Nicole Alderman

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Five acres, two little ones, one awesome husband, 12 ducks (give or take), and a bunch of fruit trees and garden beds. In her spare time, Nicole likes to knit, paint, draw, teach kids, make fairies & dragons, philosophize, and read fantasy. She doesn't HAVE spare time, but does like to fantasize about it!
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One TABLESPOON of baking powder That's a lot for muffins! I'm glad you reduced it, and glad they turned out good (at least for adult taste buds!). I haven't tried cooking with mint leaves, but we munch on them outside, and my husband puts a lot in his tea.

We just went and planted a BUNCH all around our wellhouse to keep the mice away. Mint is super handy!
World Domination Gardening bundle with ponds, hugelkultur, swales and extra microdocumentary


This is no fancy pants, scripted Hollywood movie. This is raw, unscripted problem-solving with the full beauty of the English language. You will see the tactics and logic of how to harvest water and create thriving microclimates. With this World Domination Gardening bundle, you will get three movies (Ponds, Swales, and Hugelkultur) as well as a hugelkultur microdocumentary that covers 12 hugelkultur builds!

These three movies came about from a video of a 3-day workshop in hot Southern California, USA. The workshop covered the earthworks for building a pond without a liner, a swale, and a hugelkultur bed on a terrace. Then more footage was added by doing the same workshop over again in a colder climate.

A year later, the crew returned to the Southern California site and added even more footage, complete with an evaluation by Geoff Lawton, crown prince of permaculture!

PONDS MOVIE:

Ponds movie. Pictures excavator digging a pond
No plastic pond liners needed! Watch a sealed pond be created in just three days--and then see how it fills up overnight and holds that water for months!

This movie covers:

  • Digging and sealing a pond with just what nature provides
  • Directing excess water where you need it
  • Removing toxins and from your water supply
  • Storing water for long-term use


  • collage of natural pond being dug by heavy machinery


    SWALES MOVIE:

    Swales movie in the World Domination Gardening set
    Reduce irrigation needs by channeling rain water where you want it to irrigate your land, all while crafting a beneficial microclimate.

    This movie covers:
  • both swales and ditches!
  • Utilizing laser levels to engineer a swale on contour
  • Constructing swales to create cool microclimates in hot regions
  • Preventing and utilizing erosion
  • Creating systems that irrigate your land with only rain water


  • collage of digging swales with excavators, people, and large machinery


    HUGELKULTUR MOVIE:

    hugelkulture movie in the World Domination Gardening set
    Nature can be unpredictable, but there are ways to ensure food production by harnessing that unpredictability. Hugelkultur does this by holding in water, feeding beneficial microorganisms, and creating diverse microclimates to ensure food production. This movie will help you visualize how to quickly jumpstart your garden to create lasting systems that continue to produce food with less water, fertilizer, and work.

    This movie covers:
  • Massive scale hugelkultur to engineer both warmer and cooler micorclimates
  • Sun-scoop hugelkultur to push climate boundaries
  • What wood and other material that can be used in a hugelkultur
  • How to harness unpredictability to be more resilient


  • Collage of hugelkultur and sunscoop creation with large machinery


    HUGELKULTUR MICRODOCUMENTARY:

    Hugelkultur microdocumentary with excavator and Paul wheaton
    This is short film about hugelkultur that includes 12 different hugelkultur builds. Topics covered include:

  • How to shape your landscape to be warmer in the winter and cooler in the summer.
  • Encouraging diversity inside the hugelkultur as well as outside.
  • Organic vs. Permaculture
  • While the full 3-DVD set is for urban gardeners as well as people with acreage, and the full 3-DVD set will contain far more information on hugelkultur, this micro documentary will be focused on gardening and have no focus on projects with larger acreage.


  • collage of animated hugelkultur documentary




    4 days ago
    Hi Alex! Which videos were you trying to download? Maybe some of them might be streaming, and not downloads?

    You should see everything you have access to indexed in your My Stuff.

