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Game - Picture Association

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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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The aging homesteader

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watercolour questions so beginner, I'm almost afraid to ask

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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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2026 - arting - quick art share

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

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Painting the Glorious Revolution (Discworld fan art)

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Are hobbies dead?

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

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Growing Apple Trees From Seed Naturally

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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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how to get enough fertile soil in your garden

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Where are my posts?

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rainwater catchment

could everyone check my water treatment system please?

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homestead

My city farm

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Opening for Shepardess

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chickens

How can I further reduce chicken feed consumption

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Voluntary Simplicity

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Handcrafted knives that last a lifetime. Traditional forging and carved handles with inlays

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Home made power question

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Solar panel questions from a noob :)

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Low battery-how to recharge

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Figuring out power for small, off-grid home

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Heat pumps, sewage and sewage lines

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How do you use a darning mushroom?

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toilet alternatives

Experimenting with the willow feeder idea...

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Has anyone used the gravel trench foundation but with piers instead of perimeter? 4 ft deep?

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communication

Building a free tool for local food sharing , would love your thoughts

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paul wheaton's pseudo blog

I will attempt to heat my home all winter with just cardboard and garbage

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

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cooking

How to best use non-chicken eggs in the kitchen?

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

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New Flowers Forum!

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GEC ecovillage project in the Pacific Northwest.

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info about Yellowknife, Northwest Territory

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rocket mass heaters

how do we tell more people about rocket mass heaters

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wells and springs

Terragrinder

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cooking

Eggs Galore

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Music of the Moment

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Anne Miller - best boiled egg tip of the year or maybe decades or maybe the century!!!

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plants

Which "weed" do you like the most?

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cooking

What is your favorite Deviled Egg Recipe?

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Change-a-Letter Game - PLUS!!!

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Dried herbs and more by The Maine Ingredient LLC

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Haiku chain

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permaculture design

Permaculture rocks - no, I mean actual rocks

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clothing

Permies Poll: How do you prefer to hold up your pants?

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missoula

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

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Western MA, New England regional RMH workshop and build--*what's your utopia*?

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gardening for beginners

Why the duck cant I grow carrots!!!

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new england

Looking to assist and learn in the New England area!

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animal fibers

The Very Frustrating Saga of Trying to Learn to Process Wool

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where are my edits?

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