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The aging homesteader

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watercolour questions so beginner, I'm almost afraid to ask

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The official permies.com Book Review Grid with more than 100 books listed

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Talk me out of (or into) a ukulele

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In the quiet hours of the bootcamp grind, I found myself: Esteban's Bootcamp Experience

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Painting the Glorious Revolution (Discworld fan art)

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my thoughts are sometimes better expressed by others.....

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2026 - arting - quick art share

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Are hobbies dead?

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

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Permaculture-core: what is the permaculture aesthetic?

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wheaton laboratories

Seth's Lazer-Focused, Long-Winded, Lively List of Lab Lessons (BEL)

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

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The Glorious Revolution - 25th of May - Pratchett and discworld

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Electrosensitivity - Can Earth-Sheltered and/or Earthen-Walled Structures Help Us?

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Making my own watercolors with natural pigments (both homemade and storebought)

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this forum is for gardeners, homesteaders and permaculture people

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'French box easel' - can it really work for painting out and about?

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Americans with recent experience buying from Canada? (Summer-fall 2025)

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Counsel for new Shorty Core + statification bell Rocket Mass Heater

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Whoa, AI Slop Tsunami

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Question about Zoom and Facetime

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Is anything in nature random?

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intentional community

montana community seeking 20 people who are gardeners or want to be gardeners

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mending our clothes...do you?

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Snow is magic!!

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introductions

Hi! I'm new

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biochar

Liquid inoculation in the winter

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Do you cook on a wood stove?

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land shares

500 acre eco community looking for starters

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my thoughts are sometimes better expressed by others.....

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Proper dimensions for the “J” tube?

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soil

Can radon get into veggies or fruit?

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gardening for beginners

I'm teaching a free webinar on seed starting!

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introductions

Newcomer from New England

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seeds and breeding

When does your horseradish flower? Have you ever seen it make good horseradish seed?

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zero waste

Green Burial /Human Composting

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Weird thought: Is BIGGER better?

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cooking

getting the smell out of jar lids (for re-use)

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wind

?? Opinions / options for small 400-600 Watt windmill for pond aeration system??

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rainwater catchment

benefits of rainfall collection

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dogs and cats

New LGD Breed - Grand Shepherd

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trees

Temperate tree seeds that produce mucilage?

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cooking

Medicinal Ferns and Fern Allies: Equisetum, the Horsetails

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pep textiles

Mend hole in pants or skirt - PEP BB textiles.straw.repair.pants-skirt

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permaculture singles

59 Excited to play in love, grow together

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Walker Stoves Superhot J 8 Inch build experience

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music

Talk me out of (or into) a ukulele

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food preservation

how to store dried foods cheaply?

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permaculture real estate

28-acre Olive Grove in Uruguay w/nice house, casita & galpon--Chacra Gaudium

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frugality

Waterfalls: Odd window insulation that's working!

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art

2026 - arting - quick art share

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6" J-tube RMH with half barrel stratification bench

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How permies.com works - links to useful threads

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seeds and breeding

Creating a Mochata Squash Landrace that is Vigorous, Productive, and Bug and Disease Resistant!

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Best thing you ever pulled from a dumpster or out of someone's garbage?

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social justice

Protest songs

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"The Food Forest"

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composting

Whats these worms in compost ? Are they good?

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communication

Building a free tool for local food sharing , would love your thoughts

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Music of the Moment

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