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Music of the Moment

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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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PEPPERS in action

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

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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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art

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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Unapparent disability

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art

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

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art

Painting the Glorious Revolution (Discworld fan art)

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art

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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Random cool maps

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Mistborn score - any good?

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

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Matt Walker continental stove build

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

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

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art

Permaculture-core: what is the permaculture aesthetic?

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Carrying things on your head

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art

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

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Chris' Bootcamp Experience Log

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

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The Dragons Play Towers of Hanoi and discover colour theory, pinkness and powers of 10

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Corn

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Bokashi Fermentation - Component Question

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honey bees

Japanese Style Hives

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organic

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What have you learned recently?

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dynamic accumulators

comfrey tea - powderymildew?

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cooking deer meat

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soil

Do woodchips acidify soil?

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What land should I buy

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decision making

Which land should I buy?

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JP and The Eternal Now (BEL)

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plants

Rumex sanguineus (Bloody Dock/Wood Dock/Red Veined Sorrel)

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alliums

Ornamental alliums as food?

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"Seed-snail" testing thread, 2025

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East Texas homestead community

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Programming seeds naturally. Goes against everything I learned about starting seeds.

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woodland

"Walking in the woods" pictures: share yours

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hugelkultur

8 Month old Hugel beds overflowing water

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wheaton laboratories

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

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wheaton laboratories

Seeking feedback from folks who used the willow feeders at Wheaton Labs

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greenhouses

My green/hoop-house thingy build

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Why you should have snags on your land

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cooking

What is a normal lunch for you?

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disposing of Waste Oil

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potatoes

Permies' Potato experiments

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fencing

Design and hardware help to make a bar that opens both top and bottom latch of gate at same time

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plumbing

Shower fixture that allows the system to be drained?

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homestead

Anyone here close to being self sufficient and “living off the land” to a significant degree?

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cooking

The Recipes at Permies: An Index

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skills to inherit property

BB clarification thread

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uk and ireland

What is Your Favorite British Cuisine?

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pea

Use water from cooking pasta/food - PEA BB greywater.sand.pasta

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cooking

Concept Cooking: Flavored Deviled Eggs

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cooking

Does anybody else enjoy putting unflavored gelatin in thier warm beverages?

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pea

Cups of tea - PEA BB foraging.sand.tea

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cooking

Squirrel Recipes

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pep food prep

Salt brine ferment/pickle something - PEP BB food.sand.salt

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composting

Completely enclosed compost bin, with aeration through tubes

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cooking

What to do with Beef Patties?

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gardening for beginners

Hot Weather Watering?

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