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Steve Solomon
This episode is a profile of the author, seedsman, and homesteader Steve Solomon. The founder of Territorial Seed Company, Steve has written several books which I highly recommend to any permaculture …
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This episode is a profile of the author, seedsman, and homesteader Steve Solomon. The founder of Territorial Seed Company, Steve has written several books which I highly recommend to any permaculture practitioner who wants to become self-sufficient with their personal food system, remineralize their soil, or garden in colder climates.
Steve's Books
Gardening When It Counts
The Intelligent Gardener
Growing Nutrient-Dense VegetablesStarting a Food Forest
A non-technical exploration of questions to consider when you decide you want to start a food forest, based on Owen's question: "How do you convert a lawn to a food forest?" Resources: Philadelphia Orchard …
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A non-technical exploration of questions to consider when you decide you want to start a food forest, based on Owen's question:
"How do you convert a lawn to a food forest?"Resources:
Philadelphia Orchard Project
Edible Landscaping with a Permaculture Twist by Michael JuddCreating Onsite Fertility Systems
In this episode, I use the question from Owen: "Are there kinds of soil additives I should be using or should stay away from? Conventional wisdom is to look for balanced fertilizer, but I don’t know how much …
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In this episode, I use the question from Owen:
"Are there kinds of soil additives I should be using or should stay away from? Conventional wisdom is to look for balanced fertilizer, but I don’t know how much conventional wisdom overlaps with permaculture."
to look more broadly at using initial, imported, industrial inputs to create a long-term, sustainable, fertility system around four areas:
1. Collecting Organic Matter
2. Harvesting Household Waste
3. Using Biology
4. Cover CroppingThis is an overview of these ideas. If you'd like me to go deeper on any part of this in an upcoming episode, have thoughts of your own to expand on these ideas, or disagree with me entirely, leave a comment so we can continue the conversation.
Solarpunk and Permaculture
This episode comes from Geoff's request to compare Solarpunk and Permaculture. Suggested reading from this episode: Always Coming Home by Ursula K. Le Guin's Kim Stanley Robinson's Pacific Edge by Kim Stanley …
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This episode comes from Geoff's request to compare Solarpunk and Permaculture.
Suggested reading from this episode:
Always Coming Home by Ursula K. Le Guin's
Kim Stanley Robinson's Pacific Edge by Kim Stanley Robinson
The Fifth Sacred Thing by Starhawk
The anthology: Solarpunk: Ecological and Fantastical Stories in a Sustainable WorldQ&A: Working with Clients
This episode started with the question: How do you approach working with clients and understanding their needs and goals? Suggested reading from this episode: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen …
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This episode started with the question:
How do you approach working with clients and understanding their needs and goals?
Suggested reading from this episode:
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey
Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo FreireDesigning a Design Process
This episode is based on a question I received asking: What is your design process? (site analysis, implementation, and how you approach a design) Based on this, I walk through the three phases my design …
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This episode is based on a question I received asking:
What is your design process? (site analysis, implementation, and how you approach a design)
Based on this, I walk through the three phases my design process has evolved through over time:
1. Collecting Everything
2. Refining Focus
3. Educating ClientsThe Hard Work of Permaculture is Boring
In this episode, I talk about something that we don’t address enough: the hard work of Permaculture is boring. It’s not heroic. It doesn’t make for a great YouTube short or video to add to your story. The …
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In this episode, I talk about something that we don’t address enough: the hard work of Permaculture is boring. It’s not heroic. It doesn’t make for a great YouTube short or video to add to your story. The pictures that come out of it are rarely art, or something you’d want to post to Instagram.
I hope this episode reminds you why we show up day after day, week after week, for the small, routine tasks of permaculture.
If you found this helpful, share it with a friend who might be struggling on their journey right now, so it can be a bit of encouragement to keep going, even when it’s tedious.Until the next time, spend each day showing up and putting in the work, as you care for Earth, yourself, and each other.
Update: We Bought a House in Cleveland
An update with a bit of big news: we found, made a winning offer on a house in Cleveland, Ohio! When I decided to relaunch the show, I knew it was going to be a rollercoaster-like adventure, with possible …
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An update with a bit of big news: we found, made a winning offer on a house in Cleveland, Ohio!
