paul wheaton

Rhiannon Drake wrote:The RSS feed linked in the richsoil/wordpress site seems to go as far back as pod 446?
https://richsoil.com/permaculture/feed/podcast

Oh!  In that case, that is probably plenty!  thanks!

Anybody know how to jiggle the rss thing so it gets all of the pods instead of just the most recent 100?

https://feeds.feedburner.com/PaulWheatonPermaculture

The book is currently ten bucks for a new book at amazon.  That's less than I pay for shipping!  

https://amzn.to/4axKeqq

Lucas Gonzalez wrote:Writing from wet-windy-dark Scotland, I'd say there's a market for every climate; I mean, for a selection of the advice, not the details of anyone's property. Where are you going to start? Would there be umph for focusing on more than one location? Sounds like this old idea of emergency permaculture appropedia.org/Emergency_permaculture and it could be useful really soon in many places.

I like the idea that this could be popular.  

Rachel Croft wrote:If it is as popular as predicted I wonder if it might be possible to run concurrent groups but with slightly different climates for each group? This might be a future expansion if it goes well - so then people in one group are more likely to be discussing problems they’ll potentially encounter in the future even if they haven’t hit those problems in the season the course takes place over. This could make it seem better value to people

I like the idea that it can be popular!  

Lina,

Welcome to my life. Day after day, hour after hour.

Most of the time I think exactly that:  what's the big deal?  This is pretty obvious.  And then I get into a conversation with somebody "experienced" and ....   well ...  I guess this way is rather unique ...

Mike Haasl was telling me about going to a conference of gardeners.  There was a big room with more than a thousand people.   "How many think they save money by growing their own food?"  Mike was the only one that held up his hand.  And then there was a similar question about time and working a minimum wage job.  Again, mike was alone.  

Nearly all of the gardens I visit are bizarrely small, unproductive, demanding and expensive.  And then I see things like railroad ties, tires, and imported toxins in the name of "mulch" while they haul away branches to the dump.  When I try to talk about any of this, the poor people are overwhelmed with the crazy shit coming out of my pie hole.



So, yeah, this stuff seems really obvious.  At the same time, I guess for 99.9% of the gardeners out there, this is batshit crazy.  AKA: not so obvious.


Beau's point is:  Reading a book isn't gonna help, because then the whole book just sounds crazy. Watching a video/movie isn't gonna help, because the whole thing just sounds crazy.  For six sessions there will be no more than eight people doing this.  So there are a couple of big perks:  you come up to speed with others.  And take your time.  And, most of all, ask questions specifically about YOUR garden.  Maybe even show pictures.  When you hear from the other seven people and see their pictures and hear their questions, then it is a patient, sharing conversation.  Understanding can happen.


Fully interactive.  Personal.  Intimate.

Sometimes I actually listen the to the podcasts to help me calm down because I am angry at bad people.

Wow!  this is a first for me!

Maybe we need to figure out which pods are the best at that and see if i can expand on it.

I found that it really helped me deal with bad people, not necessarily ignore them but helped me be calmer and more logical (like Paul does it).

I've had some requests to create a podcast in this space.  I feel like I have some skill, but I also feel like there are others that have greater skill.  This is the sort of thing that came from the end of my corporate whore career.  

Thanks for your help that day donald!

new battery.  Apparently "upgraded Gen 2 4680 lithium-ion battery."

Towing capacity is 11,000 pounds.  Our dump trailer can haul 10,000 pounds and weighs 3,000 pounds.  So we are gonna try to keep the loads a little less than max.

Can you use it to charge batteries for cordless tools? Or are there power outlets for non-cordless ones?

No.

But, it has a bunch of outlets in the back that we will be experimenting with.  We think this will run our electric sawmill.