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You know you're a permie when...

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Talk me out of (or into) a ukulele

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A lot about apples!

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Quote of the day

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The aging homesteader

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Northern Lights alert

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

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

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Oil paint as wood stain?

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How do I learn to read music?

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

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Catherine The Grateful - not permaculture farm, lessons from the field (BEL)

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Cigar box guitar and variations

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

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Most useful "big machine"?

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Musings of a First Visit

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share photos of old, abandoned, uninhabited structures in your part of the world!

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Peel 2 live trees and put up off the ground to dry - PEP BB woodland.sand.peel

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clearing the pantry: Tereza's 2026 cheap meal challenge thread

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Ash's times at Wheaton Labs

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List of tree species that grow true to type/parent from seed

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gir bot

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seeds and breeding

Squirrels ate my fava bean, and snow pea, seeds right away

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has ANYBODY used pure Tung Oil to finish an earthen floor?

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What is an Erhu?

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wheaton laboratories

rocket mass heater jamboree October 5-9 2026

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Spring 2026 video tours of the Crescent City Food Forest and Old Growth Edible Landscapes' HQ

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Did I kill my bees?

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plants

Whatsit? Wild Chervil

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cooking

what's for dinner?

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medicinal herbs

What medicinal herbs do you recommend beginners start with?

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plants

Perennial plant identification please

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personal care

Are cloth hankies better than paper tissues?

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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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great white north

Stockpiling Stove Coal -- Hedge Against Hard Times?

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Natural remedies for COPD/emphysema

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Home scale spinning frame (multiple spindles, one hand crank)

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Updates on my Flush Vermicomposting Toilet Design

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tiny house

Feedback after 6 years of living in a self-built container

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pep nest

Sweep a Floor - PEP BB nest.sand.sweepfloor

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rocket mass heaters

Uncle Mud Asks: Will there be a 2026 Rocket Heater Jamboree?

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zero waste

What do you sit on, and why does it matter, and much more?

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rabbits

Deboning a Rabbit

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wood burning stoves

Mini wood-burning cookstove for a tiny house

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My version of Elizabeth Cotten's "Freight Train"

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You know you're a permie when...

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I made a whole house compost worm septic system

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sewing

Sewing a Tote Bag

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pep tool care

Clean the shop for at least an hour - PEP BB tool.sand.cleanshop

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permaculture singles

43 male seeking Marriage with off grid lifestyle

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Words or phrases that permaculture really needs!

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wind

Vertical axis turbine....ill advised or still viable?

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africa

In times of need

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medicinal herbs

trying to come up with anti inflammatory protocol with few if any side effects for osteoarthritis

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rocket mass heaters

Shorty Core + Oven Single Skin Bell Build

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Mistborn score - any good?

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How do you actually think about your garden long-term?

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Rocket Heater Shippable Core

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