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Music of the Moment

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funny signs

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permaculture advocate in Zimbabwe - too little/too much rain

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

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

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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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Cigar box guitar and variations

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

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Americans with recent experience buying from Canada? (Summer-fall 2025)

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What leaves heads behind?

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Duckling foot curled

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Growing Food Close to the Equator

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Dream: Pocket full of rocks

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Store sweet potato like ... potatoes?

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Swm 52 Canada, off grid prepper seeking swf to enjoy off grid life together

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Building a Raised Bed

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Recommendation on places to move

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I have a dream---of new garden beds

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berries

Perils of the big box...

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Do you watch mother nature for inductions it's time to plant?

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Four Component Vault -Scalable

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flowers

Could this be Camellia?

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Are Farm Animals the Most Underrated Emotional Support Animals?

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Some help spotting signs of pregnant goats

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cooking

Can we make sugar from skirret root?

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gear

Billhooks?

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soil

Life!!!

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The proper way to eat Jelly Bellies?

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soil

raining non-stop

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nibblers

currant (ribes rubrum) pest

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Such pretty weather!

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Bad boy rooster!

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victory gardens, 2026 version: what are your plans?

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bugs

pest control from the start

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wild harvesting

What have you been foraging recently?

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stone work

Potential breakthrough in Roman Concrete

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haulers

Handbarrows

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fungi

Would you 'shroom a box? Would you 'shroom a chair? Could you, permies? Would you dare?

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

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133 hours of video: the Permaculture Design Course and Appropriate Technology Course

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All of the video from the PDC (~70 hours) - HD instant view

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Historic coal fireplace to RMH conversion

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Gir Bot

What cake is best cake for permies 20th birthday?

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cooking

Nettle Cake: An Ode To Moss Gazing

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cattle

tethered cow? and other questions from a newbie on a small acerage

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homestead

Homestead Maple sugaring, for aesthetics, economy and ecology

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skills to inherit property

BB clarification thread

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