Homesteading and Permaculture by Paul Wheaton

paul wheaton

Commentary and interviews on different aspects of permaculture, horticulture, farming, homesteading, eco building, alternative energy and more

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100 episodes
Updated July 9
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January 27
Podcast 730 – How to Heat Your Home with Green or Wet Wood – Part 2
Paul, Samantha, continue discussing wet and green woods as fuel, with them believing that it’s not quite so crucial for a RMH as the higher burn temps help burn the creosote. You can also use some angle iron as spacers on top of the stove with a layer of rocks on them as a ghetto […]
January 25
Podcast 729 – How to Heat Your Home with Green or Wet Wood – Part 1
Paul sits down to talk about how to prepare green or wet wood so it’s safe and effective for burning (and is later joined by Samantha). First off: never burn green wood – it’s a lot more work, gunks up the chimney, and gets you less heat. Store such wood indoors, on end, a few […]
Dec 31, 2025
Podcast 728 – Permaculture Smackdown 32 – Homestead Gumption – Part 3
Andreas, Paul, and Samantha’s talk on motivation reaches into its 3rd hour as they discuss homesteading verses permaculture homesteading, the fact that many people spend too much energy on things that don’t improve short-term quality of life, and some things that can help return gumption in the short term. Support the podcast on Patreon Show […]
Dec 29, 2025
Podcast 727 – Permaculture Smackdown 32 – Homestead Gumption – Part 2
Andreas, Paul, and Samantha continue the smackdown discussing some mistakes they and others have made, such as attempting to buy a homestead on a mortgage and keeping a worky job, Ant Village’s teething issues, and how kids staying around their folks can help build long-term community. Support the podcast on Patreon Show notes and discussion […]
Dec 27, 2025
Podcast 726 – Permaculture Smackdown 32 – Homestead Gumption – Part 1
Andreas takes the lead! He sits Paul down (later joined by Samantha) to talk about keeping yourself motivated and your homestead going, particularly for city folk looking to start. Easiest way is to experience a working homestead first, like bootcamp, and be part of a group (also like bootcamp). Support the podcast on Patreon Show […]
Dec 22, 2025
Podcast 725 – Creating Permaculture Communities with Stephen Brooks – Part 2
Paul and Stephen Brooks of Ecoversity continue talking about setting up successful and enduring permaculture communities, how much turnover there is in the residents over time, getting government approval, the importance of them having fun and feeling empowered. Support the podcast on Patreon Show notes and discussion More information and discussion of this podcast on […]
Dec 20, 2025
Podcast 724 – Creating Permaculture Communities with Stephen Brooks – Part 1
Paul sits down with Stephen Brooks of Ecoversity to discuss permaculture communities and how to create them. Pretty good choice of person to talk to, considering he’s made 3 of them in Costa Rica with over 200 families taking part in them, on top of about 150 kids in the school. Support the podcast on […]
Dec 11, 2025
Podcast 723 – Purple Permaculture Playing Cards – Part 2
Paul and co. (Samantha, Mike Haasl, Andres, and Julia Winter) continue their rundown of some select cards from the new Purple Permaculture Playing Cards deck, such as Paul’s in development automatic backyard food pump, hay box cookers, Ferd and Gert, and the solar food dehydrator with rocket assist. Support the podcast on Patreon Show notes […]
Dec 10, 2025
Podcast 722 – Purple Permaculture Playing Cards – Part 1
Paul sits down with a raft of people (Samantha, Mike Haasl, Andres, and Julia Winter) to discuss a few select cards of the new Purple Permaculture Playing Cards, with the first 4 being variations of Rocket Mass Heaters, namely cooktops, the Lorena, kilns, and water heaters. Support the podcast on Patreon Show notes and discussion […]
Dec 1, 2025
Podcast 721 – An Eye Towards AI – Part 3
Paul continues the discussion about AI and education with Alan, Alexandra and Samantha as it moves onto SKIP, PEP, more direct forms of knowledge sharing like Alexandra’s RMH courses, SKIP going worldwide, and how preppers can benefit from hoarding knowledge and skills instead of just more guns. Support the podcast on Patreon Show notes and […]
Nov 29, 2025
Podcast 720 – An Eye Towards AI – Part 2
The discussion between Paul, Alan Booker, Mike Haasl, and Alexandra Malecki about Artificial Intelligence continues into the domain of trade schools and their viability with the potential of AI workers encroaching onto the field, assuming the whole hallucination issue can be sorted. Support the podcast on Patreon Show notes and discussion More information and discussion […]
Nov 27, 2025
Podcast 719 – An Eye Towards AI – Part 1
Paul calls up Alan Booker, Mike Haasl, and Alexandra Malecki to talk about the pros and cons of Artificial Intelligence and college, their effects on the youth of today, and possible ways through for them a rapidly changing world. Support the podcast on Patreon Show notes and discussion More information and discussion of this podcast […]
Oct 11, 2025
Podcast 718 – Conventional Wood Stoves
Paul calls up Uncle Mud to pointedly not discuss rocket heaters, but instead talk about more traditional wood burners, the drawbacks of low-and-slow burning overnight, airflow and intakes, thermal mass, and the Scandinavian origins of non-rocket mass heaters. Support the podcast on Patreon Show notes and discussion More information and discussion of this podcast on […]
Oct 6, 2025
Podcast 717 – Gardening Gardeners – Part 2
Paul and Samantha continue discussing bootcamp, going over how he’s changed it since going to Portland, and how it compares to the WWoOF programme. Paul believes that bootcamp would be a good fit for many people that didn’t quite get along with WWoOf but liked the idea. Support the podcast on Patreon Show notes and […]
Oct 4, 2025
Podcast 716 – Gardening Gardeners – Part 1
Paul and Samantha sit down to discuss Paul’s visit to a bunch of potlucks in Portland, and how the local over-abundance of pears on the ground comes back to bootcamp and how it tries to not only grow food, but turn people into gardeners. And how it doesn’t charge rent so you’re actually free to […]
Sep 29, 2025
Podcast 715 – Brock’s Consultation – Part 2
Brock’s consultation continues with Paul further detailing hugelkultur use and use of paddocks to raise chickens while keeping them away from human food, and that Brock should focus on roughly a quarter acre of his land at a time and make it awesome before moving to the next. Support the podcast on Patreon Show notes […]
Sep 27, 2025
Podcast 714 – Brock’s Consultation – Part 1
Brock has foolishly sent money to Paul for a consultation on his 2-acre Minnesotan property with a bunch of ash trees for the inevitable hugelkultur recommendations, a persistent department-of-making-you-sad, and a goal of feeding a family of 5 on hopefully more than sunchokes and walking onions. Support the podcast on Patreon Show notes and discussion […]
Aug 7, 2025
Podcast 713 – Spokane Potluck
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 […]
Jul 27, 2025
Podcast 712 – Wheaton Labs Aspirations – Part 2
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 […]
Jul 25, 2025
Podcast 711 – Wheaton Labs Aspirations – Part 1
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 […]

