julian lamarche

questions for steve.

What is his favorite place to source parts he cant make and has to buy? motors, actuators, controllers, wiring, connectors, battries. Stuff like that. He must have a great source for a lot of these parts if he can build tractors as cheap as he mentioned in the previous series of podcasts.

As I get ready to make my first conversion, any tips or things to avoid that would save a guy some headaches?

Thanks for this series of podcasts Paul. I like this topic and appericate you taking your time to talk about it.

paul,

Its amazing how many you have been able to turn out latley, strong work. 

I like the podcasts about functional permaculture best.  My favorites are the ones with helen and skeeter.  I like the ones that I can take away actually applicable knowdelge.  The level 8-9 and 10 stuff, nitrogen fixers and how they release, everything skeeter knows about every weed ever, your ideas on chicken padock rotation,  rocket mass heaters, stuff like that. 

I get some info when you talk about books and movies but you got a big perma brain I like it when you and your guest drop know how.  Talking about food movies that were made to inform the food purchasing folks in the city is well and good but I think that you can speak to producers about the best ways to produce better then most.  The Gaia's Garden chapter review was pretty good, you and jocylen talked a ton about all kinds of good stuff in those podcasts. 

I think that you have something special going with your podcast, your abillity to pull big perma thinkers and challenge them, getting down to the nitty gritty details, that is where the learing happens, for me anyhow. 

Strong work again. 

On a side note I signed up for the Sepp talk.  All seven days, its a ton of money and time for a guy like me, I layed in bed thinking about all the things I could do if I took that week off of work and spent that money on this place instead.  I am sure I made the right choice signing up, hell of an opportunity to meet Sepp, hear him talk for a week and skip out on the drum circles and get to talk with you.  i cant wait.  if you need anything from the Olympic Peninsula I will be driving my old pick up out.  Let me know. 

julian

we love the it.  good luck on your new video paul. 

I was sitting on the milk stand this morning thinking that I only sell milk to a few people.  I meet the AriTrue standard today (as they are written)  we dont personally need a standard to validate our product.  The people who are buying from us today are already doing so because of the way we do it.  All this said, I am going to get my AriTrue cert. when the program starts because years ago before we were doing this stuff I would have been all over a farm who met these standards.  This is how I want the food system to work.  Everyday I am making improvments around here.  I can't wait till I get to brag on my AgriTrue profile that I am milking in a portable milk shed and I have reached "Wheaton Eco Level 64", or what ever.  Hell I will call it that when it happens.  I will be so proud of that accomplishment.  I bet there are a lot of other farmers who will use the basic standard as a stepping off point and I will too. 

personally i am pretty excited about the potiential.  I am hopeful about people needing to know who they are getting thier food from will keep the users of this program small scale enough that alot of problems stay manageable. 

I know even thought we mostly give away and trade our surplus I think I will sign us up just to propel the program along locally. 

hi
i wonder what the Permies world and Paul think about http://www.agritrue.com/

I think this might have a bit of potential. 

If I have placed this topic in the wrong area, i beg your forgiveness.

thanks
julian

I toss them to the chickens, they ignore them. i think i am going to cut the next one I see into pieces and see if they eat them then, maybe I can train them to pick them apart.

I am not shakey about using my name at all, I am just not in that habbit.  you want more socials, routing numbers the swiss bank, and a map to find an x to dig up?

jokes, jokes. 

I followed the instructions on the link you provided, I hope this works. 

thanks julian

effing rad that you are spewing your brain in digital format.  I am doing my best to link to your vids and articles in an effort to make sure that can keep spraying your perma knowledge and opinions on the interweb machine in an audible form. 

I love it.  thanks.  I like the recorded versions of your presentation too. 

thanks again. 

julian