    I spotted Rocket Oven HD download and Rocket oven tiny download (this would probably be faster for in town download)

    For All of PDC +ATC download I'm pretty sure each download is indexed in it's own thread in the private PDC video and Private ATC video forums.

    You might want to check out these forums for indexes of what's in each PDC and ATC download:

    Index of ATC Tiny Download Videos andIndext of PDC Tiny Download Videos

    I hope that helps!

    (And it's good to see you around here on permies. I seriously love the permaculture cards you designed. They're beautiful, and I'm always handing them out to people!)
    paul wheaton collage



    Paul Wheaton is a powerful advocate of permaculture. He was dubbed the "Duke of Permaculture" by Geoff Lawton and Sepp Holzer, and the "Bad Boy of Permaculture" by Occupy Monsanto. Paul is the owner of permies.com, coderanch.com, richsoil.com, and Wheaton Labs. He has produced over 600 podcasts, 200 youtube videos and a dozen feature-length films.  He has presented at over 100 events around the US, and has written dozens of articles and 2 books on topics ranging from luxuriant environmentalism to homesteading skills. The events he hosts at his property, Wheaton Labs, have resulted in the development of rocket stove and rocket mass heater technology, massive earthworks featuring extensive hugelkultur, solar dehydrators, lots and lots of round wood timberframe structures like a truly passive earth-bermed solar greenhouse and a mega-cheap and luxurious home design called the Wofati, as well as many, many other permaculture innovations.




    More Bios: (in various formats and lenghts)  

    Pauls full bio at richsoil.com:

    Richsoil.com: http://www.richsoil.com/paul-wheaton.jsp

    Paulwheaton.com: https://paulwheaton.com/about

    Paulwheaton12 at Wordpress: https://paulwheaton12.wordpress.com/about/

    Here is Paul Wheaton's bio at JavaRanch: http://www.javaranch.com/paul-wheaton.jsp

    paul wheaton in overalls with more cowbell shirt
    paul wheaton doofus - click for larger image


    Paul Wheaton mad scientist lightning
    paul wheaton lab coat - click for full-size image
    paul wheaton in lab coat mad scientist, hiding behind rusty farm equiptment
    paul wheaton hiding - Click for full-size image


    369 characters:

    Paul Wheaton, dubbed "The Duke of Permaculture" by Sepp Holzer and Geoff Lawton, is an author, producer, certified advanced master gardener, and tyrannical ruler of two on-line empires. After a successful career as a software engineer in aerospace, Paul became obsessed with everything permaculture. He has created hundreds of videos and podcasts, and written dozens of articles and several books. You can find all of it at permies.com.

    241 characters:

    Paul Wheaton, dubbed "The Duke of Permaculture" by Sepp Holzer and Geoff Lawton, is an author, producer, and certified advanced master gardener. He has created hundreds of videos and podcasts, and written dozens of articles as well as several books. You can find all of it at permies.com.

    212 characters:

    Paul Wheaton, the Duke of Permaculture,  is an author, producer, and certified advanced master gardener.   He has created hundreds of videos and podcasts, and written dozens of articles, as well as several books.

    89 characters:

    Paul Wheaton, The Duke of Permaculture,  is an author, producer, and certified advanced master gardener.

    80 characters:

    Paul Wheaton, The Duke of Permaculture,  is an author, and certified advanced master gardener.


    For a magazine:

    Paul Wheaton has hundreds of free podcasts, videos, articles, and a large online community about homesteading and permaculture.  He now offers movies, educational materials, books and experiences.  All at permies.com/stuff.



    Here is Paul's bio from makeitmissoula:

    Paul Wheaton is the tyrannical dictator of Permies.com, the largest permaculture forum on the web. As a certified master gardener and permaculture designer, he’s built an empire around what he calls, ‘infecting brains with permaculture’. His forums are full of rich information, and there are a number of great free resources, guides, and articles that can be found on his sister site, Richsoil.com aswell.

