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natural building

How to install metal roofing to reduce the noise factor?

57 replies [ 1, 2 ] 8 33

art

Using encaustic medium (damar resin & beeswax) to make medieval seals!

9 replies 17 17

tinkering with this site

Seeking cool threads (for staying cool during the heat dome)

16 replies 2 13

art

Is there some sort of trick to keying a canvas?

6 replies 1 2 4

art

Making tiny worlds - what is this art called

10 replies 4 1 10

meaningless drivel

Chalk paint to cool windows and roofs

32 replies 2 5 8

beans

why aren't my scarlet runner beans setting beans?

15 replies 4 2

wildfire

Tips to protect your home during forest fires

16 replies 27

scythes

Lee Valley scythe - what do you think?

17 replies 1 5

alliums

Green colored garlic bulbs

6 replies 12

wildlife

I think I messed up... Antagonizing paper wasps

14 replies 5

tinkering with this site

trying to access my stuff

15 replies 6

plants

Magnesium - alternatives to Epsom salts

14 replies 3 3

homestead

Water stain on ceiling—oh my!

16 replies 1 1

composting

Small space composting

24 replies 3 1 10

meaningless drivel

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

24 replies 2 1 4

tiny house

Hay wagon as a base for a tiny home?

9 replies 1 1 6

plants

Mints and other mints

20 replies 1 6

gardening for beginners

Soil Seed Bank - How important is understanding it?

7 replies 1 15

rainwater catchment

Repairing a crack in a water tank? Easy / Not easy / Dreadful? Advice needed

13 replies 1 1 11

greenhouses

Small Greenhouse Thermal Losses:

4 replies 2

greenhouses

Passive vs. Active Solar Greenhouse:

4 replies 2 9

buy it for life

check that brand before you buy it for life!

9 replies 6

fruit trees

You're not running out of space for trees, you're just not using enough columnar trees!

12 replies 5

cheese

looking for ideas and recipes for my ricotta cheese

7 replies 2 5

digital market

homesteading and permaculture bundle 2026

$35.00

17 replies 19 5

gardening for beginners

Grocery Prices Growing New Gardeners?

15 replies 1 14

financial strategy

The irony

13 replies 2

cooking

What cookware has lasted you the longest without spending a fortune?

13 replies 2

meaningless drivel

Why ancient tribes needed autistic minds

2 replies 1 4

trees

do you prune your mimosa? (Albizoa julibrissin Durazz)

12 replies 8 5

tinkering with this site

new feature: easy peasy thread boost stuff

10 replies 17

gardening for beginners

Why the duck cant I grow....

7 replies 1

tinkering with this site

Metadata

6 replies 1 3

fungi

Keeping moisture on mushroom logs

14 replies 1 7

woodland

Unplanned coppice

6 replies 2 1 3

cooking

Spatchcock your chicken...

7 replies 3 9

transportation

farm utility vehicle, 3rd iteration

21 replies 2 5 5

rainwater catchment

Series of water containers in the garden

15 replies 17 3

sewing

an old quilt: how much effort to make it usable and do I want to?

8 replies 4 2

cooking

Lots of food in a small RV kitchen?

6 replies 4 4

gardening for beginners

What can I sow after midsummer?

10 replies 1 1

meaningless drivel

HAPPY 4th of JULY!!!!

8 replies 1 1

natural building

Biochar as a tool for evaporative cooling?

7 replies 8

food preservation

Food inventory management ?

7 replies 1 7

ulcer factory

Facing my dragons, and the music...

9 replies 4 23 24

tinkering with this site

I have an extra email..

4 replies 3

tiny house

My Geodesic Dome Build So Far

6 replies 6 3

rocket mass heaters

Rocket Mass Off Season Smell

8 replies 1 4

stone work

Amish and Russian Concrete superior and "cheaper" than Portland Cement - used by Foundries

9 replies 1 4 7

cooking

Favorite Kitchen Gadgets

8 replies 1

gear

Protected outdoor equipment storage

7 replies 2 4

grains and pseudograins

Plonking wheats through the shredder.

3 replies 6 9

gear

Basic welding equipment?

14 replies 5

rabbits

Rabbits fenced in garden!

6 replies 7

mulch

Tile as mulch

10 replies 2 8

projects

Veganic forest gardens

9 replies 1

bugs

Flea weirdness

1 reply 2

plants

Myoga ginger

8 replies 1 5

tinkering with this site

adding a topic to a third forum

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