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cooking

Looking for an authentic tourtiere recipe

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wild harvesting

Acorns- A Staple Harvest For Several Civilizations

6 replies 4 2

seeds and breeding

seeds ready to send to 'going to seed'

1 reply 2

composting

How to keep pile of sawdust and other materials orderly?

5 replies 1 1 1

nuts

Stunted Chinese Chestnut Trees

11 replies 3 1

hugelkultur

My first Hugelkultur turned into a flachkultur

7 replies 1 1

stone work

Not quite stonework, Bond Beams, Cinder Blocks and Slip Form Masonry

4 replies 3 4

pep

Absolute proof that you did the BB yourself

1 reply 4

great white north

Housing market

5 replies 1

meaningless drivel

Missing words and linguistic blind spots

2 replies 2 3

biochar

Bone Biochar?

8 replies 3

cooking

PSA: large batches of quince paste

4 replies 3

biochar

Biochar plus straw is better

11 replies 2

books

Spon's Mechanic's own book

1 reply 4

gardening for beginners

Creating Microbial "Nations"

4 replies 7 1

goats and sheep

Looking for a connection so I can witness or participate in lambing

4 replies 1

flowers

Whoopsie!

1 reply 1

pigs

Tree Crops: Honey Locust

9 replies 1 5

fungi

Bionic arms enable mushrooms to create their own music?

6 replies 1 1

rocket mass heaters

The magic of a clean burning burning Batchbox stove

3 replies 3

seeds and breeding

Giving Ground Seeds from Idaho, USA

1 1 4

greenhouses

using cooling tubes to for a green house in Texas. 2 ft down.

7 replies 1 2 1

fruit trees

Air layering oddity

2 replies 6

homestead

My advice when it comes to homesteading...

2 replies 1 1

PEM

Make a wigwam - PEM BB traditional.wood.wigwam

BB 1 4

cooking

Recipe: Honey Chicken - IP 3qt Duo Mini

2 replies

politics

Former political parties

6 replies

wood burning stoves

What happened to my woodstove?

8 replies 2 1

rocket mass heaters

combo passive solar thermosiphon + rocket stove water heater design

14 replies 4 2

meaningless drivel

Permaculture & Homesteading Emojis That Don't Exist (BUT SHOULD!)

2 replies 1 2

soil

How do we save and clean our soil from contamination and other sources of pollution.

6 replies

gear

3D Printable Tool Batteries

5 replies 1 1

personal care

Show 263: Blueberry

2 replies 1 2

berries

strawberry cultivation

2 replies 1

perennial vegetables

Silverweed - ancient root crop

2 12 1

earthworks

Would you use a fast, low-cost service to get farm contours (from public LIDAR/DEM)?

6 replies

toxic gick

What are processed / ultra processed foods?

6 replies

homestead

Harvesting The Cold: An Ice House

1 reply 4 5

rocket mass heaters

Rocket Mass Heater in existing 2 story house

3 replies

woodworking

wood floor of shed got soaked by de-icing salt, now never gets dry

3 replies 1

music

Whistling

2 replies 1 1

soil

What was woodchips is now next springs potting soil

1 reply 2 1

natural building

Living Sedum Roof

1 reply 1 2

homestead

Some tips from Ryan Mitchell's book, Living Off Grid

4 replies 1

PEM

Make skis- PEM BB traditional.wood.skis

BB 1 1

PEM

Make an ice house - PEM BB traditional.wood.icehouse

BB 1

ecovillage

Ecovillage Tours 2026

2 replies 3 1

root crops

Togo cassava... first time cooking this type.

3 replies 3

gear

Shaping a Ring - Jewelry Maintenance

0 replies 2

ancestral skills

Intro to Pine Needle Basketry

2 replies 1 2

vines

How to remove bittersweet and other aggressive vines from unwanted areas of our gardens.

3 replies 1

frugality

"Free cycling", or a cheap holiday in the UK

0 replies 1

greenhouses

Walipini greenhouse

2 replies 1

fruit trees

Blenril Apricot Scion for Pacific Northwest

6 replies 3

trees

Street light versus autumn

2 replies 1

pep community

Make and install public art - PEM BB community.straw.art

BB 9

dynamic accumulators

Comfrey tea

1 reply 1 1

trees

Tapping sweet gum trees?

1 reply 1

fruit trees

avocado tree showing a white powder like substance on branches

3 replies 4

fungi

Ive discovered a deforested area full of these

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