Forest Alchemy w/ Mike & Ally

In this episode of Forest Alchemy, we sit down with legendary permaculture teacher and designer Keith Johnson, who’s been walking the permaculture path since 1978—the very year Mike was born. 🌱

Keith shares stories from the early days of the movement, his work with Permaculture Activist magazine, and how a life devoted to regeneration has shaped his world. We also get a personal tour of his lush gardens, food forest, orchard, and ...

This week, we plopped ourselves down in the garden with our dear friend (and fellow founding weirdo) Liberty Bane for a slightly rain-soaked conversation about how Soul Fire Forest came to be.

We talk about our separate paths to permaculture, how we found each other and this land, and why building soil is more important than building resumes.

We also dig into what it means to parent in comm...

In this episode of Forest Alchemy, we dig into what it means to live regeneratively—financially, emotionally, and ecologically. We talk about creative ways to make and save money, the real talk on composting toilets and humanure, and raising animals alongside young children. We also explore our evolving relationship with death, weather preparedness, and how to stay rooted in resilience while dreaming forward into alternative energy...