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SEPP to Boot: Stephen's Experience (BEL)

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fruit trees

A lot about apples!

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Talk me out of (or into) a ukulele

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Quote of the day

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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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The aging homesteader

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Northern Lights alert

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

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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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wofati and earth berm

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

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music

How do I learn to read music?

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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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art

'French box easel' - can it really work for painting out and about?

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Harlan & Anna Hubbard - Adventuring & Homesteading Inspiration

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How Much of the World's Knowledge is Readily Available on the Internet?

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seeds and breeding

Seed starting hack...

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art

Poem of the day

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rocket mass heaters

Rocket mass heater ideas wanted

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Water vs. Structures on slopes

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Self-doubt about future plans for land & house

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Did I kill my bees?

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Has anyone grown Tagasaste in zone 6, USA?

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Permies Poll: What is your preferred transplant technique?

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food choices

living on a ration

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Baby talk that's been promoted to real talk?

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activate stealth mode!

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Potato Towers

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Poop-maggedon (sorry, not for the easily grossed out)

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Solar panel angle for grid tie vs. summer offgrid vs. yearround offgrid

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rocket mass heaters

Minimum space between insulated riser and barrel for a 6 inch rmh

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pep oddball

PEP Badge: Oddball

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"You can't do that!" and other nonsense

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clothing

the most permaculture solution for replacing laundry detergent

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ergonomics

Yoga on the farm

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Boot problem question

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fruit trees

Source for Uncommon Berry Bushes

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biochar

Anyone making biochar from seaweed?

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

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Permaculture rocks - no, I mean actual rocks

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Where to put the guitar, ukulele, or other string instrument?

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Surviving this big world with wonky hearing...

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permaculture advocate in Zimbabwe - too little/too much rain

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Many dream it, few actually do it

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roundwood and timber framing

Question about load bearing capacity of structure

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Greetings from East Texas- 46F Garden struggles Seeking Garden wisdom

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Where to Buy Tagasaste Seeds in the US?

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homestead

Holzhausen wood stacking

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Free Sunflower Seeds - Will you help my son increase genetics?

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soil

River silt as topsoil

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personal care

What do you do for joy and why is it important?

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wetlands

dealing with annual flooding

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hedges

Best Edible Perennial Hedging?

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personal challenges

Anyone Here Living with an Emotional Support Animal on a Homestead

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

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wheaton laboratories

Harry the boot (BEL)

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plants

Reforestation - Growing trees in arid, barren lands - by Seeds and Clay cubes (no watering)

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