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Paul Wheaton, The Duke of Permaculture, is an author, producer, certified advanced master gardener, and owner of. He has created hundreds of youtube videos, hundreds of podcasts, multiple DVDs, and written dozens of articles and a book. As the lead mad scientist at Wheaton Labs, he's conducted experiments resulting in rocket stoves and ovens, massive earthworks, solar dehydrators and much more.
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The Backyard Forest Garden ebook
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Fermentation 101 mini course
by Growing Farmers

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Introduction to Cheese Making Webinar
by Nicole Sauce

Come along on a journey with Nicole Sauce as she runs you through the basics of making cheese from home, including what supplies you need (and do not need), what to do with a failed cheese, and more.



Earthbag Architecture: Building Your Dream with Bags ebook
by Kelly Hart

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Wisdom of Communities - Volume 3: Communication in Community
by The Foundation for Intentional Community

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Simplifying Aquaponics for the Busy Family ebook
by Candy Alexander

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What you Need to Know to Evaluate your Solar PV Potential (ebook)
by Shawn Mills

This eBook is a great resource for those interested in getting started with solar power.  Filled with definitions, key components, how to analyze your current usage, how to estimate production, budgeting considerations, and a site evaluation checklist.  This is a handy reference for people interested in a DIY system as well as people seeking to evaluate a solar quote and sanity check the production estimates.



Restoration Agriculture: Designing Your Perennial Farm presentation from Permaculture Voices  
by Mark Shepard

Mark Shepard, Manager of New Forest Farms and author of the book Restoration Agriculture, offers a presentation about the transition from annuals to a permanent, perennial agriculture incorporating everything from nuts and berries to livestock and fruits and vegetables. The talk introduces the concept of ecosystem mimicry and keyline water management and will help you to chart a path forward to a truly ecologically designed farm.



Sameday Sourdough e-cookbook
by Nicole Allain of the Homegrown Show

For those new to sourdough, Nicole will introduce you to the fundamentals and advise on how to get started.  The e-book then goes on to provide inspiration and tasty ideas with a host of innovative sourdough recipes to try which will appeal to both beginners and those further into their sourdough journey.



Grow your own insulation webinar
by Beau M. Davidson

Beau M. Davidson talks about Homegrown Mushroom Insulation, DIY Doors, Giant Wooden Hinges, and more.



Tiny House Magazine - set of 12 issues (2021 issues)
Enjoy 12 issues, a full year, of Tiny House magazine, exploring all aspects of living in all kinds of small and often unconventional homes.



Chèvre and Aged Chèvre: Simple, delicious homemade cheeses ebook
by Kate Downham

Enjoy learning how to easily make great spreadable soft cheeses, and how to age these cheeses to make hard grating cheese, bloomy rind cheese, and more.



Spinning Wheel Bike Parts Plans
by Andres Bernal

This is a step by step guide plan for a spinning wheel made from bike parts designed and constructed by the instructor Opalyn Rose during the Permaculture Technology Jamboree 2022 at Wheaton Labs and part of the Low Tech Laboratory Movie.



Cook with what you have cookbook
by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce

This valuable guide to the science and art of home cooking starts with one woman’s kitchen experience and simply removes the mystery from practical cooking. In addition to good eating, you’ll soon see how to decide: “Is it safe?” “Do I need that? What can I use instead?” “Can I make this? It sounds hard,” and a hundred other questions you will love leaving behind.



Rainwater Harvesting chapter from the Edible Landscaping book  
by Michael Judd

A mini ebook in itself - this fascinating chapter talks about swales and rain gardens, with clear and illustrated examples of building your own with helpful tips, soil building recipes and even a whiskey sour strawberry rhubarb recipe to go hand in hand with your gardening toils!



Honeybee Tales: A beginning beekeeper's adventures (and misadventures) in natural beekeeping
by Leigh Tate

Honeybee Tales shares the ups and downs of a beginning beekeeper's venture into natural beekeeping.



Epigenetics and Seed Saving: Breeding Resilient, Locally Adapted Plants webinar
by Alan Booker

Watch an Alan Booker webinar and prepare to have your mind blown!  This is simply a fascinating watch! Alan is the founder and executive director of the Institute of Integrated Regenerative Design, which provides education and research in support of regenerative communities.



Regenerative Agroforestry chapter from The Regenerative Landscaper
by Erik Ohlsen

Grab a sample chapter of this epic tome! Erik talks about how regenerative agroforestry is the practice of planting tree crops using the principles of regeneration, from fruit and nuts to timber, fuel, and fiber.  The chapter discusses food forests, planting trees by various methods, choosing fruit and nut cultivars, regenerative hedgerows and much more.



