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Summary
Paul and Jocelyn start the podcast talking about the fact that Paul found his "
Paulcano". They then move on talking about
naming the farm and that many names were suggested. They move on to describe
base camp(BC), how people ended up chiping in money to allow purchasing it and how Paul is happy to be part of such a community. Jocelyn mentions that workshops will not be confirmed until BC closes.
They describe
Deep roots before moving on to a description of the farm. Paul mentions that there is currently no water on the land, but he plans on bringing back a
creek. Jocelyn describes how lush the undergrowth on the land felt in comparison to some other areas she has been to. She has taken a lot of
pictures.
They talk about the equipment that will be brought to the land: a
track hoe for doing the
earthworks, an
electric cart (aka UTV) for snow removal and road shaping, an
electric Peterson sawmill, a propane generator to avoid gasoline spills, just to name a few. Paul mentions that he does not see the need for a tractor since he will have the track hoe. A
tipi will be installed on the land in a few days. The plan is to have Ernie and Erica build a
rocket mass heater to heat it. A couple already volunteered to spend next winter in the tipi.
They then talk about money streams and the goal to get out of debt as soon as possible. Paul mention about auctioning the creek name or the mountain name at BC. Paul then outlines the requirements to get on the land: listen to most of his
podcasts. He thinks that it will avoid wasting of time
explaining everything, act as a jetpack for moving projects forward, and reduce conflicts.
Paul and Jocelyn move to the hot topic of workshops. Jocelyn has created threads about the different ones that are in the plans on
Paul's farm forum. They then put a lot of emphasis on keeping the location of the land secret to avoid unannounced visits. They touch the subject of
exit plan aka parachute.
They talk about some of the projects Pauls has for the land: building lots of berms,
hugelkultur raised garden beds, ponds, bringing back streams, building a
Wheely bin pooper, building
tefas, growing
citrus in Montana.
They mention that although they are looking for a lot of
seeds, they would rather not have them until they move to BC in June.
Paul talks about the division of the land, even though it will probably not be for a few years and how he renamed the original areas from Organic, Permaculture, Symbiculture, and
HUSP to Oehla (Organic entry level area), Perm, Symbu, and Huspa.
Paul clarifies that it will not be possible to do
just camping if coming to the land, but that rather, people will have to have listened to podcast and be there to help.
Paul and Jocelyn conclude the podcast by talking about the mission, the
home for the humble (year round woofing for pod-people), and village economy.
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-Art Donnelly
