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natural building

How to install metal roofing to reduce the noise factor?

48 replies [ 1, 2 ] 6 32

homestead

How much land does a good life require?

35 replies 2 41

art

Is there some sort of trick to keying a canvas?

6 replies 1 2 3

cooking

Grocery Shopping?

25 replies 23

homestead

Missing septic tank

27 replies 5

beans

why aren't my scarlet runner beans setting beans?

13 replies 4 2

gardening for beginners

Gardening in the wrong climate?

16 replies 7

chickens

Do you actually need a chicken coop?

18 replies 22

plumbing

Do you know of any natural septic tank treatments?

28 replies 13

meaningless drivel

Critter behavior

13 replies 10

natural building

Flooring options

27 replies 10

fruit trees

How many fruit trees and bushes for a family of four?

21 replies 4 24

tinkering with this site

We have new staff! Please welcome Hal Schibel!

11 replies 33

wildlife

I think I messed up... Antagonizing paper wasps

14 replies 5

trees

Drawing the line - what trees do you save?

14 replies 4 21

soil

Raw eggs as fertilizer?

19 replies 14

music

Making a Concertina from reclaimed materials?

4 replies 1 8

meaningless drivel

Weirdest burl I have ever found

9 replies 3 11

rainwater catchment

Is there a simple way to divide the rain from a gutter into two equal directions

13 replies 1 14

meaningless drivel

Explaining Faceblindness

16 replies 1 10

cooking

Cosmic Truths of Cheap Grocery Shopping

14 replies 19

wood burning stoves

Masonry Heater

19 replies 11 27

tinkering with this site

do we have a giant thread about hide glue yet?

3 replies 4

meaningless drivel

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

22 replies 1 3 4

low tech

PVD: Passive Vehicular Dehydration

17 replies 7 15

food preservation

Looking for Dry Mix books that aren't just AI slop

9 replies 7

composting

Small space composting

22 replies 1 10

meaningless drivel

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

20 replies 1 1 4

meaningless drivel

Me too!!

3 replies 2 12

transportation

Car buying

13 replies 11

plants

Is comfrey supposed to look this happy?

12 replies 2 1

sculpture

Help me make a mobile

4 replies 1 5 5

tiny house

Hay wagon as a base for a tiny home?

9 replies 1 1 6

meaningless drivel

Slow Looking

10 replies 1 10

bugs

I think I've got an alien.

12 replies 1 8

food preservation

Bread bag

6 replies 1 10

gardening for beginners

Yeast water in the garden

11 replies 14

projects

Permaculture polytunnel or Nancy's Undercover Gardening

7 replies 6 7

cooking

Best cookware for perpetual stews?

15 replies 1 12

seeds and breeding

Improving your chances of growing an apple tree from a seed

7 replies 1 11

meaningless drivel

Car maintenance question

2 replies 1 7

house plants

An Amaryllis Threw Seeds!

5 replies 3

chickens

Incubate an egg with your body warmth

7 replies 1 8

urban gardening

Slugs, snails and other pests in an urban garden

14 replies 1 4

meaningless drivel

Shovel Handles: Straight or D-Grip?

12 replies 1 6

plants

Does anybody know what this is?

17 replies 1 1

fungi

Tree stump "vomiting" fungi

11 replies 1 1 4

cooking

Spatchcock your chicken...

7 replies 3 9

natural building

Root Cellar Needed (fishing for ideas)

9 replies 1 3 7

food as medicine

Refreshing homemade summer drinks for working outside

11 replies 7

gardening for beginners

Grocery Prices Growing New Gardeners?

11 replies 1 11

gear

2-wheel tiller advice (europe)

13 replies 1 5

lawn

What are the advantages grasses carry in the permaculture setting.

10 replies 11

fruit trees

Saving a leaning apple tree

9 replies 6

fruit trees

Cherry Problems

6 replies 5 2

transportation

farm utility vehicle, 3rd iteration

20 replies 2 5 5

permaculture

What’s the most unexpectedly useful thing growing on your property right now?

13 replies 1 19

tinkering with this site

June promotions!

5 replies 5

gardening for beginners

New herb garden behind house

6 replies 2 5

chickens

Bumble foot

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