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A lot about apples!

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Photos of Joseph Lofthouse's Garden

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The aging homesteader

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Northern Lights alert

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PEPPERS in action

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

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BB clarification thread

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Talk me out of (or into) a ukulele

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Growing Apple Trees From Seed Naturally

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Best (foodsafe) paper mache paste recipe? And other advice.

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How do I learn to read music?

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Knee replacement in three weeks and one day

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Oil paint as wood stain?

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Victory gardens, 2026 version: what are your plans?

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Expedient insulation

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Geoff Lawton says grain is not really worth the while - what are your thoughts?

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Jessee's Bootcamp Experience for today

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How to make fancy, medieval book covers with kids?

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Winnerwell Foldfast Oven question

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bread

* Welcome Kate Downham, author of Sourdough Without Fail.

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My city farm

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Post in ground techniques

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200 acres off-grid in northern Wisconsin — infrastructure done, no cabin, ready for you

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Design rocket mass heater for a green house

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A trailer for the gardening and permaculture playing cards

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Any trees *bad* for coppicing?

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do you rinse your kefir grains when you make a new batch?

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Permies Poll: Do you mulch your garden before winter?

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What Makes Community Gardens Successful in Hot, Dry Cities?

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wildlife

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earthship

Could a game help test Earthship ideas before we build them?

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Blocked by sustainability

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all electric vehicles are making big strides NOW!

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friendly reminder: back up your recipes from online sources

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Recommendation for a nicely tannic addition to my arsenal of herbal teas

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zero waste

What Actually Helps Families Reduce Household Waste?

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Good physical "solar sinks" for excess PV power?

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Four root stir fry: parsnip, sunchoke, potato and burdock

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Building 100 AH LiFePo4 Battery Box

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Music of the Moment

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adobe homes check this out and give me your feed back.

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DIY online presents

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Perfect + easy building material: Aircrete 2.0

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The great big thread of sunchoke info - growing, storing, eating/recipes, science facts

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Broadforking - Before or After Winter?

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fermentation

Will Sauerkraut juice ferment Cabbage

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beans

Best ways to get runner bean tubers to overwinter and regrow quickly?

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Bookcloth - questions for book binders

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Hello from That Pond Guy in Kent

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

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introductions

Hello from Nigeria!

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fruit trees

Peach leaf curl resistant varieties

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permaculture real estate

14¾-acre Ozark homestead with cave spring, gardens and log house (Huntsville, Arkansas)

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Songs so old the Vikings probably sang them

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