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Talk me out of (or into) a ukulele

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fruit trees

A lot about apples!

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The aging homesteader

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

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Painting the Glorious Revolution (Discworld fan art)

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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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Cigar box guitar and variations

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Oil paint as wood stain?

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Plastic in soil

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"Seed-snail" testing thread, 2025

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Building 100 AH LiFePo4 Battery Box

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Three Sisters Year 4

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root crops

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Topsoil from forest?

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Is rabbit meat too lean?

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Stunted Chinese Chestnut Trees

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Hyaluronic acid, chondroitin and glucosamine

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Designing a 1 Acre Permaculture Model Farm in Pakistan

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Peach Tree Guilds

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My First Professional Natural Building Design - Going Live in Vermont, 2026!!

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Game - Picture Association

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Anyone here in the GTA? (Greater Toronto area)

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composting

Here is my NEW compost system!

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preserving foods in oil

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