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The Poor Prole’s Almanac

Building Commun(iti)es with The Revolutionary’s Garden

The Poor Prole’s Almanac

Bleav + The Poor Prole’s Alamanac

Home & Garden, Science, Nature, Leisure, Education, How To

5761 Ratings

🗓️ 21 August 2023

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we're joined by Lake of The Revolutionary's Garden podcast to talk farming, climate change, and commune living. Lake discusses the challenges and process of building a commune space, finding ways to create a healthy, sustainable community while operating under laws designed for businesses and nuclear families, and, of course, deciding who does the dishes. We swap stories about podcasting and our goals with our projects, and much much more.   Check out the Revolutionary's Garden's website below and find their show wherever you get your podcasts! https://www.therevgarden.com/   To support this podcast, join our patreon for early episode access at https://www.patreon.com/poorprolesalmanac  For PPA Writing Content, visit: www.agroecologies.org For PPA Restoration Content, visit: www.restorationagroecology.com For PPA Merch, visit: www.poorproles.com For PPA Native Plants, visit: www.nativenurseries.org To hear Tomorrow, Today, our sister podcast, visit: www.tomorrowtodaypodcast.org/

Transcript

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0:00.0

Thanks for tuning in to the Portable's Almanac.

0:17.0

I'm your host, Andy, and today we're joined by a friend of the show and social media personality,

0:22.0

host of the Revolutionaries Garden and the Revolutionaries Garden Facebook page, Lake.

0:26.8

I've known Lake for a few years now, and while we've had plenty to talk about around farming

0:30.9

and podcasting, instead we dive into the area of commune living.

0:35.8

Having recently bought a large farm for a communal house, we discussed what that process looks

0:40.2

like, how day-to-day living works, and some of the things folks should be aware of if they're

0:45.0

interested in doing something similar.

0:47.4

And, of course, we are going to talk about gardening and farming and neighbors and all

0:52.9

of those fun things.

0:56.1

So I know a lot of folks have this idea in their mind, especially since COVID showed up. So I really think this conversation will resonate

1:00.6

with a lot of you listeners. So with that, let's jump in.

1:07.9

Lake, thanks so much for joining us. We've talked for a long time on social media.

1:11.6

We've known each other for quite a bit.

1:13.6

Thanks for coming on.

1:14.6

Good to be here.

1:15.6

I've got so many things I want to talk to you about today because we've been kind of doing

1:20.6

a lot of similar things.

1:21.6

So yeah, I guess introduce yourself for folks that aren't familiar with your work.

1:25.6

Yeah.

1:26.6

So I'm Lake. I'm a Marxist organizer and

1:28.7

educator. I'm a white guy with a podcast. I run the Revolutionaries Garden podcast and Facebook page.

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