Paul calls up Alexandra and Richard, who have recently aquired 0.3 acres in “Mosquito Town”, Minnesota, just on the edge between urban and suburban for a consultation on what to do with it, covering topics such as allelopathic trees, ponds, and hugelkultur.

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Paul calls up Sean, who parted with pizza money to get an opinion on whether or not to move away from his friend’s place in California, and if so, what to do? They also discuss residual income streams, renting land and buying land.

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Paul sits down once again to finish up the review of Sepp Holzer’s Desert or paradise, this time with special guest Dr. Julia and the usual suspects (Katie, Opalyn, Mark), along with some on rocket oven maintenance and the upcoming RMH Jamboree. The main topics covered are humane slaughter and bee keeping.

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Paul continues the smackdown with most of the usual suspects (Kyle, Opalyn, Katie) to finish up 20 of the 40 remaining pages in Sepp Holzer’s Desert or Paradise, covering topics such as growing frost sensitive plants in colder climates (such as lemon trees in Montana), and treatment of animals

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Paul sits down with his usual smackdown suspects (Kyle, Opalyn, Katie, and presumably Mark) to review twenty of the remaining 40 pages in Sepp Holzer’s Desert or Paradise, as well as a couple of bits on Willie Smits’ latest work, and a fair bit on natural pest control.

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Paul calls up another person who parted with real money to get a rundown of their property – this time Nate from Saint Paul in Minnesota and discuss hugelkultur, railroad ties, retaining walls, raised beds, drainage, and how to avoid the department of making you sad.

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Paul once again sits down with Kyle from bootcamp to talk about identifying and replacing rotten wood in wofatis, how much tolerance there should be in a beam when stabbed, weather or not to char beam bases, how much gravel to add, weather or not to use bin bags on the base, and a whole bunch more.

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Paul sits back down with Kyle from bootcamp to discuss door latches on buildings like the shower shack and Allerton Abbey. They discuss how the latches are designed, future door designs, the use of magnets as latches, as well as a bit on bow making and alternative use.

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Paul sits down with Kyle from bootcamp again to record a mini-podcast about log peeling, covering details such as when to cut, what tools to use, how to test for bark adherence, the consequence of cutting at the wrong time, and a request for further info.

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Paul sits down for a quick podcast with Kyle from bootcamp to give an update on the 2021 Rocket Mass Heater Jamboree. They talk about the Uncle Mudd RMH, it’s successor, Liberator cores, planned builds in the solarium and woodshop, and progress on the rocket assisted solar dehydrator.

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