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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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SEPP to Boot: Stephen's Experience (BEL)

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Music of the Moment

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A lot about apples!

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permaculture advocate in Zimbabwe - too little/too much rain

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Quote of the day

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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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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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The aging homesteader

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Caleb's Bootcamp Experience (BRK)

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Smaugust 2025 art challenge (there are dragons)

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Painting the Glorious Revolution (Discworld fan art)

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

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

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

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

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What's for Dinner?

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Are hobbies dead?

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art

Permaculture-core: what is the permaculture aesthetic?

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

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

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Mistborn score - any good?

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Americans, please don't use 2 letter abbreviations for your state!

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

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

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art

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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Americans with recent experience buying from Canada? (Summer-fall 2025)

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permaculture singles

this forum is for gardeners, homesteaders and permaculture people

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Homesteading in Cities

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Looking for a wilderness woman

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Work,for living space ASAP

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Does Celery Freeze Well?

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Badass Tough Plants You Know Of

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[sold] Free ebike - just pay shipping

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Menopause. What's it like?

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paul wheaton's pseudo blog

I will attempt to heat my home all winter with just cardboard and garbage

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Avocados and Frost in Europe (plus info on the cold-hardiest avocados and how to grow them)

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Antonovka whips

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Volunteer garlic

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but but but but

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What makes a village a village?

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Improving the permies.com sign-up process

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mushrooms, mosses and lichens (some to ID) from our hikes, home and other places in the Ozarks

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Seeking members for a covid-cautious intentional community!

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Oven mitts, the awesome and easy way!

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Any Lord of the Rings fans out there (or a crazy idea that fell into my head)

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Considering Property with Kudzu on It

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Permies Poll: What kind of soil do you have at your homestead?

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Payment Options and Related Support

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Looking for homesteader starter! Have land, no time ATM. Southeast Ontario, Exeter to Stratford area

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ecovillage

Ecovillage and ownership?

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My version of Elizabeth Cotten's "Freight Train"

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eastern usa

Pittsburgh PA Newbie

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permaculture singles

34F seeking a guy who wants to explore living without artificial lights, internet, and tv

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composting

Spreading My First Compost - What's the Worst That

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The Permaculture Promise by Jono Neiger

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ebooks

Free Printable Native Plant Coloring Books and Pages

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Northern Lights alert

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critter care

Nettle Hay

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Bracken Fern - our deadly enemy (or is it?)

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permaculture singles

34F Looking for a homestead hunny

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stone work

I have a window in a bomb shelter

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food preservation

From plant to flour “Cassava roots”

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permaculture singles

61F w/micro-homestead seeks connection

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51 yr woman seeks homesteading life partner

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34F. Finding a partner feels like lots of pressure, how bout a friend?

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organic

permaculture advocate in Zimbabwe - too little/too much rain

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Will Bermuda grass spout through landscape fabric?

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