    Most recently, he has worked with rocket mass heater experts Ernie and Erica in developing a DVD set on making your own rocket mass heater, and has produced another video series on permaculture gardening, which detail how to use hugelkultur, swales, and natural ponds to capture and utilize water without irrigation. His recent work with natural buildings based on Mike Oehler’s designs have resulted in the creation of the Wofati, a semi underground natural home design.

    Crowned the Duke of Permaculture by Geoff Lawton and the Bad Boy of Permaculture by the Occupy Monsanto movement, Paul continues to educate and inspire at his property – dubbed Wheaton Labs – in western Montana, where he conducts experiments in permaculture and natural building, hosts workshops, and entertains the curious passerby. More information on stays at the property can be foundhere.  



    We have requested the following update to the MakeItMissoula bio:

    Paul Wheaton is the tyrannical dictator of Permies.com, the largest permaculture forum on the web. As a certified master gardener and permaculture designer, he’s built an empire around what he calls, ‘infecting brains with permaculture’. His forums are full of rich information, and there are a number of great free resources, guides, and articles that can be found on his sister site, Richsoil.com as well.

    Most recently, he has worked with rocket mass heater experts Ernie and Erica in developing a video series on making your own rocket mass heater, and has produced another video series on permaculture gardening, which details how to use hugelkultur, swales, and natural ponds to capture and utilize water without irrigation. His recent work with natural buildings based on Mike Oehler’s designs have resulted in the creation of the Wofati, an earth-sheltered natural home design.

    Crowned the "Duke of Permaculture" by Geoff Lawton and the "Bad Boy of Permaculture" by the Occupy Monsanto movement, Paul continues to educate and inspire at his property – dubbed Wheaton Labs – in western Montana, where he conducts experiments in permaculture and natural building, hosts workshops, and entertains the curious passerby. More information on stays at the property can be found here.




    Here is the bio somebody wrote on facebook:

    As a certified master gardener and a certified permaculture designer, Paul Wheaton gardens, farms and lives what he preaches. He founded Richsoil.com, Permies.com and a few other gems (ahem, JavaRanch.com). Paul’s podcasts and videocasts take in-depth looks at everything from organic gardening to lesser-known methods of permaculture.

    It’s all about being practical, and over at www.Richsoil.com, Paul’s articles offer smart, practical ideas for cheap and easy lawn care, cast iron pans, raising chickens, Hugelkulture (gardening without irrigation), rocket stove mass heaters, and more. (Yup, it’s a pretty diverse list.)

    Permies.com is the gateway to the Paul Wheaton empire, and it is the largest online permaculture community in the world. If you’re looking to learn more about alternative energy, homesteading, organic gardening, and permaculture design, head on over to Permies.com where great permaculture enthusiasts gather and share advice.

    Got a question? Go to Permies.com and post a question in the forum. That’s where you’ll find Paul and lots of great advice.

    Want the inside scoop? When Paul gets inspired, he drops his followers a daily-ish email. Subscribe at http://www.richsoil.com/email.jsp.

    Paul lives in Missoula, Montana. And he has a special forum for the Garden City: The Missoula Eco Forum. https://permies.com/forums/f-47/missoula-eco-forum. He’d love to see you over there!  




    Here's some of Paul's most well known snippets:  





    More Videos:  





    Featured Lives:
     
    Paul Wheaton on Living Free in Tennessee
    Paul Wheaton on Doomer Optimism
    Consultation with Paul





    More Pictures:




    (this following image is owned by the missoulian, so you would need permission to use it - and they would have a mega hi res version):


