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Why we should all know how to build with cob?

6 things that will blow your mind about Cob Cob /käb/ (n.)  A natural building material made typically from onsite subsoil, water, fibrous and organic material (typically straw), and sometimes lime. The contents of subsoil naturally vary, and if mixture does not contain the right ratios it can be modified with sand or clay. The oldest cob house still standing […]

The future of new home development in 2023

and the 5 Sustainable features to Strawbale homes Staw Bale / Strô bāl hōm / – A Home insulated with Straw bales sometimes weight bearing usually constructed with baled straw from wheat, oats, barley, rye, rice placed into the walls covered by earthen lime stucco. Now Here are 5 Permaculture Friendly Features a Straw Bale home provides that you maybe […]

Are there eco friendly green homes being built?

6 Sustainable Homes you maybe didn’t know exist… Sustainable Home (səˈstānəb(ə)l hōm) – A structure that not only provides shelter and basic living needs for its inhabitants but also takes note to the quality of building materials, energy systems and practices used to create, build and maintain the property.  Being permaculturists we love sustainable homes and we tremble at the idea […]

How to harvest water with a ditch?

What is a Swale? Knowing what a swale is and how to create one is the foundation of permaculture and indigenous farming. Which is Harvesting water in the ground to improve the water table for viability, vitality and the future. Swale / swāl / – A Water harvesting ditch, usually on contour, designed to slow down water run-off and store […]

Why we should all be aware of the food system

and the importance of becoming Permaculture Entrepreneurs Are you a Permaculture Entrepreneur? A permaculture entrepreneur is someone who lives their life to the fullest every fucking day by making sure they are doing what they love in business and in life. Don’t get me wrong their might be a day that sucks the life out of you and or be […]

High Permaculture Entrepreneur Newsletter

Take 5 for Monday 10-21-19 – A blog highlighting Permaculture Projects, Boss Tips for Entrepreneurs, Popular Podcasts, Banging life hacking tips, and More Badassness-ness! (1)A homestead that will boom your life: The Boomstead is where our Tiny house is and where we will continue to restore the prairie. The Denver Urban Boomstead is where we live now. There is and […]

High Permaculture Entrepreneur Newsletter

Take 5 for Sunday 10-6-19: A weekly blog highlighting permaculture projects, people, products, podcasts and more! (1)What’s going down @theboomstead? We are going to go there tomorrow after we do our Mile High Micro Greens tasks like sow seeds, harvest for Monday deliveries and other business/micro farm tasks. There is always something to do when you are a serial-entrepreneur but […]

High Permaculture Entrepreneur Newsletter

Take 5 for Friday 9-27-19: A blog highlighting Permaculture Projects, People, Podcasts, Products and More! First of all our apologies for our lack of Take 5’s we have soo much on our plate sometimes the first thing that goes out the door or off our Todo list is the blog. We will do better to try to commit to to […]

How to heal yourself by healing your adrenals.

Fighting Adrenal Fatigue with Microgreens – A Local Serial Entrepreneur’s inside look at managing burnout while running multiple start-up companies Plus how we use our business, local food, healthy habits and mindfulness to keep our immune system, and energy levels on lock all year long. It’s not Easy staying healthy when you run one company let alone a mini s-corp […]

High Permaculture Entrepreneur Newsletter

Take 5 for Monday 5-13-19: A blog highlighting Permaculture Projects, People, Podcasts, Products and More! (1) TheBoomstead and The D.U.B. – We teach people how to homestead from our tiny house on 35 acres aka the boomstead and/or out of our new Denver House aka The D.U.B. (The Denver Urban Boomstead) We have been so busy since we moved off the […]