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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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pep

PEPPERS in action

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permaculture advocate in Zimbabwe - too little/too much rain

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

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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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Unapparent disability

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Making Valazquez medium for solvent-free oil painting

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Paint small and paint smaller - discworld fan art

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Why does the barn have no walls?

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Carrying things on your head

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Mistborn score - any good?

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Chris' Bootcamp Experience Log

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my garden plans, sort of...

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

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Hobbit Home Progress.

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JP and The Eternal Now (BEL)

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Draft vs heat extraction?

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typical temperatures inside rocket mass heater

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Extra Mortgage Payments These Days: Yes or No?

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Saponin Rich Plants for Soapmaking

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Soil test - Too much NPK?

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BEL #1 The evening of Thursday the Seventeenth of April, 2025

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Bring out your dead! - Old Pianos

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Starting Fig Trees from Cuttings

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My Personal Journey in Film Acting and Directing

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Starting a homestead in a healthy forest ecosystem

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Wild and Wonderful West Virginia needs Permies

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Wood chipper review

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growing Dwarf Moringa in pots

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cooking

making Applesauce

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33W Co-Creator in the Ozarks

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greening the desert

Geoff Lawton’s list of pioneer plant species used on the greening the desert site

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What are some International foods that an American might have never tasted?

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cooking

How do you make your coffee?

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medicinal herbs

Desperate for allergy relief!

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pep gardening

Encouraging volunteer or wild plants - PEP BB gardening.straw.volunteerplants

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