    Links to Paul on the Internet:  

    https://permies.com/forums
    https://richsoil.com
    https://wheaton-labs.com/
    https://paulwheaton.com/
    https://paulwheaton12.wordpress.com/
    https://permaculture-design-course.com/
    http://www.woodburningstoves2.com/

    https://www.youtube.com/c/paulwheaton 
    https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/homesteading-and-permaculture-by-paul-wheaton/id426013000
    https://www.thesurvivalpodcast.com/tag/paul-wheaton

    https://permies.com/f/244/wheaton
    https://permies.com/t/12654/paul-wheaton-place-permaculture-pantheon
    https://permies.com/wiki/labs-summary
    https://javaranch.com/paul-wheaton.jsp

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Wheaton
    https://www.appropedia.org/Paul_Wheaton
    https://permaculture.fandom.com/wiki/Paul_Wheaton

    https://www.facebook.com/PaulWheatonFans
    https://www.facebook.com/PermiesCommunity
    https://www.facebook.com/wheatonlabs
    https://twitter.com/paulwheaton
    https://www.instagram.com/_paulwheaton/
    https://www.pinterest.com/permies/

    https://permies.com/w/stuff
    https://www.kickstarter.com/profile/paulwheaton
    https://www.patreon.com/paulwheaton
    https://gardenmastercourse.com/
    https://wood-oven.net/
    Ponds, first movie in the World Domination Gardening set


    World Domination Gardening
    Movie 1: Sealing a Pond Without a Liner

    Summary:

    This is for the first movie in the World Domination Gardening set. It takes place during a workshop in Southern California, USA.  At the high point of the property, water is rushing in whenever it rains. This water is cutting a deep channel through the property. The crew decides to capture this water and use it to create an oasis! Of course, water coming off of a road will probably contain some heavy metals and petroleum residue. A pond is dug so that the heavy metals will sink to the bottom of the pond, and gross stuff that floats (like oil) will be caught by the vegetation. The road gets some minor re-shaping to the road so the water will enter the pond. Within a day, the whole pond fills, and it holds that water through over 3 months of no rain!

    collage of excavator digging a pond that seals without a liner


    You can find the whole 3 movie set: HERE

    About this movie set:

    This is no fancy pants, scripted Hollywood movie. This is raw, unscripted problem-solving with the full beauty of the English language. This project started with video from a three day workshop in Southern California, USA. The workshop coverered the earthworks for building a pond without a liner, a swale, and a hugelkultur bed on a terrace. The same workshop was done in a colder climate (Montana, USA).

    A year later, we returned to the California site and added even more footage! We even had an evaluation by the Crown Prince of Permaculture, Geoff Lawton.



    Director: Paul Wheaton and Diego Footer

    Producer: Paul Wheaton and 600 backers of the Kickstarter!



    To finish the story, you can purchase the rest of this set either individually or in a bundle:
  • All three movies!
  • Swales movie
  • Hugelkultur movie
  • 5 days ago
    hugelkultur, third movie in World Domination Gardening


    World Domination Gardening
    Movie 3: Hugelkultur

    Summary:

    This is for the third movie in the World Domination Gardening set. The set covers two separate workshops (one in a warm climate, and the other a colder climate) and covered the earthworks for building a pond without a liner, a swale, and a hugelkultur bed on a terrace. Then we added more footage by doing the same workshop over again in a colder climate.

    You can find the whole 3-movie set: HERE

    collage of people building hugelkultur mounds and sunscoop

    About this movie:

    Now we talk about food production. This location gets frost in the winter and can be really hot in the summer. A lot of the surrounding area looks very desert like. We decide to make a hugelkultur bed shaped into a sun scoop. And the angle of the slope is optimized to the level of the sun in winter. We also talk about how swales are excellent at creating frost pockets which works to your advantage in the summer. What type of wood and different variations for hugelkultur are covered. A terrace is constructed to hold the hugelkultur bed.



    Director: Paul Wheaton and Diego Footer

    Producer: Paul Wheaton and 600 backers of the Kickstarter!




