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Summary
part 1 of a 2 part podcast
Paul talks with Samantha about the effect of his health on progress and the pitfalls of hiring people.
Prior to his cancer diagnosis he put in extra long hours all the time but now he has to spend part of the day on managing his food and other aspects and the result is that not so much stuff got done. There were and are a lot of good people who stepped up to help but he has to face it and deal with it and the lack of attention to the empire has visible effect.
So today, the new kickstarter isn't going well and Paul feels his unavoidable lack of attention has affected this.
On the flip side the new server has been a great success and now everything is awesome on that side.
He mentions that there are lots of ideas for important podcasts but that takes time.
He talks about Dawn dish soap vs Oasis gray-water safe dish soap. There are adverts on the TV where they save seabirds from oil with Dawn but Paul feels this is trading one poison for another.
He talks about Caroline who asked if the kind of gardening Paul advocates is the same as Mark Shepherd's. Mark grows a truckload of stuff and takes it to commodity markets but it's a risky process as you can get a low price which leads to bankruptcy. He talks about the broken limbs film which shows alternative approaches.
Next he talks about a notable consultant who contacted him about an over-farmed property. His plan was to grow alfalfa and bale it for hay which didn't impress Paul. Paul suggested building a quarter-acre of hügelkultur, it will take a lot of watering to get going but next year it will have rebuilt the soil and you can do a new quarter acre, and before long you'll have more food than you know what to do with.
The gist is not to sell food to the market...
Relevant Threads
Cleaning our Rivers and Oceans from Home kickstarter
Oasis Biocompatible Dish Soap on Amazon
Broken Limbs by Jamie Howell (
Full movie)
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This podcast was made possible thanks to:
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Kyle Aster
Sasquatch
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Sean Benedict
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Brent Lawson
Amy Berry
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Kay Gelfing
Clay McGowan
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Banter Couch
Rebekah Harmon
Chris Holtslag
Zach Keeshin
Paul Tipper
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