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Summary
part 2 of a 3 part podcast
Andreas and Paul continue the discussion about homestead gumption
They talk a bit about being prepared for winter and power outages - wood heat is a big advantage. Samantha is keen to get a rocket mass heater in her house. Andreas says having the ability to survive without grid power is a big motivator.
Paul describes the typical wannabe homesteaders. What many do is to buy a homestead, usually on a mortgage - but that means they have to keep doing their worky job to pay for it, and thus have limited time to do any homesteading, while at the same time their worky job has a much longer commute. Often they get fed up with it and just quit. Paul wants those people to attend a gardening gardeners program (ideally, boot camp) The right program can give you the skills and experience to do homesteading easily and better.
10 years ago Paul started Ant Village where you could rent an acre of land for $800 a year. However mostly they lacked adequate gumption. During the Ant Village experiment, Paul and Fred came up with the idea of boot camp. Ant village is still there but now you can't rent without doing 6 months in boot camp. Samantha says when she first got her property she didn't get a lot done to begin with. Once she'd been there a while she developed necessary habits to work on the land. She feels boot camp is great to instill the habits you need for easy homesteading.
They talk a bit about families. Paul feels that most kids in the US want to move out from home and live on their own once they finish high school. Andreas says in Colombia it's much more common for families to stay together. He feels that this helps strengthen communities and strong communities make homesteading easier. Paul feels that boot camp has that kind of community spirit. Samantha compares working on your own to in a community, she thinks Paul has got a good community there now and as a result lots get done; at her place, stuff only gets done if she does it.
Relevant Threads
Permaculture Bootcamp - gardening gardeners; grow the food you eat and build your own home
are there currently millions of permaculture millionaires? (the story of Gert)
Podcast 716 - Gardening Gardeners - Part 1,
Part 2
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