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Nick Ferguson on The Homestead Nursery – Episode-3298

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Today Nick Ferguson joins us to tell you how you can save thousands of dollars and perhaps even earn as much or more by setting up your own homestead nursery.  We will talk about the how, the what, the why and the things that can go wrong, how to prevent them and why every homesteader should be propagating at least some plants. Join Us Today to Discuss… Why your homestead should have a nursery The biggest considerations of nursery set up Nick’s biggest failure and what it can teach you Various methods of plant propagation and their relative difficulty Dealing … Continue reading →

Episode-2824- Nick Ferguson on Fodder Trees and Soil Health

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Expert council member Nick Ferguson is in town staying at my place this week so we took time and sat down together to do a show on these two very important subjects today.  We also address what we both feel and fear will be looming food shortages in 2021 which will likely continue into 2022. Nick Ferguson is an international traveling consultant specializing in ecosystem engineering. He designs your land to suit your needs from the ground up using principles taken from ordinary civil engineering, permaculture, keyline design and many more design sciences. He runs homegrownliberty.com, and more recently has … Continue reading →

Episode-2606- Topic Round Table Discussion with Nick Ferguson

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Nick Ferguson is in Texas as part of a consultation tour and spending a few days at Nine Mile Farm.  We were sampling some amazing rum last night along with some far too good martinis and started talking about a variety of subjects.  With Nick and I of course that involved fish tanks and aquatic systems but we also started talking plants, plant propagation, the concept of micro CSAs, planning for an eventual economic shift and more. It all sounded pretty good after a second drink anyway so we figured it might still sound good today, we shall see about … Continue reading →

Episode-2577- Nick Ferguson on Fodder Trees, Rare Plants, Permaculture and More

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I asked Nick Ferguson of Home Grown Liberty and Rare Plant Store to join me for a chat today for a few reasons.  First as announced on yesterday’s show his new business is offering four different amazing deals with some cool fruiting perennials and some awesome trees as well.  Many of the trees are not just awesome looking but great “fodder trees” as well.  Many are not familiar with the concept of fodder trees or tree hay as it has also been called but it is a great way to feed livestock. Additionally these are only his first offerings, so … Continue reading →

Episode-2079- Nick Ferguson on “Homegrown Liberty”

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Nick Ferguson is the host of the popular homesteading podcast Homegrown Liberty, is a Permaculture Designer and Consultant. Nick was home schooled, and was able to attend college as early as 16 years old to supplement his education. Nick also received his Permaculture Designers Course certificate from Geoff Lawton, course teacher for the Permaculture Research Institute Australia. He now travels the USA and abroad teaching Regenerative Agriculture, and Holistic Homestead Design, and of course he is one of our Expert Council members. Nick joins us today to discuss his new educational initiative and Hybrid PDC Course that will be released … Continue reading →

Limited Time Special Offer on the Plant Propagation Course

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I have something special for you today! The PermaEthos Plant Propagation Course with Nick Ferguson is $200 off for a limited time! Go learn more and sign up for the course now. Normally the price is $349. From now until March 31st it is on sale for only $149. That is a HUGE savings on a very well done, skill building course. The knowledge you will gain from this course far outweighs the normal price at $349 let alone for only $149. When you sign up for this course you learn amazingly simple techniques for taking hundreds or thousands of … Continue reading →

Episode-1600- Owning Goats without Ruining Your Life

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For most of the TSP audience Nick Ferguson needs no introduction, but he is an internationally traveled permaculture designer and consultant.  He is also one of the owners of PermaEthos along with being a long term member of the TSP community. Nick states his best job is being “the husband of the sweetest and most patient woman alive, father of 3 crazy boys.”  After all of this, in his spare time he is working hard to develop a sustainable homestead in the piney hills of Louisiana. Nick is also a member of the TSPC Expert council and a long time … Continue reading →

Episode-1204- An Earthworks Course with Nick and Nick

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The Nick and Nick in the title would be Nick Ferguson and Nick Burtner.  The two are joining forces to put together an incredible earth works course.  Today they both join us to discuss the coming course and earthworks and permaculture in general. Nicholas Burtner is a permaculture practitioner, advocate, consultant, and teacher. After a greater calling in 2011, permaculture found Nick and infused him with an endless passion that has led him to travel many places learning, spreading, and practicing permaculture and natural living and healing ever since. Nick has attended internships at the Permaculture Research Institute of Australia … Continue reading →