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Talk me out of (or into) a ukulele

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PEPPERS in action

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Quote of the day

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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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The aging homesteader

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meaningless drivel

Northern Lights alert

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

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

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

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

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Are hobbies dead?

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Growing Apple Trees From Seed Naturally

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this forum is for gardeners, homesteaders and permaculture people

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

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Cigar box guitar and variations

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

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Oil paint as wood stain?

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victory gardens, 2026 version: what are your plans?

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frugality

Expedient insulation

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Automatic Backyard Food Pump

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When frustration kicks in HARD...

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Your Favorite Healthy Drinks?

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Designing a 1 Acre Permaculture Model Farm in Pakistan

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Crop rotation and permaculture

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34 swf on the South Carolina Coast

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What would you like included in a beginners book about permaculture in warm climates?

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Less is more: Can degrowth save the world?

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Truly Effective Cover Crop Management

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What are your earliest vegetables?

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productive downtime

What creative stuff are you doing this winter?

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root crops

okinawan sweet potatoes harvest method, do i need to start a new plant or can the old one continue?

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Any ideas how to haul long logs from the woods with no vehicle?

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Laundry with resource limitations

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Rocket Mass Heater Design - Please Help!

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The Most Food for the Time & Space

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Hobbit Home Progress.

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Personal life goal: to change/broaden the modern definition of wealth/prosperity

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PEP BB Plumbing.Sand.Tiny.Unclog - Unclog a Drain with Zip Tool

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Trees are Fountains of Fertility

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Crushed glass instead of sand

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How to water a veggie garden

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Replacing broken tool handles

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greenhouses

Greenhouse Management

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The Shift Begins: Why Homesteading Is Rising Across Europe

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apple tree from seed died but it has sprouts! wondering how to encourage them?

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Amazing Beans

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Domesticating Wild Plants

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

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pep food prep

Cook Grain with a slow cooker - PEP BB food.sand.grain.rice

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Monarch caterpillars are here! (and other activity on the milkweeds)

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What could be harvesting my green strawberries?

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Easiest Vegetable to Grow

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small farm

Baking soda and brown sugar

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perennial vegetables

a rhubarb harvest technique to get more rhubarb per year

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wheaton laboratories

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

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preserving foods in oil

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wild harvesting

Retrieving logs from the forest

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

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introductions

East Texas Ecovillage - Cohousing startup

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