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A lot about apples!

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Quote of the day

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PEPPERS in action

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permaculture advocate in Zimbabwe - too little/too much rain

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

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Caleb's Bootcamp Experience (BRK)

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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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Ugly duckling (goslings) - cheer me on?

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Unapparent disability

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Making Valazquez medium for solvent-free oil painting

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Why does the barn have no walls?

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3 Sisters Garden, 2024, Year 2

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Chris' Bootcamp Experience Log

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Matt Walker continental stove build

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Carrying things on your head

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

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Random cool maps

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Resources for larger families

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Where to harvest earth pigment for paint making on the Left Coast of North America (PNW and BC)?

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My son loves art. To make his favorite hobby marketable, I have him learning to create digital art

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Planting Grains No-Til Method

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Herbal Medicine 101, Lesson 8: Pine

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bushes

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Tips/Tricks for transplanting trees and bushes

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What sprouts/microgreens are edible?

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Poison Ivy Solution?

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plants

What new plant will you try in 2025?

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art

Art-ing in public - How can an introvert paint En Plein Air?

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permaculture artisans

Martin Crawford's 31 years old food forest in danger!

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Rebekah's 800 plates journal

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Brick dust from demolished building.

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New forum for electricity storage?

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Turn used cooking oil into biodiesel - PEM BB wastestreams.straw.biodiesel

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Transplanting nettles

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natural building

Building with turf

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North Texas - beginner garden suggestions?

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Install hand wash sink on a toilet - PEM BB wastestreams.sand.installhandwash

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Repackage paint - PEM BB wastestreams.sand.paint

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Meme Factory

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Turn plastic into a self watering pot - PEM BB wastestreams.sand.pot

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intentional community

Sharing the homestead chores while working toward deep human connection

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