Ashley left a career as a chef in Sweden to move his family to Mongolia and start an off-grid homestead YouTube channel (Simple Wild Living). Along the way he built a geothermal greenhouse that holds +25°C inside while it's -20°C outside, using nothing more than underground pipes and a couple of fans. No heat pumps. No electricity bill.
In this episode we talk about how the ground-to-air heat transfer system works, what he'd do differently if he built it again, growing 400 chilli plants in a country with a three-month summer, launching a hot sauce brand where the only competition is Tabasco, why Mongolia has more sunny days than Florida, what COVID did to the food supply in Ulaanbaatar, and what it's like to prep for seven months of winter when your house wasn't built for it.
We also get into YouTube, the creative process, and behind the scenes of running a channel.
Check out Ashley's channel on YouTube: Simple Wild Living