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Is there a simple and practical guide to what permaculture is? Like the principles and the zones and maybe some steps to get started? Permaculture: Principles and Pathways Beyond Sustainability by David Holmgren https://www.amazon.com/Permaculture-Principles-Pathways-beyond-Sustainability/dp/064641...

Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I enjoy reading about your travels and your musings post-work. It definitely takes a lot more work to "make your own guidebook" by combing through blogs and so on online. Although I've done it myself, I'm not sure that one is getting much more of a reward ...

Zuckerberg is apparently ripped now and made headlines earlier this week when he said that he does a Murph (as mentioned a few pages back in this thread) every Memorial Day with his daughters. Not only did he do it weighted, but he posted a time of 39:58. So naturally, I took that as a challenge. 3...

@theanimal What are the schools like? Do most people homeschool? I assume there is a hospital in Fairbanks? There are Fairbanks Memorial Hospital and Chief Andrew Issac Medical Center (serving natives) in town along with a number of clinics and urgent care facilities. From my understanding, there a...

That was also my first question about taking scissors in a carry on - anyone has got experience of this working? Think tent pegs cannot be taken like this, for example. Scissors can be taken as long as are less than 4 inches in length from the pivot point.* *Per TSA (US) regulations. It may be diff...

I noticed! The log cabins look like they have no insulation. How does this work in the winter? Do people have the furnace going on full tilt at all times? Wear coats indoors? Huddle around the heating sources? For example, how "realistic" is this? https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/2679-S...

Suggestion: Goldstream Valley, Fairbanks, Alaska I didn’t really expect anyone here to be interested in living in Alaska, but as a result of the below post, a forumite bought land directly behind me. I’ll present a broad case for Alaska and the Goldstream Valley below and will finish with informati...

Oh I see. At the time I think it was both. I imagine the selling was banned in an effort to prevent any possible poaching.

Great photos! Thanks for sharing. I'm glad to see you and DW are enjoying the travels as much as you are. I imagine it might feel somewhat rewarding to see your plans come to fruition after the HR snafus related to your job last year.

Mrs. Animal, baby animal, and I stayed at Quail Haven for the month of October 2023. We thoroughly enjoyed staying there and would recommend it to everyone who has an opportunity to do so. Early on, we chatted with @AH to figure out a system of living so that chores got done and we didn't end up fee...

Good luck with the recovery.

I love that area of SD. What a fortuitous opportunity. It reminds me of the story of the Chinese farmer. https://www.wordonfire.org/articles/fel ... se-farmer/

I think the main reason it was banned was because there were so few animals left. Bison were in the low hundreds (from their estimated peak anywhere from 30-100 million), while deer and sheep were far lower than where they are at today. Some species, like grizzlies, had already been completely kille...

You can sell game meat in Switzerland? It's very illegal in the US. There was a law put in place in 1900 that banned it nationwide after market hunters nearly wiped out all the bison in the West. It existed in Alaska until the 30s I believe, but has been banned since then. The only real equivalent h...

That's awesome! You're truly living. I'm excited to follow along your journey.

That looks like a lovely set up!

Congrats on passing the shooting exam! How many more exams do you have left before you can get your license?

The frozen waterways really open up the landscape. They are one of the main means of travel here during the summer and winter. The transitions also serve as poignant markers of the start and end of winter (freeze up and break up). With the garden beds free of snow, does this mark the start of the gr...

Great update! You guys had a much longer break from travelling than your previous stints. Did you notice any differences or challenges in getting ready and leaving than before? More things to get rid of? A stronger sense of attachment? Something else?

I'm not sure this qualifies as it's still not clear to me what an ERE 2 community is but I found this profile from Kirsten Dirksen very intriguing. https://youtu.be/CVBkciLcZVA?si=8jGs8vsccyz9iA8g The Homestead Heritage community in Texas. They have been in existence for 50 years. There are 350 fami...

+1 to @thef0x's advice. Immersion, practice, and feedback are the quickest ways to learning. In addition to the above suggestions, a basic tactic is changing the settings on your phone and computer. I'd really recommend finding someone to converse with AND a tutor. The former, I believe, can be foun...