone shared!

I'm germinating/pollinating permaculture and planting peace, within and without providing a space that's calm and methodical for me, kids, parents, friends, family, and even strangers so they can be pulled towards healthy communication, food  and spirits.

Clover! I only just stared appreciating that our lawn is not a typical suburban lawn; even the mowed area is a polyculture with clover as the main component. It attracts tons of bees and pollinators, fixes soil and is simply pleasant underfoot! We aren't using it yet except for compost, but learning about and observing it seems to be solid first steps!

Plus we're surrounded by prairie grasses and tall weeds. I'm planning to make myself a gardening hat, twine and then perhaps other things, and practice some chop and drop to prep areas for planting experiments.

Nice list Jim! I've recently started sharing about my permaculture interest (cough.. obsession) and every time it comes up, I start rambling These points help me to understand and communicate more clearly!

As someone still new here, and only beginning the long podcast journey(!), what's the same and what's evolved from the mission as communicated 13 years ago? What nuances have developed and how are the mission facets prioritized now?

I'm deeply interested in all facets and commit to ongoing reading, listening and practice before starting the boot adventure. I'm still curious to hear from Paul and the team (and to keep this thread current)! Thank you

This seems to be a long-dead thread - maybe (hopefully not) it's rehashed elsewhere I haven't found yet.

I want to share my story:
Started smoking pot at 18. Nicotine came along as a companion. I've smoked on and off (mostly on) for over 15 years. This was self-medication due to unresolved trauma and living with one foot in nature and one in the abstract, painful world of late-stage capitalism (tech/ai/vc/greed/violence/waste/etc.).

I'm eager to become a boot and follow the rules because here is a life presented where all my reasons for 'medicating' are removed or muffled. There's plenty of valuable, healthy work and invention to do. There's little to run from or numb - rather quite the opposite! The timing is great too because I've been forced to face myself over the last few years and taken great care with my healing.

Even planting some growies and researching earth homes and walipinis (which led to permies.com, SKIP/PEP/PEX, and working my first few BBs); real change was affected in my lifestyle: heavily reduced pot consumption, improved sleep habits (well, except the podcast listening and forum reading some nights ), jumping out of bed to cut down a tree or send a stick down a septic tank, engaging with neighbors to trade labor for tool use, learning state and city code for dry toilets and setting up a small humanure project, digging into records to contact land owners about possible light stewardship and more. I'll be sober shortly, and it feels like a great gift rather than a burden.

Phil's personal journey to purity and permaculture - the pot chapter

Is this still the current deep roots thread? No updates or changes?

Submitting my hand washed laundry. I wanted to try Dr. Bronner's soap anyway and there was precedent here Good workout with the heavy towels!

Thank you Judith!! I grabbed 3 of these and if they are still available later maybe more
Boot Aspirant
Phil

I'm going to build the Elaborate Clothes Line for the family later, but this is fine for my personal use - plus I wanted it ready before hand-washing clothes today!