Uncle Mud

08/31/2026

Natural Building Intensive with Uncle Mud, Chagrin Falls, Ohio

Join us for two days of cob, plastering, and straw-clay.

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08/31/2026

September 4-5 Ozark Homesteading Expo, Marshfield MO
Get Muddy with Uncle Mud at the Ozark Homesteading Expo in Marshfield MO
where we are building mud fairy houses for the kids to take home, plus a wood fired pizza oven, a rocket mass heater, and a $25 composting toilet.

The expo also includes dozens of other homestead related lectures and demonstrations from experts all over the country, vendors and fantastic food trucks.

MORE THAN 40 TEACHING SESSIONS IN TWO-DAYS FROM SOME OF THE BEST EXPERTS IN THE COUNTRY! DEMONSTRATIONS, EDUCATIONAL SPEAKERS, WORKSHOPS, DEMOS, KIDS ACTIVITIES , FOOD TRUCKS, MORE!  SINCE 2019! 

08/31/2026

September 14-19 Online Resilient Living Summit with Uncle Mud
Join Uncle Mud September 14-19 at the FREE Online Resilient Living Summit, where I'll be sharing from my personal experience how small natural building projects can build personal and community resilience. My presentation comes online September 15.

Here's the link to register for the FREE event
https://unclemud--resilientliving.thrivecart.com/resilient-living-all-access-pass--toolkit/6a8841aa519d4/



OR

Sign up for the VIP Pass with Resilient Living Tool Kit
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You Don’t Have to Fit the Summit Into Your Schedule. Make the Summit fit yours. Between work, family, gardens, livestock, preserving food, church activities, and everything else life throws our way, it’s hard to sit down and watch every summit presentation during a single week. That’s exactly ...

07/14/2026

https://permies.com/t/homestead-bundle/?f=51 The 2026 edition of the Homesteading and Permaculture Bundle from Permies.com has Three count them Three Uncle Mud contributions.
First is my extended interview on Rocket Heaters and Natural Building from the bonus material of the Low Tech Laboratory Movie.
Second is the 3D plans for my Solar Food Dehydrator with Rocket Heater Assist
Third is the Freaky Cheap Heat movie, which features three of my designs.
There's lots of other cool stuff in that bundle too.
On Sale for the next few days for $35, then the price goes back up to somewhere around $85

01/04/2026

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The Homestead bundle includes 35 resources to help you reach your homesteading goals. So, if you've every wanted to find out all about Paul's journey and how he came to form Wheaton Labs (and be the Duke of Permaculture), this is a great starting place.

10/30/2025

This is the church of the Virgin of Guadalupe in Chesterton Indiana USA built out of stacked firewood. Who wants to build something like this with me Uncle Mud at Golden Cup Wilderness?

10/30/2025

The Kickstarter for the "Purple Edition" of the Permaculture Playing Cards is live with fantastically illustrated cards representing 52 sustainably minded Permaculture projects and tools. Several of them like the Rocket Heater Assist Solar Food Dehydrator and the Rocket Kiln are Uncle Mud designs or collaborations. We're especially fond of some of the tools too. See if you can guess which ones.

Our second deck of cards - the purple deck! For people keen on gardening, homesteading and permaculture

10/30/2025

Cards anyone?

Our second deck of cards - the purple deck! For people keen on gardening, homesteading and permaculture

08/03/2025

Another fun stop in Gothenberg.

Every time I've been through here before the Sod House Museum has been closed, with that dusty forgotten look and no phone number, so imagine my delight when...