Permaculture Podcast by Paul Wheaton

Permaculture Podcast by Paul Wheaton


Latest Episodes

Podcast 665 – Molly Mac’s Consultation
March 16, 2024

Paul’s latest victim is Molly Mac and her 1.5 acre peninsula in Massachusetts. It’s a windy place but has plenty of various trees and an overall shape that’s not good for berms, so hugelkultur it is!

Podcast 664 – Red Cabin RMH Mk.5 – Part 2
March 13, 2024

Paul and Uncle Mud continue to discuss the red cabins new Rocket Mass Heater and what they want from future modifications and designs, such as a cob hat, a simple instruction set for dealing with col

Podcast 663 – Red Cabin RMH Mk.5 – Part 1
March 11, 2024

Paul sits down with Uncle Mud (Chris McClellan) to talk about the new Rocket Mass Heater in the Red Cabin, some history of the prior 4, and what they want from future designs, such as a riser made of

Podcast 662 – Bonnie Bassan’s Consultation – Part 2
March 09, 2024

Bonnies consultation on her half acre plot of clay-full soil in New Mexico continues into topics of apple tree seeding, drip irrigation, hugelkultur, chicken management, the Ruth Stout method of comp

Podcast 661 – Bonnie Bassan’s Consultation – Part 1
March 06, 2024

Paul has a new victim in the form of Bonnie Bassan and her roughly half acre New Mexico property. The place has a lot of clay, 10 of precipitation, and a lot of wind. Sounds like a perfect place for

Podcast 660 – Orchard Gertitude
February 21, 2024

Paul was talking apple orchards and commodity markets with Samantha when she managed to sum it up so well that he had to make a podlet out of it while also touching on the overall state of farmers, th

Podcast 659 – Tim Kostamo’s Consultation
February 19, 2024

Another poor fool has parted with cash and gotten a consultation from Paul! Tim Kostamo has a 10-acre property in British Colombia with plenty of trees, water, and poor soil. Pauls advice includes hu

Podcast 658 – Heatpumps v Rocket Mass Heaters – Part 2
February 17, 2024

Paul and Uncle Mud continue the discussion of the home heating infographic (permies.com/heat), with this episode talking more about how Rocket Mass Heaters compare in terms of market volatility, autom

Podcast 657 – Heatpumps v Rocket Mass Heaters – Part 1
February 15, 2024

Paul and Uncle Mud discuss the home heating infographic which they published on permies.com/heat, although since it was made, the price of electricity has gone up by 30%, and how Rocket Mass Heaters c

Podcast 656 – Janelle’s Consultation – Part 2
February 05, 2024

Janelles consultation with Paul continues into (surprise, surprise) hugelkultur. Along with using swales and stones to create cold pockets and thermal inertia for microclimate adjustment, soil buildi