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Mark L.
Mark L.
12 years ago

Does Paul Wheaton talk as much in class has he does on his pod casts?

🙂

Josh
Josh
12 years ago

I just joined the MSB for full price (before the “bigsky” discount) and in my humble option it was worth every penny. Have fun in Montana Jack. Look forward to applying what you are learning to my gorilla garden.

dan vamos
12 years ago

Jack,
Hang in there. You sound a little discouraged by the presentation. I have often had to take a presenter’s ideas and work them into my secnarios because his vision didn’t jibe w/ mine. Sometimes we can learn from people by spending the meeting time just translating their ideas into prectical ones.

Thousand acre projects aren’t what we’re about, but taking the concepts and breaking them down will still work.

TomH
12 years ago

Sounds like Seep likes to go big in his designs. Are you getting the pond material you wanted? I’m interested in nuggets of information and your thoughts. Tweets would be exciting to follow if you have the time. Inquiring mind want to know.

Also it would rock if you could do a podcast with Paul Wheaton about your experience with Sepp.

Thanks for sharing.

Philip
Philip
12 years ago

I’m jealous. I wanted to go meet Sepp , Paul, and yourself . I’m in N. Idaho, so that’s relatively in my backyard. I’d love to learn more about Sepp’s bone sauce animal repellant.

Backwoods Engineer
Backwoods Engineer
12 years ago
Reply to  Philip

Paul Wheaton did a whole podcast on the bone sauce. Sepp made some. I think Paul also put pix up on his website.

Andy
12 years ago

Glad you are enjoying the trip. I can’t wait to hear about it. Finally got paid today, so will be taking advantage of MSB sale. Wouldn’t want those dogs to go hungry.

melanie sorrentino
melanie sorrentino
12 years ago

me & my husband drove up from tx for this. everyone there was awesome! however i wasn’t able to absorb the classroom talk at all. we were one of the first people to sign up and were beyond excited but it wasn’t worth the money. we were refunded, i felt really bad to drop the course but his books are what i need. we love his info but the classroom time was less than ideal. $2k is a lot to spend to not fully “get” the whole package.

Juggernaut
Juggernaut
12 years ago

Ipug Atmu on face book. Love the show and love the last show on defence.

Remember to keep your head down and your powder dry.

The Urban Guerrillas

Caryn
Caryn
12 years ago

Jack,

Glad you and Dorothy got a chance to get away and hang with other like-minded folks learning whatever new aspects of hugelkultur you can from Sepp, et al. I, too, can’t wait to hear about your micro adaptations we can put to use in our own backyards! All experience, good or bad is learning, so their event planning faux pas means a better way to learn it than at your hands 😉

Thanks for all you do for us!

Lesley
Lesley
12 years ago

Just got back from Detroit and have to say disappointed. I have worked with some of the best permaculture teachers in the world and there is no excuse no matter what their background to be rude and insulting to everybody. Sepp never bothered to ask us what our names were much less who we were as people which is one of the three critical principles of permaculture: people care. He alienated almost everybody and the last thing well meaning black people in Detroit need is some abrasive white person making them feel inferior. The Russians would love him because of his aggressive and abrasive manner and he needs to stay on the large projects and out of urban settings. I left early because all we were doing was standing around and chatting to each other. The guy refused to eat with us!!! And I work all over the world and was taught to come from a humble position especially as a guest in another country. I think we raise some of these people to “rock star” status, and they are no better than anybody else out there who is doing much more and going quietly about their work. This is the first time I have actually registered a complaint, but I think people should know he is not very nice, no matter how competent he may be in come other countries.

JJ Johnson
12 years ago

Looking forward to more on the “Micro Homestead”! I only have a little over a half acre but would like to learn to use it to my maximum potential. Thanks! Cheers JJ