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Music of the Moment

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fruit trees

A lot about apples!

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Quote of the day

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permaculture advocate in Zimbabwe - too little/too much rain

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pep

PEPPERS in action

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The official permies.com Book Review Grid with more than 100 books listed

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Paul Wheaton's hugelkultur article thread

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not another yarn blog (spinning, weaving, and natural dyeing)

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

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rocket mass heaters

Matt Walker tiny cookstove build in Portugal

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Unapparent disability

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Hobby, crafting, or art no-buy anyone? (perennial self-accountability thread)

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art

Making Valazquez medium for solvent-free oil painting

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art

Glazing and underpainting - for the frugal oil painter (grisaille, brunaille, verdaille, etc)

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Paint small and paint smaller - discworld fan art

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Who are my new neighbours? (apparently now yellow jackets afterall)

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garden plans, records, results, hopes.....

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Why does the barn have no walls?

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The Glorious Revolution - 25th of May - Pratchett and discworld

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Random cool maps

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Mistborn score - any good?

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Before and after pictures contest

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Matt Walker continental stove build

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Carrying things on your head

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art

Permaculture-core: what is the permaculture aesthetic?

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Chris' Bootcamp Experience Log

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Making my own watercolors with natural pigments (both homemade and storebought)

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bugs

Is there a food I can eat to make bugs love me less

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Crab apple tree with multiple issues - OOze, lumps, soot, bark... Help

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The Glorious Revolution - 25th of May - Pratchett and discworld

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books

Loved Clothes Last by Orsola de Castro

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wheaton laboratories

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

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Painting the Glorious Revolution 2025 (Discworld fan art)

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earthship

Earthship for Subzero t° fuelled by thermophilic bacteria

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online learning

2D & 3D drawing course for DIYers & Bio-Architects

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natural building

Learn to design a DIY eco home you can afford to build // from concept > graph paper > 3D model

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natural building

Gothic arch home that bypasses building codes!

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natural building

Meet Alyosha – The Eco-Builder Who’s Been Playing with Mud (Professionally) for 15 Years!

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Raspberry plants: overhyped?

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

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Restoring soil structure and simple farming in a wet climate

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polyculture

Suggestions for 3 sisters-like planting

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Self-powering water pump idea

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pep food prep

Water bath canning - PEP BB Food.sand.waterbath

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Seeking Long-Term Mentorship / Job in Texas

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Pickle something in vinegar brine - PEP BB Food.sand.vinegar

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composting

Cover your Compost!

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SEPP to Boot: Stephen's Experience (BEL)

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natural building

Simplified log cabin build idea

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JP and The Eternal Now (BEL)

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Native American hygiene plants of the Midwest Great Lakes.

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textile tools

Using woodworking skills to make loom, to weave on, for clothes and stuff?

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books

Introducing "The Knights Who Say Free"

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What do you like, and what not?

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projects

Working to build a parabolic solar cooker templates....

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plants

How do you grow duckweed?

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bread

Help me design a sourdough book that works for everyone

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zero waste

What do you use to bring groceries home?

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perennial vegetables

Perennial root crops - some plants to try

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music

Music of the Moment

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plants

Our 2025 garden

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bring out your dead!

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gardening for beginners

Tomato problem

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Profoundly Promiscuous and Totally Tasty Tomato Project

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cover crops

Cover Crop: Mung Bean

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soil

Greensand: What is it?

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art

Can I make a mini watercolour book?

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curiosity and the cat ... and the octopus

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seeds and breeding

Landrace (fallen at the first hurdle?)

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My attempts at useful perennial polycultures

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