!!!!!!!!!!! Garden Master Course Kickstarter

I think it is time to get the support forum set up.  Beau?

paul wheaton wrote:I think it is time to get the support forum set up.  Beau?

Yup, got it going!  Unless I broke something in the process -

I think most folks cannot see this yet, but it'll be here when all the backers get added:
https://permies.com/f/484/gmc-kickstarter-support

To back the Kickstarter,

Click Here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/paulwheaton/garden-master

This kickstarter had a very strong start, but it looks like it will have a soft finish.

Here's the link to the daily chart:

https://kicktraq.com/projects/paulwheaton/garden-master/#chart-daily

And here is the better world book for comparison

https://kicktraq.com/projects/paulwheaton/better-world-book/#chart-daily

Are you accelerating?  
$151,073
What's been Permie's largest kickstarter?

Michael Bajema wrote:What's been Permie's largest kickstarter?

The largest ever was the better world book at $153,983.

So ....   maybe?

     $152,544!

paul wheaton wrote:

Joylynn Hardesty wrote:US$ 140,191
Streatch goal reached!

Joylynn,

Which of my movies would you like placed, for free, in the PIE-only forum for 24 hours?

The PDC/ATC video Har har

     $153,247!

Just $736 to beat the better world book Kickstarter

$154,005!

$155,208!



goal we just reached:


goal we're stretching for:


all the stretchies:



to back the kickstarter or adjust your backer level,  

click here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/paulwheaton/garden-master

Been lurking on this forum for over a decade if my memory is correct. This project convinced me to get involved. What an incredible value for educational material! Great job all around and I am very much looking forward to seeing the finished product. Thank you for fighting the good fight Paul, I know it was never easy.

Ezra Beaton wrote:Been lurking on this forum for over a decade if my memory is correct. This project convinced me to get involved. What an incredible value for educational material! Great job all around and I am very much looking forward to seeing the finished product. Thank you for fighting the good fight Paul, I know it was never easy.

Welcome, Ezra!  Glad to see you stepping out of the shadows.

I was considering bumping up to 100 for a while. For me I think the deadline pushed me to it most. Anyway, enjoy another 20 bucks  

Honestly the stretch goals pale in comparison to the main project material for me, but there are a few interesting ones. The related ones in particular appeal to me, such as the companion guide and animations. The completely unrelated stuff doesn't do so much for me. But quite a few are tangentially related, like the kourik book and Helen's other material. I hope this feedback is useful.

I'm happy to support the forum and community I spend so much time with. Make the most of the success paul and company!

I'm pretty exhausted.  

This is now our all time best performing kickstarter.  



The last email is going out right now.


We will send out some more updates.


what am i forgetting?

160k Stretch Goal Reached!


Next up:




All the stretchies so far:

1. $40k  Hands on Agronomy Video Workshop
2. $45k  Justin Rhodes' How to raise meat chickens in 58 days
3. $50k  All Issues from Stockman Grass Farmer 2018
4. $55k  Wheaton Labs Tour Movie
5. $60k  Helen Atthowe Webinar about Creating a Backyard Fruit Forest
6. $65k  WOFATI Greenhouse Plans
7. $70k  3D Plans - Solar Food Dehydrator with Rocket Boost
8. $75k  3 Night Stay in the Tipi to the top 4 backers to opt in
9. $80k  Lazy Ass Gardening by Robert Kourik
10. $85k  Alan Book Webinar: Epigenetics and Seed Saving
11. $90k  GMC Companion Guide
12. $95k  12 likeness animations in the trailing credits
13. $100k  Spanish Subtitles
14. $105k  Together Resilient eBook by Ma'ikwe Ludwig
15. $110k  Garden Mastery Academy
16. $115k  Ultimate Guide to Soil
17. $120k  PW Webinar: Replacing Irrigation with Permaculture
18. $125k  Past Movies for New Backers: World Domination Gardening, Building a Cob Style Rocket Mass Heater, and Round Wood Timber Framing: The Berm Shed
19. $130k  Live Uncle Mud Webinar: Heating Greenhouses with Rocket Mass Heaters
20. $135   Top 4 backers to opt in get a 1-hour consult with Paul Wheaton
21. $140k  Past eBooks for New Backers: Better World Book, Permaculture Thorns draft, Hugelkultur draft
22. $145k  Animations added to the GMC videos for clarity
23. $150k  Top 8 backers to opt in get tickets to Alan Booker's Resilient Kitchen Squad
24. $155k  Top 4 backers to opt in get a 3-night stay in the Red Cabin
25. $160k  Paul Wheaton Live Webinar on the Truly Passive Solar Greenhouse

to back the kickstarter or fiddle with your backer level,
CLICK HERE: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/paulwheaton/garden-master

     $160,029!

$160000!!

     $161,099!

Jeff Bosch wrote:


     $161,099!

that was fast.  wow.  crazy.

christine has a dailyish going out, and i have now put out another dailyish on the heels of hers that says

Hi, this is paul wheaton and this is our last email about this kickstarter.  And it is mostly because I just wanna tell this silly story.


A few years ago we did the better world book kickstarter.  And we sent out a last minute email that said something like "6 hours left".  


Jennifer was signed up for the dailyish, but she rarely opened them.  There's just too many.  But she did read the subject lines in her email.  She was in a period of strict frugality, so there is no way she would ever support it, but she opened the email and went to the kickstarter.  There were so many stretch goals, she decided to back at $100, despite her frugality vows.  With about 30 minutes to spare.


Josiah was signed up for the dailyish and rarely opened them. He had been thinking of a life change and possibly coming to the permaculture bootcamp.  He saw the email with just a few hours left and thought he would take a quick peek.  On that kickstarter, one of the stretch goals was admittance to the bootcamp, so he backed the kickstarter thinking "twofer."  He backed the kickstarter with 40 minutes to spare.



Another stretch goal for that kickstarter was tickets to our PDC.  They both got the tickets and came.  Once here, they both asked to stay on in the bootcamp.  Apparently they both stayed because they were each dopey about the other, but they were also both too shy to make a move ...  

It took six months ...  six months of shyness ...  six months of "hur hur hur hur ..."  ...  i still have no idea what happened to break this shyness barrier, but it was a plump six months in coming ...

After two years had passed, they were engaged and Jennifer inherited a bunch of acres ...  they are now married and expecting.



I dedicate this last minute email about this kickstarter to Jennifer and Josiah. I hope you give your kid a silly name - because I need there to be more silly in the world.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/paulwheaton/garden-master?ref=9ax2et


(it takes six hours for the dailyish to go out, so I am guessing at how many hours are left when you get this)

Beau Davidson wrote:

The anticipation! Feels a lot like this:

after two months of prep, a full month of work during ...   do do do do do do ... go go go go go go ....

i guess we have done all we can.

I suppose we can still say stuff in kickstarter updates ....  

Here's the current stretghigraph:



click here to fiddle with your backer level

$162,131!

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     $164,121!