    To finish the story, you can purchase the rest of this set either individually or in a bundle:
  • All three movies!
  • Ponds movie
  • Swales movie

  • 5 days ago
    Swales, second movie in the world domination gardening set


    World Domination Gardening
    Movie 2: Swales

    Summary:

    Several ideas are mapped out about where to put in some swales. The land owner would eventually like a natural swimming pool, so we decide to put a finger on the pond to route the water to the natural swimming pool. And just in case we get an exceptionally heavy rain event, we extend the finger to a swale. The swale is designed to soak the excess water into the land. We demonstrate the use of laser levels to make sure our finger runs downhill and the swale is level.

    collage of heavy machinery making swales and ditches


    You can find the whole 3 movie set: HERE



    Director: Paul Wheaton and Diego Footer

    Producer: Paul Wheaton and 600 backers of the Kickstarter!




    To finish the story, you can purchase the rest of this set either individually or in a bundle:
    All three movies!
    Ponds movie
    Hugelkulture movie
    5 days ago
    World Domination Gardening bundle with ponds, hugelkultur, swales and extra microdocumentary


    This is no fancy pants, scripted Hollywood movie. This is raw, unscripted problem-solving with the full beauty of the English language. You will see the tactics and logic of how to harvest water and create thriving microclimates. With this World Domination Gardening bundle, you will get three movies (Ponds, Swales, and Hugelkultur) as well as a hugelkultur microdocumentary that covers 12 hugelkultur builds!

    These three movies came about from a video of a 3-day workshop in hot Southern California, USA. The workshop covered the earthworks for building a pond without a liner, a swale, and a hugelkultur bed on a terrace. Then more footage was added by doing the same workshop over again in a colder climate.

    A year later, the crew returned to the Southern California site and added even more footage, complete with an evaluation by Geoff Lawton, crown prince of permaculture!

    PONDS MOVIE:

    Ponds movie. Pictures excavator digging a pond
    No plastic pond liners needed! Watch a sealed pond be created in just three days--and then see how it fills up overnight and holds that water for months!

    This movie covers:

  • Digging and sealing a pond with just what nature provides
  • Directing excess water where you need it
  • Removing toxins and from your water supply
  • Storing water for long-term use


  • collage of natural pond being dug by heavy machinery


    SWALES MOVIE:

    Swales movie in the World Domination Gardening set
    Reduce irrigation needs by channeling rain water where you want it to irrigate your land, all while crafting a beneficial microclimate.

    This movie covers:
  • both swales and ditches!
  • Utilizing laser levels to engineer a swale on contour
  • Constructing swales to create cool microclimates in hot regions
  • Preventing and utilizing erosion
  • Creating systems that irrigate your land with only rain water


  • collage of digging swales with excavators, people, and large machinery


    HUGELKULTUR MOVIE:

    hugelkulture movie in the World Domination Gardening set
    Nature can be unpredictable, but there are ways to ensure food production by harnessing that unpredictability. Hugelkultur does this by holding in water, feeding beneficial microorganisms, and creating diverse microclimates to ensure food production. This movie will help you visualize how to quickly jumpstart your garden to create lasting systems that continue to produce food with less water, fertilizer, and work.

    This movie covers:
  • Massive scale hugelkultur to engineer both warmer and cooler micorclimates
  • Sun-scoop hugelkultur to push climate boundaries
  • What wood and other material that can be used in a hugelkultur
  • How to harness unpredictability to be more resilient


  • Collage of hugelkultur and sunscoop creation with large machinery


    HUGELKULTUR MICRODOCUMENTARY:

    Hugelkultur microdocumentary with excavator and Paul wheaton
    This is short film about hugelkultur that includes 12 different hugelkultur builds. Topics covered include:

  • How to shape your landscape to be warmer in the winter and cooler in the summer.
  • Encouraging diversity inside the hugelkultur as well as outside.
  • Organic vs. Permaculture
  • While the full 3-DVD set is for urban gardeners as well as people with acreage, and the full 3-DVD set will contain far more information on hugelkultur, this micro documentary will be focused on gardening and have no focus on projects with larger acreage.


  • collage of animated hugelkultur documentary




    5 days ago