When I decided to relaunch the show, I knew it was going to be a rollercoaster-like adventure, with possible delays, ups, downs, and time spent waiting. Thank you for your patience while we move our lives across state lines. Once the dust settles, things are shaping up to bring you new stories, experiments, and voices, from Cleveland, from Ohio, and from around the world.
And if you have ideas for what we should tackle first, I’d love to hear from you. Send me an email: [email protected] or visit thepermaculturepodcast.com, click on contact, and send me a message there.
Until the next time, spend each day exploring, enjoying, and building your local community, while taking care of Earth, your self, and each other.Q&A: Beginner Mistakes (#1)
Today, I want to talk about another question from Owen: "What are some common mistakes beginners make in permaculture design, and how can they be avoided?" The thoughts shared in this episode are only one …
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Today, I want to talk about another question from Owen:
"What are some common mistakes beginners make in permaculture design, and how can they be avoided?"
The thoughts shared in this episode are only one perspecitve, my own. I'd love to hear other ideas on the need to slow down when practicing permaculture, so reach out if you'd like to share how you would do things differently.
Text: 717-827-6266
Send me an email: [email protected]
Or stop by thepermaculturepodcast.com, click on Contact, and send me a direct message.Moving to a New City
My family and I are in the process of finding a house in a new city, which will bring a new future for us and the show. Listen to find out more about where we're going and what this means for The Permaculture Podcast.
Q&A: Putting a Permaculture System to Rest for Winter
Today's question comes from Owen: What does it look like to put a permaculture garden to bed for the winter? Mulching / tilling / planting cover crops / none of the above / something else?
Q&A: Growing a Whole Nutrition Landscape
The question for this episode is from Geoff: I'd love to hear your thoughts about how homestead sites can create a "whole nutrition" landscape with permaculture. What I mean, is that a "healthy balanced diet" …
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The question for this episode is from Geoff:
I'd love to hear your thoughts about how homestead sites can create a "whole nutrition" landscape with permaculture.
What I mean, is that a "healthy balanced diet" typically includes sources for necessary nutrients, calories, minerals, proteins, carbohydrates/starches, etc. Growing the leafy greens, berries, fruit, vegetables is all very well and good -- but if we are seeking to create a 'whole nutrition' landscape, we need to re-evaluate how much area in the gardens are devoted to tubers/roots and protein sources like nuts (hazelnuts) or seeds (sunflower, serviceberry seeds) versus the more typical perennial greens. Ie Maybe way larger portions of the landscape should be devoted to tubers and fast-growing nuts/seeds than is typically seen in Permaculture Designs, for instance for PDC courses?!
Recommended reading to accompany this episode:
Gardening When It Counts by Steve Solomon
Diet for a Small Planet by Frances Moore Lappé
Recipes for a Small Planet by Ellen Buchman Ewald
Creating a Regenerative Supply Chain - Rewild Organics | Joshua Hughes
Support the Podcast! Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Join The Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/permaculturepodcast Today I’m joined by my friend Joshua Hughes as he shares the …
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Support the Podcast!Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast
Join The Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/permaculturepodcastToday I’m joined by my friend Joshua Hughes as he shares the continued work of the team he’s a part of to create a jungle to marketplace supply chain with the launch of Rewild Organics.
Joshua Hughes - Regenerative Investing
Support the Podcast! Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Join The Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/permaculturepodcast Joshua Hughes return to share information about his latest venture …
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Support the Podcast!
Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast
Join The Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/permaculturepodcastJoshua Hughes return to share information about his latest venture Blacksheep Regenerative Resource Management, a invest with social responsibility.
Q&A: Bushcrafting - Books for Beginners
In this episode are resources you can use to learn more about building shelters, creating cordage, creating your first everyday carry, foraging for food, elevating that food to cuisine, and the basics of …
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In this episode are resources you can use to learn more about building shelters, creating cordage, creating your first everyday carry, foraging for food, elevating that food to cuisine, and the basics of first-aid if you're ever on your own or with a small group far away from a clinic or hospital. These skills also form the basis for building, or rebuilding, our communities in times of decline or disaster.
