Episodes

  • Podcast 703 – Permaculture Smackdown 31 – Strategies for growing enough food to feed your family – Part 3

    Podcast 703 – Permaculture Smackdown 31 – Strategies for growing enough food to feed your family – Part 3
    Feb 11 2025
    Paul finishes up the smakdown with Beau, Liv, and Samantha with a discussion on butter making, dairy in general, preserving meats in ways beyond simply freezing it, and keeping chickens as an introduction to raising animals for meat. Support the podcast on Patreon Show notes and discussion More information and discussion of this podcast on […]
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  • Podcast 702 – Permaculture Smackdown 31 – Strategies for growing enough food to feed your family – Part 2

    Podcast 702 – Permaculture Smackdown 31 – Strategies for growing enough food to feed your family – Part 2
    Feb 9 2025
    Paul, Liv, Beau and Samantha continue discussing how to grow enough food to feed a family, with a lot of the discussion this time being about corn, or lack thereof, in the discussion thus far, what with it being calorie dense, having a long shelf-life, and being good fodder for cattle Support the podcast on […]
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  • Podcast 701 – Permaculture Smackdown 31 – Strategies for growing enough food to feed your family – Part 1

    Podcast 701 – Permaculture Smackdown 31 – Strategies for growing enough food to feed your family – Part 1
    Feb 7 2025
    Paul, Liv, Beau and Samantha discuss strategies for growing enough food for a family, namely what to grow, how to not get overwhelmed and decide gardening is hard, livestock rearing, what to grow to make gardening fun and potentially profitable, if you don’t mind trading. Support the podcast on Patreon Show notes and discussion More […]
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  • Podcast 700 – Permaculture Smackdown 30 – The solution for nearly every soil test – Part 2

    Podcast 700 – Permaculture Smackdown 30 – The solution for nearly every soil test – Part 2
    Feb 4 2025
    Paul, Clay, and Samantha continue discussing soil tests and other ways of quickly building soil. They talk about “Back to Eden Gardening” , it’s use of wood chips and why that may not be the best plan for a couple of reasons, keyline ploughing, and how much mulch is needed. Support the podcast on Patreon […]
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  • Podcast 699 – Permaculture Smackdown 30 – The solution for nearly every soil test – Part 1

    Podcast 699 – Permaculture Smackdown 30 – The solution for nearly every soil test – Part 1
    Feb 2 2025
    Paul sets out to talk about soil tests with Samantha and Clay, and winds up talking about how most test results just mean “apply mulch”, unless it means “plant alder trees to detox”, Sepp Holzer’s earthworm greenhouse, root exudate, and Paul’s alleged harassment of a friend via mulch. Support the podcast on Patreon Show notes […]
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  • Podcast 698 – Permaculture Smackdown 29: Hugelkultur! – Part 3

    Podcast 698 – Permaculture Smackdown 29: Hugelkultur! – Part 3
    Jan 31 2025
    Paul, Beau, and Samantha conclude their discussion on hugelkulturs, by talking about turbulence and preventing it with either windbreaks, holly trees, or making them close together, what wood is best for them, (whatever is around, basically), and a brief on another list of things that didn’t get in the main presentation. Support the podcast on […]
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  • Podcast 697 – Permaculture Smackdown 29: Hugelkultur! – Part 2

    Podcast 697 – Permaculture Smackdown 29: Hugelkultur! – Part 2
    Jan 30 2025
    Paul, Beau, and Samantha continue going over the Hugelkultur slides and talk about weather hugelkultur or mulch is better on their own, what materials are good for mulching, how to get mulch to stay on hugelkulturs, and their effects on a growing season’s length. Support the podcast on Patreon Show notes and discussion More information […]
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  • Podcast 696 – Permaculture Smackdown 29: Hugelkultur! – Part 1

    Podcast 696 – Permaculture Smackdown 29: Hugelkultur! – Part 1
    Jan 27 2025
    Paul, Beau, and Samantha sit down to discuss Paul’s favourite topic: Hugelkultur! What it is, how to make it, what to and not to put in it, and why pure lasagna gardening might not be the best addon for it. And, yes, you can use simple dirt to make them if you don’t have enough […]
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