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A lot about apples!

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

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Northern Lights alert

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The aging homesteader

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

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Talk me out of (or into) a ukulele

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2026 - arting - quick art share

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

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Are hobbies dead?

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Growing Apple Trees From Seed Naturally

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Cigar box guitar and variations

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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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BREAKING WORLD NEWS! VERY IMPORTANT!

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What signs does nature provide that it's going to rain?

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Change a letter game

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gear

Reactivating a 500-year-old WINDMILL to grind grain using wind power

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Crop rotation and permaculture

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putting together a new bundle for 2026

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cooking

Cosmic Truths of Cheap Grocery Shopping

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Deep roots at wheaton labs - rent for life

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the mission of wheaton labs

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cooking

Preserving green onions?

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pep food prep

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pep tool care

Sharpen, clean and oil a shovel - PEP BB tool.sand.shovel

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If you Could only have one Electronic Device, what would it be?

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Straw Bale House WITHOUT COB (or plaster)??

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straw bale house

*Welcome Jim Reiland and Bob Theis, authors of Straw Bale Building Details!

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Two generations of fava selection (weevil resistance, fungal resistance etc.)

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personal care

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How to install metal roofing to reduce the noise factor?

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Show me your rainwater irrigation setups!

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SWM - 58 - Sugary, savory and spicy!

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Radish seedlings not sprouting after 6 days zone 6a

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Growing coffee at home

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Concho, Arizona Homesteading

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Permies Poll - Have you made candles before?

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Stairs and aging in place

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

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frugality

slugging - a carpool/hitchhike combo

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Crowdfunder for tiny home builders

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financial strategy

Personal life goal: to change/broaden the modern definition of wealth/prosperity

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What could have been: solar power in colonial India

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The House of Riona, Micro Homesteading 2026

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Growing azolla in an aquarium with water and wood ash. Forcing it to fix nitrogen from the air!

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My city farm

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Three Sisters Year 4

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

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urban gardening

Jchokes in sub-irrigated buckets

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urban gardening

Slugs, snails and other pests in an urban garden

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smoking, pot, hooch, drugs ....

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urban gardening

Plot 5: a new urban Community garden

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Mending things that are not clothes

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