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Talk me out of (or into) a ukulele

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permaculture advocate in Zimbabwe - too little/too much rain

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fruit trees

A lot about apples!

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meaningless drivel

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Northern Lights alert

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The aging homesteader

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meaningless drivel

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

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PEPPERS in action

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

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

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2026 - arting - quick art share

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Painting the Glorious Revolution (Discworld fan art)

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what if the cost of food goes up 10x?

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How do I learn to read music?

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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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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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Cigar box guitar and variations

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Oil paint as wood stain?

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

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victory gardens, 2026 version: what are your plans?

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some pics from paul

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paul wheaton's permaculture podcasts

Podcast 741 - Eat what you Grow

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May promotions!

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Perfect homestead vehicle

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Permies Poll: Do you have rainwater catchment on your homestead?

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Hive body shape.

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What's your happy that it is spring?

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How do you get dandelion milk stains out of a shirt?

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seeds and breeding

how many years do your seeds last

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Crazy? cistern thinking.

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fruit trees

Fruit Tree Guild understory spacing and Asparagus

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propagation

how does rhubarb sprout from a root section without a crown?

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hugelkultur

all commercial mulches are loaded with persistent herbicides

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If you had $200 (or $1000) to improve your long term resilience, how would you spend it?

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plumbing

No motor vacuum pump

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cooking

Nitrate free bacon

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small farm

small regenerative, sustainable farm - tree biomass

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plants

Was planting Malabar spinach a mistake?

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What died in your new gardens? so far...

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chickens

chick brooder build

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woodworking

Card Scraper - How to Sharpen

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berries

Blackberry/raspberry polyculture

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gear

High Lift Jacks - Useful or Gimmick?

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rocket mass heaters

8"J-tube with Bell to heat living room and kitchen

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polyculture

Wonderfully wild

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Block and Tackle Pully System - How do I use it?

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Earth home heating

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Scared a mama turkey

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Building 100 AH LiFePo4 Battery Box

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Do laser cutters have a place in permaculture yet?

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Native American ethnobotany of the Wabash Valley ( Illinois and Indiana).

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

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Ways to combat higher fertilizer prices and sustaining ourselves in the long run.

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homestead

The Shift Begins: Why Homesteading Is Rising Across Europe

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flowers

Revive Rose Garden

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chickens

Pink Chicks???

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plants

Please help with My chayote

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gear

Microsoft Edge tool bar font size for date and time?

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dynamic accumulators

Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids, Comfrey, and the Boraginaceae Family

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rocket mass heaters

A Hidden Cost of RMHs!

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jokes

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goats and sheep

Has anyone had luck raising goats without chemicals?

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low tech

Winnerwell Foldfast Oven question

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

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