My First Bushcrafting Book, Bushcraft by Richard Graves (Thriftbooks): https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/bushcraft-a-serious-guide-to-survival-and-camping_richard-h-graves/279713/item/1100554/
Stop the Bleed Online Class: https://www.stopthebleed.org/get-trained/online-course/
Where to Buy a C-A-T Tourniquet:
https://www.narescue.com/combat-application-tourniquet-c-a-t.html
Interviews With
Sam Thayer (2013): https://thepermaculturepodcast.podbean.com/e/episode-1345-foraging-with-sam-thayer/
Sara Bir (2018): https://thepermaculturepodcast.podbean.com/e/1822-the-fruit-forager-s-companion/
Dina Falconi: https://thepermaculturepodcast.podbean.com/e/episode-1516-foraging-and-feasting-with-dina-falconi/
Pascal Baudar (2016) - The New Wildcrafted Cuisine: https://thepermaculturepodcast.podbean.com/e/1625-the-new-wildcrafted-cuisine-with-pascal-baudar/
Pascal Baudar (2018) - The Wildcrafting Brewer: https://thepermaculturepodcast.podbean.com/e/1825-the-wildcrafting-brewer-with-pascal-baudar/Laura Oldanie - Permaculture Values and Impact Investing
Support the Podcast! Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Join The Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/permaculturepodcast My guest today is Laura Oldanie, a permaculture practitioner and …
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Join The Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/permaculturepodcastMy guest today is Laura Oldanie, a permaculture practitioner and the author behind the website Rich and Resilient Living, which focuses on how we can live a life and make financial decisions that lead to a regenerative future.
Dr. Elaine Ingham - The Soil Food Web
Support the Podcast! Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Join The Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/permaculturepodcast Today's guest, in an interview recorded by co-host David Bilbrey …
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Join The Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/permaculturepodcastToday's guest, in an interview recorded by co-host David Bilbrey, is the microbiologist and soil researcher Dr. Elaine Ingham.
Joshua Hughes - Transitional Ethics
Support the Podcast! Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Join The Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/permaculturepodcast My guest for this episode is Joshua Peace Seeker Hughes, an …
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Join The Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/permaculturepodcastMy guest for this episode is Joshua Peace Seeker Hughes, an American permaculture practitioner living and farming in Costa Rica. His work there, which forms our discussion today, includes issues of land preservation through bottom-up solutions, regenerative resource-based economies, divestment, changing our lifestyles, the real wealth in of resources versus the illusion of money, and how we are in a period of transformation that requires transitional ethics.
What to do when the world is on fire
Thoughts from a conversation with my friend Nathan, on how we can act in a world on fire, when we know we're not able to protest or be in the streets. Question: What causes and organizations do you support with …
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Thoughts from a conversation with my friend Nathan, on how we can act in a world on fire, when we know we're not able to protest or be in the streets.
Question: What causes and organizations do you support with your time and resources?Jeff Speck - Creating Walkable Cities
Support the Podcast! Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Join The Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/permaculturepodcast My guest today is Jeff Speck. Jeff is the author of Walkable City …
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Join The Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/permaculturepodcastMy guest today is Jeff Speck. Jeff is the author of Walkable City and Walkable City Rules. As an urban planner and city designer he specializes in, and advocates for, human modes of transportation: first and foremost walking, but also biking.
Designing Out the Designer
A response to Geoff's comment about designing out the designer, from my recent episode about my design process. What I'm Reading: People and Permaculture What I'm Listening To (Music Video): Psycho Killer by …
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A response to Geoff's comment about designing out the designer, from my recent episode about my design process.
What I'm Reading: People and Permaculture
What I'm Listening To (Music Video): Psycho Killer by The Talking HeadsGetting to Know One Another:
What song(s) or musical artist(s) defined your life, now or when you were growing up?Karryn Olson: A Pattern Language for Women in Permaculture
Support the Podcast! Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Join The Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/permaculturepodcast In this episode from 2014, one of my favorite people from the …
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Join The Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/permaculturepodcastIn this episode from 2014, one of my favorite people from the permaculture community, Karryn Olson, joins us to share a pattern language she’s identified for women in permaculture, which we can use to create a constructive permaculture movement so that together we can design a world with ever greater beauty, abundance, and inclusivity.