2 issues of Permaculture Design Magazine: Issue 99, Issue 100
Permaculture Design Magazine has served the North American permaculture community and readers around the world for over 30 years, originally known as Permaculture Activist. The magazine receives no public funding and has consistently garnered high regard for dedication to grassroots learning and design intelligence.



17 podcast review of Gaia's Garden by Toby Hemenway
by Paul Wheaton

Paul discussed this iconic permaculture text including four bonus podcasts with Toby Hemenway covering: Animal Problems and Solutions, Permaculture Ethics, Science, and Native Plants.



Rocket Ovens movie - HD Streaming
by Paul Wheaton

Watch an instructional movie going through the process of building your own super-efficient wood oven.  Taught by Tyler Morrison, Tim Barker, Chris 'Uncle Mud' McClellan and Paul Wheaton, you too can make a truly sustainable cooking device, and power it for free using twigs and scrap wood from your backyard!



Devious Experiments with a Truly Passive Greenhouse movie - HD Streaming
by Paul Wheaton

The problem: All greenhouses in a cold climate need heat.  So they consume energy and require human discipline.  At the same time, it is possible that on a sunny day, a greenhouse can get hot enough to kill everything inside.   The solution: We have a plan to create a greenhouse that requires no heat, and will never overheat.  Mostly, we will use the heat from the summer to heat the structure through the winter.  And if we have a moment of excess heat we will passively store it and save it for later - with no harm to the plants, all with no need for human discipline.



Replacing Irrigation with Permaculture webinar
by Paul Wheaton

In this exclusive webinar, Paul Wheaton will teach you all about how to use permaculture techniques to reduce your reliance on complicated and expensive irrigation systems, or labour-intensive watering schedules.



Tour of Wheaton Labs Movie
by Paul Wheaton

Nestled in the mountains near Missoula, Montana, USA lies a hidden laboratory where experiments are conducted to make the world a better place. In this 2 hour movie, you will follow the lead Mad Scientist, Paul Wheaton, as he shows you his many experiments to gain world domination....with world domination meaning a world full of permaculture! There are experiments in how to grow food in an optimal and ecologically sound way: hugelkultur, grey water systems, zero-energy greenhouses, water retention, and earthworks.  



Permaculture Thorns, A Book About Trying to Build Permaculture Community - draft eBook
by Paul Wheaton

A Book About Trying to Build a Permaculture Community.



45 Low Tech Things webinar
by Paul Wheaton

Paul's most recent webinar creation - here he discusses some new ideas, alongside some you may have heard before. But Paul always has new insights, and exciting new developments to discuss.  Enjoy an entertaining and informative webinar!



Jacqueline Freeman on animal relationships (from the PDC)
by Jacqueline Freeman

Taken from the online PDC, Jaqueline covers farm management style, types of relationships with wild animals, livestock, pets and working animals, and much more.



Market Garden Playing Cards e-book
by Diego Footer & Scott Hebert

Get these gorgeous cards all mashed together into a handy dandy e-book.   This deck of cards was illustrated and designed by the incomparably talented Scott Hebert, with information hand-picked by the glorious Diego Footer.  



Garden To Seed: a beginner's guide to seed saving
Ebook covering the basics of starting your own seeds at home.

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14 hours ago
As we try to cover our ever growing expenses for this site, we have two new ideas for PIE.  I wanna talk about these two things and see if anybody has any additional ideas.

PIE-idea-333:   PIE peeps get 3 upvotes and 2 downvotes for each post.  

PIE-idea-334:   high-res images are for PIE peeps only

Feedback?

New ideas?

The world is changing.  Our costs are going up, and our income streams are shrinking.   I like that we have very little advertising - and what little we have is very on topic.  

We created the PIE stuff with the idea that it would, eventually, pay all the expenses.  Not there yet!  
fukuoka flat is getting a lot of upgrades.  Some rather tall hugelkulturs (using sand from arrakis).

Volcano road has served us well, although 2-wheel-drive vehicles struggle at some points.  So we are trying to make the road a bit better.  There were about six spots that were a bit steeper than other spots - so we are trying to make it all kinda the same.  
We are thinking about recording a toobie thing with talking heads on friday, aug 21 about thorns.  9am mountain time.  

Is there anybody that has read the book and wants to be a talking head?
1 day ago
I see you bought it.  And I see your "my stuff" is loaded with stuff.

Easiest way to get to all of your stuff:  click on your name at the top-right of the screen.  Then click on "my stuff".

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