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Game - Picture Association

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A lot about apples!

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

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permaculture advocate in Zimbabwe - too little/too much rain

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not another yarn blog (spinning, weaving, and natural dyeing)

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hugelkultur

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Caleb's Bootcamp Experience (BRK)

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

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The aging homesteader

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Matt Walker tiny cookstove build in Portugal

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Ugly duckling (goslings) - cheer me on?

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Unapparent disability

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the best thing for me in fighting cancer: community

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Glazing and underpainting - for the frugal oil painter (grisaille, brunaille, verdaille, etc)

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Hobby, crafting, or art no-buy anyone? (perennial self-accountability thread)

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Why does the barn have no walls?

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Before and after pictures contest

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3 Sisters Garden, 2024, Year 2

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Chris' Bootcamp Experience Log

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Carrying things on your head

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Is there a food I can eat to make bugs love me less

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We need your help - Permies server fundraiser

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Random cool maps

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HELP! My milkpaint on concrete is cracking and chipping off!

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The big hole in RMH information resources - and a suggested fix

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Made my first biochar of the year

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Thank you David the Good

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How to grow broccoli microgreens on grow mats- soil-free method

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Peaches: An underrated fruit?

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Feedback on raising chickens

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Willow Feeder movie

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What's the best spice?

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OffTheLand net is a 100% FREE platform to sell, barter, and share your abundance LOCALLY!

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Smoke on the Wind! - A Connoisseur's Guide

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Watering with tap water

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Off-grid water filter tips?

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Natural Insulated Door From Scratch- Options?

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Evaporated vinegar

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Raw Food Diet Micro Farm/ Small Farmers

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intentional community

Offering a rent-free off-grid spot in SW Colorado

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When has Society Willingly Abandoned a Technology?

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Help me design a very small bucket outhouse

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PIE Reception Times

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art

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uk and ireland

48 Acres of Land for Sale at £139,000 - perfect for permaculture project

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Identifying Fire Brick

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wood burning stoves

Matt Walker Tiny Stove build in Spain

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Thinking about MavenFair - Canadian handmade marketplace

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Good Start to the Snow Harvest this Winter

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fruit trees

Sea Buckthorn (Sea berries) A Super food

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gamcod

2025 call-out for GAMCOD gardeners

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The official permies.com Seed and Plant Source Review Grid

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seeds and breeding

Victory Seed Company from Texas, USA

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gardening for beginners

How should a Permie deal with Voles?

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cherries

Nanking Cherry: An underrated fruit?

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tinkering with this site

should all permaculture stuff be for free?

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gamcod

GAMCOD Poll: Do you plan to participate?

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gamcod

GAMCOD 2025: 200 square feet; Zero degrees F or colder; calories cheap and easy

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GAMCOD: Video Submissions

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cooking

Chickory , volunteer and not

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flea market

[Free/Trade] High Sugar Honey Locust Seeds USA

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Carbon Footprint of all forms of heat

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