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030 – Homesteading As A Tool For Creating Freedom Outside The Scope, Reach And Will Of The State
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Continue Reading: 030 – Homesteading As A Tool For Creating Freedom Outside The Scope, Reach And Will Of The StateToday’s show is about homesteading being one of the best tools we have as sovereign individuals for creating freedom for ourselves and our families outside the Scope, Reach and Will of the state. The State, which I’ll refer to as the Matrix here, has 3 aspects to it’s control structure: Scope: “laws on the books”…
029 – Get Comfortable Going First And Being Weird
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Continue Reading: 029 – Get Comfortable Going First And Being WeirdTo build and live a sovereign life in a time when the majority of society is not interested in, and even vehemently opposed to, the ideas of personal responsibility and self-ownership, you will have to get comfortable going first and being weird. In today’s show I am joined by Sammy as we discuss the ways…
028 – Basic Principles Of Resilient Whole-Site Access Design
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Continue Reading: 028 – Basic Principles Of Resilient Whole-Site Access DesignToday’s show is about the second layer of designing resilient homestead properties. Last week we started with the basic principles of holistic whole-site water system design. This week, we build on that with the basic principles that guide holistic access design and implementation across broadacre landscapes. Paradigm Access can be an asset or liability –…
027 – The Basics Of Whole-Site Water Systems Design
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Continue Reading: 027 – The Basics Of Whole-Site Water Systems DesignToday we go over the four basic questions that guide all holistic water patterning design. Whether you’re an experienced designer or homesteader, or a complete novice that is just getting introduced to optimizing water patterning on your land, this show is for you. That’s because, no matter what level you’re at, the process is always…
024 – Water Storage Elements for Broadacre Water Patterning
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Continue Reading: 024 – Water Storage Elements for Broadacre Water PatterningJoin me this week as we look at the basic types of water storage elements used in designing a functional broadacre water system. Nearly all broadacre water systems include some form of water storage, either as groundwater (aquifer storage), retained soil moisture (accessible by living plant roots), or bulk water (ponds, lakes, tanks, cisterns). Water…
Water Infiltration Elements For Broadacre Water Patterning ~Epi-023
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Continue Reading: Water Infiltration Elements For Broadacre Water Patterning ~Epi-023Check out this episode!
Water Storage Elements
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Continue Reading: Water Storage ElementsNearly all broadacre water systems include some form of water storage, either as groundwater (aquifer storage), retained soil moisture (accessible by living plant roots), or bulk water (ponds, lakes, tanks, cisterns). Water storage elements function to:
Water Drainage Elements For Broadacre Water Systems Design ~Epi-022
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Continue Reading: Water Drainage Elements For Broadacre Water Systems Design ~Epi-022Any time water encounters anything but a perfectly level surface, it will move. This movement is called drainage. Water will always move at right angle to contour in response to gravity on a non-level surface – i.e it will move straight down slope. Water will continue to move straight down slope until its course is…
Homesteading Is Carbon Positive…And That’s A Good Thing ~Epi-021
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Continue Reading: Homesteading Is Carbon Positive…And That’s A Good Thing ~Epi-021I’m tired of the term “carbon negative” being used to greenwash products, companies and habits of consumption. Wearing the label of “carbon negative” is not a virtue. In most cases, the way in which something is measured to be “carbon negative” is highly suspect, and pretty much completely unverifiable by anyone actually using or purchasing…
Water Infiltration Elements
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Continue Reading: Water Infiltration ElementsInfiltration elements are utilized to increase the effectiveness of the precipitation a landscape receives. Effective precipitation is that water which manages to percolate into the soil where it can be utilized by soil biota and plant life to grow more biomass. The infiltration elements detailed here function to reduce run-off and evaporation losses when properly…
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