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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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2026 - arting - quick art share

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garden plans, records, results, hopes.....

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

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Are hobbies dead?

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Growing Apple Trees From Seed Naturally

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

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

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

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Catherine The Grateful - not permaculture farm, lessons from the field (BEL)

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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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irrigating ~10,000 sq ft

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Onions, planting in fall?

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Yellow leaves

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Expedient insulation

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Buried houses ?

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Screw vs Nail: Which one when?

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permaculture singles

37M - Any other PNW queer millennial aspiring-homesteaders out there?

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Let's plant our dreams like seeds...(m4f)

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Permie rug idea thread

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Growing mushrooms on toilet paper.

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Homeline breakers?

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How to create clay and seed balls or guerilla bombs.

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A single question to learn so much about the other person?

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Brainstorming a viable replacement for acrylic art paint

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Ceramic tile on outside of bell? American kachelofen?

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First Passive Solar Project

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Must Read Permaculture Books

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Tell me about your favorite house plants!!

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Holzer Style Log Bee Hive

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root crops

do beets HAVE to taste like dirt?

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flea market

yacon propagation tubers for sale or trade

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Growing rosemary from seed (it’s not as easy as it sounds)

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Finding ME Time - Nature & Music

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berries

Suggestion for berry bushes

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Seeking Community in Santa Cruz, CA

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What's your favorite chicken breed?

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permaculture singles

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Relish! Anyone have favourite or unique versions?

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Companion planting asparagus

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plumbing

My plumber just earned £2280/hour... not sure whether to be pleased or not

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45 permaculture solutions - Love watching the youtube livestream

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IN PRACTICE!!! My FIRST Consult is on the books!!

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chickens

What is in a perch?

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wofati and earth berm

Hobbit Home Progress.

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My version of Elizabeth Cotten's "Freight Train"

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