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Build Soil Mar 25, 2025

@1011X yeah but things got pretty personal in the early days of the pandemic- i would rather post new stuff or particular theads rather then old beefs i had with people who were mad at me because i use vetch in my garden

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Build Soil Mar 24, 2025

In the past, the patreon.com/buildsoil was mostly just a space to donate and the "content" was twitter and our actual work.

Now we are making videos and it costs time and money but you get early access and updates on the patreon (rewards system will be updated shortly)

if we get 500 people donating $10 a month, it makes it possible for this to get rolling.

even better for 150 people donating $20

and even single donations of $5, $10, $20, $50, $100, 1000 would make a difference.

Build Soil Mar 24, 2025

Our stream/podcast is coming online slowly and we are giving away the last of our 18,000 chestnut tree growing and giveaway

The project is running out of funding; time for a fundraising push.

please consider donating
I'd love to start with raising $5000

https://buildsoil.net

he best ways to donate
patreon.com/buildsoil supports getting raw versions of our work and special streams. (takes a larger cut but many people prefer it)

https://buildsoil.net
https://venmo.com/buildsoil
https://paypal.me/buildsoiloff...
https://ko-fi.com/buildsoil
any amount helps, repeating donations help set up certainty.

next steps are:
videos, educational content, lectures, podcast
These need funding to be sustained.

then from there:
guides, research, and test projects with more community support systems

and someday, post-fire regenerative response projects, and a research station.

I haven't asked much lately but times are tough, funding streams are low, and small (and large) donations make a big difference.

Here is a free taste of the lightly-edited show that we will be putting on and turning into a podcast:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1ZwsDJjnmk

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Build Soil Feb 21, 2025

@remote_orb @futurebird there are two, both narrated by David Attenborough

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Build Soil Oct 13, 2024

@pinsk ask me in private because at some point it will be an overload of people wanting nuts more than we have. We have kind of capped it off at a total of 18,000 trees and now I’m trying to close down the farm successfully

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Build Soil Oct 13, 2024

@pinsk remember for the first two years you can plant them only a couple inches apart of course then you are tasked with the job of getting them into your community. It can be like nine bucks for 25 seeds so for not very much you can get a whole bunch of types fromburnt Ridge or somewhere like that that isn’t paying enough attention to pedigree and get hyper diversity pretty quick

Build Soil Oct 13, 2024

@pinsk if we have some left when they come by it’ll be late November. I’m closing down the nursery and moving out of this place and we’re focusing on the podcast radio show, planning for experimental research station, and doing education. There will be chestnuts again but it’ll be a couple years

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Build Soil Oct 13, 2024

@Charlotte0810 @pinsk you haven’t done anything wrong and I’m excited for you just add more diversity more combinations!

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Build Soil Oct 13, 2024

@pinsk @Charlotte0810 start growing as many different kinds as you can together and let them have as many combinations as possible by harvesting the first ones you collect then you’ll get a nice mix of every possible combination and something is gonna survive whatever Oak diseases come up from California or light or weird frost during the growing season

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Build Soil Oct 13, 2024

@pinsk @Charlotte0810 also there should not be a distinction between male and female trees. Unless something really weird is going on. It might be a sign that you have a sterile hybrid that requires a pollinator. Watch out for genetic bottlenecks like that and get some other diversity around those trees! You see how easy they are to grow! You can keep doing it!