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jokes

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Game - Picture Association

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You know you're a permie when...

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What is it.... the game! Post unknown objects to ID... and to stump others!

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meaningless drivel

Hilarious, rib tickling memes

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wheaton laboratories

SEPP to Boot: Stephen's Experience (BEL)

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meaningless drivel

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Talk me out of (or into) a ukulele

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A lot about apples!

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meaningless drivel

Quote of the day

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The aging homesteader

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meaningless drivel

Northern Lights alert

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Talk me out of (or into) a ukulele

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wheaton laboratories

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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rocket mass heaters

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

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apples

Growing Apple Trees From Seed Naturally

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frugality

How to save fuel when driving?

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

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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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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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permaculture advocate in Zimbabwe - too little/too much rain

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Temecula/ Sage Off Grid Tiny House

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upcycling

upcycle restaurant table-top convection oven?

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homeschooling

Marbling cloth with natural pigments & shaving cream??

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Growing Food Close to the Equator

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A perfect moment

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PSA: Tap Your Maples! And the health benefits of maple sap

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tinkering with this site

is there a good forum to put threads about podcast episodes?

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ozarks

Mobile Therapy for Pain, Weakness, Restricted Motion

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rocket stoves

Fuel other than wood for rocket stoves.

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

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can bamboo have it's own forum...?

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gear

Like pen and paper, or typewriter, but does more.

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ozarks

Networking Highly Aligned CoFounders in the Ozarks

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sleaze and anti-sleaze (or, soul building to cure a flood of sleaze)

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Black Willow, Sandbar Willow, Where to Forage Live Stakes >3' Length for Erosion Control

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rocket mass heater jamboree October 5-9 2026

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wheaton laboratories

Ash's times at Wheaton Labs

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Musings of a First Visit

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

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cook soup, stew, pottage, or chowder - PEP BB food.sand.soup

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Homestead Maple sugaring, for aesthetics, economy and ecology

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Chicken Scratch Cornbread and Oatmeal from 50lb bag of Horse Oat Berries

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Cooking my 25 year old rred and pinto beans

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Planting apple trees in a restrictive soil

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cooking

$50 per week food budget

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Your suggestions have been mashed into the PIE page - wuddyathink?

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root crops

Addi Anchote

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My home

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gear

Taming the Reciprocating Saw

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Man, 34, has homestead but is seeking permaculture community

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PEP Round Wood Woodworking - Sand Badge

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sizing a DIY outdoor fire suppression system

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flowers

hibiscus? Roselle!

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Dry peg coat hooks in green wood - PEP BB roundwood.sand.drypeghooks

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wood burning stoves

Mini wood-burning cookstove for a tiny house

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pep greywater

Add Four Coat Hooks Inside of a Willow Feeder - PEP BB greywillow.sand.coathooks

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Give Urine to Growies - PEP BB greywillow.sand.urine

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finishes

Mixing pure lime plaster

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flowers

Flower Highlight - Pansy (Pansies)

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How would you garden in a flood plain?

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wheaton laboratories

Last-Minute free PEP event - March 24 - 30, 2026

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permaculture

Grasslands higher evap rate than forests

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ponds

What type of pumps should I be looking for

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