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Permies Poll: Do you wash your rice?

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meaningless drivel

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Source for natural rugs?

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I want to build a tall wood cabin, but I need a "foundations for smarter dummies."

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pea

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Oops! I inadvertantly deleted a post before I was finished writing it.

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8 inches Batch Box Rocket Mass Heater template Design needed

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cuttings in a roll

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I went up in my attic and I found.....

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Apartment Growing Potato methods

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ancestral skills

Is Archeology important for permaculture?

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wildlife

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skills to inherit property

Metalworking Question for PEA BB project

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Batchrocket icw barrel and bench (as a bell)

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resources: seeds, plants, honey, consulting, etc.

New Year, New Earth Summit - register for free!

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rocket mass heaters

Winter wood consumption report on Shorty Core

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location location location

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gear

What equipment should we request in our soil-improvement grant application?

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beans

botched bean saving

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greening the desert

China Reintroduced Extinct Wild Horses Into the Desert — 5 Years Later Everything Changed

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pigs

How many pro-pig permies use fermented grains in their feeding?

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Another Interesting Video

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Frankenstein's mittens

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QUESTION: Do I just start a project to begin certification?

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Clay finishes on ply wood?

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homestead

deep well pump filling up cistern

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goats and sheep

favorite sheep breeds

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natural building

Old German Way of Weatherproofing a Wall

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natural building

Exterior/Interior walls re-plastering for my 100 years old Village Home In Gujarat, India

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personal challenges

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fermentation

do you rinse your kefir grains when you make a new batch?

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seeds and breeding

Seed starting hack...

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plants

Vaccinium myrtillus

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hugelkultur

grow double the food with one tenth of the effort in cold climates - hugelkultur

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fermentation

Fermenting whole apples?

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rocket mass heaters

My Greenhouse Project

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rocket mass heaters

how a rocket mass heater is better than a wood stove

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fungi

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meaningless drivel

The desert of Maine

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meaningless drivel

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permaculture design

Basemaps

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personal care

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greenhouses

Building a greenhouse out of pallet-wrap-and-stick panels

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rocket mass heaters

Vons 8" BBR

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homestead

looking to join / start homestead in Maine

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trees

Seedling Identification

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plants

Seeking chestnut orchard groundcover seed sources

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Best topics in this week

Permies Poll: Do you wash your rice?

Are there good affordable oil paints (or can I make my own with pigment and tung/linseed oil)?

Steps meme spills over...

Source for natural rugs?

I want to build a tall wood cabin, but I need a "foundations for smarter dummies."

Another QUESTION on BBs

Compost Tea Lab aerators? other recommendations?

Inspiration from Nature: Stripes

A Beautiful Reminder from Bill M.

Oops! I inadvertantly deleted a post before I was finished writing it.

Hybrid systems/understanding the placement of mass in a system

8 inches Batch Box Rocket Mass Heater template Design needed

cuttings in a roll

Where Would You Go in 2026 For Year Round Growing?

I went up in my attic and I found.....

How to tell if material is natural or not

Apartment Growing Potato methods

Is Archeology important for permaculture?

Trespassers will be filmed — wildlife edition

Metalworking Question for PEA BB project

Laughable yet proudly bragging

"Lean on Pea" aka: growing peas on other plants?

Glass clothes pins?

Batchrocket icw barrel and bench (as a bell)

New Year, New Earth Summit - register for free!

Winter wood consumption report on Shorty Core

location location location

What equipment should we request in our soil-improvement grant application?

botched bean saving

China Reintroduced Extinct Wild Horses Into the Desert — 5 Years Later Everything Changed

How many pro-pig permies use fermented grains in their feeding?

Another Interesting Video

Frankenstein's mittens

QUESTION: Do I just start a project to begin certification?

Clay finishes on ply wood?

deep well pump filling up cistern

favorite sheep breeds

Old German Way of Weatherproofing a Wall

Exterior/Interior walls re-plastering for my 100 years old Village Home In Gujarat, India

Anyone here practice the principles of Tai Chi?

do you rinse your kefir grains when you make a new batch?

Seed starting hack...

Vaccinium myrtillus

grow double the food with one tenth of the effort in cold climates - hugelkultur

Fermenting whole apples?

My Greenhouse Project

how a rocket mass heater is better than a wood stove

How to Identify Turkey Tail Mushrooms

The desert of Maine

I'm INSPIRED by this

Herbal Medicine 101: Garlic

Basemaps

Show 271: Ivy

Building a greenhouse out of pallet-wrap-and-stick panels

Vons 8" BBR

looking to join / start homestead in Maine

Seedling Identification

Seeking chestnut orchard groundcover seed sources

medicinal value of fresh peppercorns vs dried?

STARTING OVER - field biologist

Top Forums

digital market

building

permaculture artisans

skip

growies

ungarbage

critters

homesteading

energy

monies

community

wilderness

regional

permies.com

projects

global resources

kitchen

education