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jokes

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Game - Picture Association

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What is it.... the game! Post unknown objects to ID... and to stump others!

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You know you're a permie when...

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Hilarious, rib tickling memes

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wheaton laboratories

SEPP to Boot: Stephen's Experience (BEL)

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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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PEPPERS in action

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The aging homesteader

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meaningless drivel

Northern Lights alert

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Talk me out of (or into) a ukulele

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wheaton laboratories

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

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Someone lent me a guitar - how do I learn classical guitar

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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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a college degree in 2025/2026/2027 ... don't

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art

Painting the Glorious Revolution (Discworld fan art)

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meaningless drivel

Are hobbies dead?

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rocket mass heaters

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

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apples

Growing Apple Trees From Seed Naturally

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tinkering with this site

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

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art

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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this forum is for gardeners, homesteaders and permaculture people

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wofati and earth berm

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

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

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art

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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art

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

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permaculture

Has anyone tried Chipdrop?

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meaningless drivel

BREAKING WORLD NEWS! VERY IMPORTANT!

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Check in - are you okay?

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wild harvesting

I need an online resource about foraging, with B&W illustrations & uses

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alternative energy

Nickel-Iron 'Edison' Batteries

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permaculture singles

Excited to play in love, grow together

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recycling

unusual uses for 55 gal drums (plastic or metal)

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pep food prep

Cook Grain with a Solar Oven - PEP BB food.sand.grain.solar

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skills to inherit property

Alexandra Malecki made it to PEP2! Follow my family SKIP to homestead!

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60M [Coastal BC/VI] – German Heritage, Grizzly Tours & Ocean Views: Seeking Serious Partner (40–60)

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biochar

Tools for "pelletizing" pre-biochar home waste - or, how to efficiently use small scale can retorts

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How to keep seeds warm - permie ideas please!

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jokes

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upcycling

Old Guitar strings

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fungi

Duddingtonia flagrans

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recycling

Reduce, Recycle...RePurpose

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digital market

Mike Oehler's Low-Cost Underground House Workshop & Survival Shelter Seminar - 3 movie +2 Books Deal

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Off-grid Property in the Precipice Valley (BC)

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paul wheaton's pseudo blog

how to safely heat with green/wet wood in your wood stove when you are desperate

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hydro

closed loop water turbine

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solar

Adding a separate MPPT to an inverter system

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homestead

How do you know your water is clean?

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Farewell party at the Jarrell Food Forest

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rainwater catchment

Tank vacuum cleaning system

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rainwater catchment

benefits of rainfall collection

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changing perspective

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woodworking

Natural glue for finer woodworking & lutherie

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alternative energy

General paper on global energy transitions.....

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dyeing

A Multicolored Library of the World’s Ochre Pigments Archived by Heidi Gustafson

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composting

what's the weirdest thing you have composted?

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Love-Lies-Eating eCookBook by SMP3™ • Plant-based Reimagined

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cooking

Congee or guk?

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are there currently millions of permaculture millionaires? (the story of Gert)

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All about SKIP, PEP, Badges, BBs and More!

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homestead

Permaculture Smackdown: Keeping Yourself Motivated as a Homesteader

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fruit trees

Lemon tree mulch

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music

Natural strings for musical instruments

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missoula

Looking for cold-climate growers to join a GOOF livestream panel (Missoula)

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seeds and breeding

"Seed-snail" testing thread, 2025

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composting

Permies Poll: Do you compost at home?

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meaningless drivel

My version of Elizabeth Cotten's "Freight Train"

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alternative energy

12V Portable LiFePO4 unheated battery recommendations?

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solar

Solar panel questions from a noob :)

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