Podcast 711 – Wheaton Labs Aspirations – Part 1

Paul has wandered off to Spokane to meet up with Nicholas Thomas to have a potluck, and we get to have a potluck of pod topics! Including, but not limited to, natural control of pest (mainly earwig) populations, appropriate lawn care (build hugelkulture) and discovering new landmarks. Support the podcast on Patreon Show notes and […]

Paul and Stephen continue talking about their aspirations for bootcamp and Wheaton Labs, such as seeing a dozen people living at bootcamp all year and learning how to manage their own homestead, before moving onto half-assed holidays, more on sunchokes, and a some more on bootcamp culture. Support the podcast on Patreon Show notes and […]

Paul and Stephen sit down to talk about their aspirations for Basecamp and the Labs, covering how much better the soil is after years of care, the dozens of rockety gizmos around the place, and some basics for new boots, such as letting themselves take a break instead of sprinting to keep up with the […]

Paul and Samantha continue discussing the differences between Paul’s and Mark Shepherd’s methods before moving on to willow feeders, sewage treatment at Wheaton Labs and in general, and how using greywater safe soaps help even in an apartment. Support the podcast on Patreon Show notes and discussion More information and discussion of this podcast on […]

Paul talks with Samantha about the effect of his health on progress, the pitfalls of hiring people, soap company’s questionable marketing, a comparison between his and Mark Shepherd’s gardening, and a bit on a consultee’s over-farmed property (less growing of commercial alfalfa, more hugelkultur). Support the podcast on Patreon Show notes and discussion More information […]

Paul and JB continue Suze’s consultation on what to do with her sewage situation instead of connecting up to the city sewage network. They discuss what sort of woodchips to use, the current lack of a drain field and the potential issues that causes, and weather or not to use shampoo. Support the podcast on […]

Suze decided that it was a good idea to willingly give money to Paul for a consultation on what to do with her (urban) community’s failing septic tank system, so he and JB decide to discuss Willow Feeders as they’d be a far cheaper and better solution than coughing up about $40k to connect to […]

Paul, Eliot, and Julia continue their discussion on the culture that’s developed in bootcamp, and attributes much of it to the quality of people that tend to come there and stick around. Paul’s own over-eagerness definitely helps with both the culture and filtering some specimens out. Support the podcast on Patreon Show notes and discussion […]

Paul is with Julia and Eliot talking about bootcamp culture and how it contrasts to, say, another community that apparently causes couples to divorce when they go there, and the story of an Andy that attempted to start his own community and the woes he faced until he found out how to get it on […]

Paul talks with Matt about RMHs and Homestead Living magazine for which Paul and Beau wrote an article and they discuss this and other RMH-related subjects, such as Mud’s aversion to using wood anywhere near a RMH just in case it slowly becomes more flammable. Support the podcast on Patreon Show notes and discussion More […]