Homesteading and Permaculture by Paul Wheaton

Podcast 730 – How to Heat Your Home with Green or Wet Wood – Part 2

Podcast 729 – How to Heat Your Home with Green or Wet Wood – Part 1

Podcast 728 – Permaculture Smackdown 32 – Homestead Gumption – Part 3

Podcast 727 – Permaculture Smackdown 32 – Homestead Gumption – Part 2

Podcast 726 – Permaculture Smackdown 32 – Homestead Gumption – Part 1

Podcast 725 – Creating Permaculture Communities with Stephen Brooks – Part 2

Podcast 724 – Creating Permaculture Communities with Stephen Brooks – Part 1

Podcast 723 – Purple Permaculture Playing Cards – Part 2

Podcast 722 – Purple Permaculture Playing Cards – Part 1

Podcast 721 – An Eye Towards AI – Part 3

Podcast 720 – An Eye Towards AI – Part 2

Podcast 719 – An Eye Towards AI – Part 1

Podcast 718 – Conventional Wood Stoves

Podcast 717 – Gardening Gardeners – Part 2

Podcast 716 – Gardening Gardeners – Part 1

Podcast 715 – Brock’s Consultation – Part 2

Podcast 714 – Brock’s Consultation – Part 1

Podcast 713 – Spokane Potluck

Podcast 712 – Wheaton Labs Aspirations – Part 2

Podcast 711 – Wheaton Labs Aspirations – Part 1