Rhonda Baird - Being Present for Ourselves and Others
Support the Podcast! Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Join The Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/permaculturepodcast My guest for today is Rhonda Baird, editor of Permaculture Design …
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Join The Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/permaculturepodcastMy guest for today is Rhonda Baird, editor of Permaculture Design Magazine, and designer and educator at Sheltering Hills Design, LLC.
Rhonda Baird - Organizing and Supporting Our Communities
Support the Podcast! Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Join The Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/permaculturepodcast Rhonda Baird, the editor of Permaculture Design Magazine and …
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Join The Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/permaculturepodcastRhonda Baird, the editor of Permaculture Design Magazine and teacher and designer at Sheltering Hills Design, LLC., joins me to continue our conversation about creating change. In our first interview, we spoke about the way that we can work on ourselves as individuals. Today we move from the inside to the out with how we can organize and support others and our community.
Owen Wormser - Designing for Clients: From Consultation to Implementation
Support the Podcast! Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Join The Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/permaculturepodcast When I left my permaculture design course I was fairly comfortable …
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Join The Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/permaculturepodcastWhen I left my permaculture design course I was fairly comfortable walking the landscape and looking for areas of shade or full sun, and tracking how that would change throughout the day. To walk barefoot after a brief rain to feel where the soil drained quickly or to find spots where water pooled, even if I couldn’t see it with my eyes. To build either a water or an A-frame level to plot and map contours. I knew how to make a base map, a plant list, and to use those to put together a design. With shears and a pocket knife, I could prune limbs or loosen pot-bound roots. With a shovel and spade, I could dig holes and put plants in the ground.
Q&A: Client-Centered Design
In the first of the new, Q&A episodes, Owen asks: "What is your design process? (site analysis, implementation, and how you approach a design)"
Owen Wormser - Turning Lawns into Meadows
Support The Podcast! Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Join Our Patreon: Patreon.com/PermaculturePodcast My guest today is Owen Wormser. Owen is a sustainable landscape designer from …
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Join Our Patreon: Patreon.com/PermaculturePodcastMy guest today is Owen Wormser. Owen is a sustainable landscape designer from Western Massachusetts and author of Lawns into Meadows: Growing a Regenerative Landscape, from Stonepier Press.
Annie Raser-Rowland - The Art of Frugal Hedonism
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Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast
Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture?
Browse the extensive archives of the show.Can you live an enjoyable, self-indulgent life while remaining thrifty and at the same time not overtaxing Earth’s resources? To have all of that sounds too good to be true.
Holistic Management with Allan Savory
If you’re new to the world of permaculture, you may not be familiar with the work of Dan Palmer, who passed away in 2022, as his website and podcast don’t circulate or get mentioned as often as they used to …
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If you’re new to the world of permaculture, you may not be familiar with the work of Dan Palmer, who passed away in 2022, as his website and podcast don’t circulate or get mentioned as often as they used to.
His website, makingpermaculturestronger.net, is still available, where you can explore his archives. I recommend taking the time to do so, as it’s worth the journey.
It’s because of Dan, as the host of this episode, that I reshare this interview. With his gentle nature, his desire to go deeper into what made design and implementation more effective, and how he synthesized all that knowledge into something actionable, Dan was a positive voice for change to so many, including myself.
Enjoy this interview, originally released in 2020.
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The Permaculture Podcast is Back!
The world is on fire and needs us, all of us, to care and show up. Each of us needs permaculture, so here I am, back at it again, sharing more from beneath this big, beautiful umbrella of philosophy, design …
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The world is on fire and needs us, all of us, to care and show up. Each of us needs permaculture, so here I am, back at it again, sharing more from beneath this big, beautiful umbrella of philosophy, design, and implementation.
In this episode, I share a bit about where things are at, what the show will look like moving forward, and what to expect from here.
Support the Show- Become a Patron on Patreon: patreon.com/permaculturepodcast
- Donate directly at paypal.me/permaculturepodcast or using Venmo: @permaculturepodcast
- You can also book me for a meandering or design consultation. Find out more about those at: thepermaculturepodcast.com/meandering
- If you’d like to drop something in the mail, contact me, and I’ll send you my current mailing address, as we’re in the process of moving to a new city hundreds of miles from our current home.
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