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Photos of Joseph Lofthouse's Garden

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Permaculture advocate in Zimbabwe - too little/too much rain

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meaningless drivel

Quote of the day

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PEPPERS in action

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Northern Lights alert

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The aging homesteader

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fruit trees

A lot about apples!

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Talk me out of (or into) a ukulele

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The simple pleasures of the day (please add your own)

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Talk me out of (or into) a ukulele

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apples

Growing Apple Trees From Seed Naturally

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2026 - arting - quick art share

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The death of rats - need inspiration for some discworld fan art

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Are you interested in building a rocket mass heater? What is holding you back?

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music

How do I learn to read music?

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Americans, please don't use 2 letter abbreviations for your state!

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frugality

How to save fuel when driving?

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music

Cigar box guitar and variations

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cooking

What to make with just Flour and Water?

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Oil paint as wood stain?

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BREAKING WORLD NEWS! VERY IMPORTANT!

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Victory gardens, 2026 version: what are your plans?

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Expedient insulation

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Geoff Lawton says grain is not really worth the while - what are your thoughts?

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Planning cob building for later addition

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Would I Regret Planting Thistle?

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cooking

How do you store bananas?

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cooking

Do you use Secret Ingredients?

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tinkering with this site

Question about AI-assisted gardening reference posts

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solar

Solar panel angle for grid tie vs. summer offgrid vs. yearround offgrid

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wood burning stoves

Help me heal my brick....

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beans

Snow peas in the house?

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propagation

mixing up a potting soil for fall greens...what to add?

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cooking

What to do with shredded pulled pork?

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Small, easy projects that make a big difference

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Is growing your own food a waste of time?

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Problems with growing certain microgreens

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bugs

Post Cool Bug Pics

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permaculture singles

Permaculture Singles Matchmaking

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Big healthy tomato plants, but no tomatoes.

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apples

What to grow underneath my apple trees?

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Share a favorite poem

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wheaton laboratories

some pics from paul

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apples

Growing Apple Trees From Seed Naturally

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pollinators

butterflies in our garden! (with updates)

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Assisted forest migration

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Summer home base

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jokes

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Growing chia

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Matchmaking.. why DONT they?

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Hot sauce

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Got any new Tom Swifties?

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the permaculture bootcamp in winter (plus half-assed holidays)

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Ground covers that are vigorous yet still controllable, ideas?

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cooking

El Chico Salsa

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Judith's garden plans, records, results, hopes.....

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a safe place for gentle souls to talk about homesteading and permaculture

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Chance's Garden Everything Forum Blog

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Fleas & a simple little known fact that kills

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An experiment for potting soil

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wildlife

What animal would be cutest if scaled down to pocket-size?

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rocket mass heaters

Video Database (Rocket Mass Heaters)

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Could decentralization be the future of Permies?

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zero waste

how to get the labels off glass jars? (without toxic gick)

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forest garden

For those whose successfully made a "low-maintenance" food forest...

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berries

Thunderhead Blackberries

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earthworks

earthworks in the rocky mountains on solid rock - a road switchback

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Positive customs that are no longer practiced

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steamed vs boiled pudding - what's the difference? And a quick history of the English pudding

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