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

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Hilarious, rib tickling memes

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SEPP to Boot: Stephen's Experience (BEL)

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A lot about apples!

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

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The aging homesteader

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Quote of the day

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Northern Lights alert

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pep

PEPPERS in action

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

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BB clarification thread

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Talk me out of (or into) a ukulele

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Growing Apple Trees From Seed Naturally

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Best (foodsafe) paper mache paste recipe? And other advice.

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paul wheaton's pseudo blog

what if the cost of food goes up 10x?

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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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Knee replacement in three weeks and one day

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Cigar box guitar and variations

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What to make with just Flour and Water?

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Making tiny worlds - what is this art called

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music

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art

Oil paint as wood stain?

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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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art

How to make fancy, medieval book covers with kids?

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Jessee's Bootcamp Experience for today

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Winnerwell Foldfast Oven question

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bread

* Welcome Kate Downham, author of Sourdough Without Fail.

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pros and cons of emergency brick rocket stoves for cooking

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mulch

Do you mulch between garden beds/hugels? With what?

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14¾-acre Ozark homestead with cave spring, gardens and log house (Huntsville, Arkansas)

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soil

Tilling mostly oak leaves with aged horse manure

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rocket mass heaters

air exchange in relatively tight house construction

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Chance's Garden Everything Forum Blog

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jokes

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fruit trees

Avacado brown leafs

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grains and pseudograins

grand grain roadtrip

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Emergency rations

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personal challenges

Knee replacement in three weeks and one day

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cooking

From The Omnivore's Guide to Home Cooking: Boiled, Poached and Shirred Eggs

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medicinal herbs

A vehicle for herbal treatment on acne

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Removing rusted galvanized raised beds, what to replace with?

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West Virginia property for sale

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rainwater catchment

Off-Grid Rain Catch Upgrade – 5 Tiny Houses, 1 Pump House

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australasia

any permies here from australia.????

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frugality

Frugal Tip: Look for Free Straw/Hay Bales at the end of October

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homestead

Easy to do kitchen/home modifications that make your life way easier

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fermentation

Yoghurt without fail - share your tips for making thick tasty yoghurt here

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beans

Best ways to get runner bean tubers to overwinter and regrow quickly?

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medicinal herbs

Ummm... Can I save moldy salve?

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Daylight Savings Time - for Real?

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politics

What positive changes are you looking forward to as outcomes of the USA 2024 presidential election?

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ethics and philosophy

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

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Getting comfrey to thrive

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intentional community

Live off Grid with me in Western North Carolina!

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root crops

burdock, arctium lappa, when during it's second year does it go to seed?

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wild harvesting

Perilla frutescens...shiso...for food and medicine? recipes?

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dynamic accumulators

Putting "bad" "weeds" to good use

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frugality

Frugal or just being smug...have you scored a real deal recently?

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Polymaths of Permies Unite!!

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homestead

Stories from the wild side.

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plumbing

cutting ditches to move water around a ranch ("stock pond" refills) on a mega-site

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Music of the Moment

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transportation

Left hand turns

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art

Medieval ways to paint baked clay

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wheaton laboratories

Jessee's Bootcamp Experience for today

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wood burning stoves

Walker tiny wood cookstove build

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permaculture real estate

105-acre lakefront Ometepe, Nicaragua – ideal ecovillage / intentional community site, $550k FSBO

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earthworks

Natural Timber Log Erosion Barriers

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teachers' lounge

well-produced permaculture educational videos for city/government officials?

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personal care

Anyone else notice their eyesight significantly improve?

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plants

Embracing the Chaos of Self-Seeding Vegetables

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