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chickens eating eggs

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Zoom Loom -- maybe transitioning from playing to projects

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rocket mass heaters

Out with the old RMH

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My green/hoop-house thingy build

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Window Insulation: Pearl's designs for layers

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10 ways to improve your luck!

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Lead Paint on the ceiling of a Kitchen with a Wood Cook Stove

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chickens

Egg Prices

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meaningless drivel

BREAKING WORLD NEWS! VERY IMPORTANT!

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cooking

Porridge oats versus rolled oats - are they the same? are they different?

26 replies 14 22

personal care

Natural conditioner/detangler for long, curly, tangle-prone hair? Preferably that smells good...

19 replies 3 8

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Help me understand the flaws: RMH, mass under the kitchen table

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kids

Permies SKIP Scouts

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Extracting A Headless Bolt

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Ramming ram, what to do...

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Understanding canada. The logdriver and others

7 replies 5

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Pill bottle reuse

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Singer Treadle machines are passing 100 years old!

15 replies 3 16

chickens

Avian flu concerns

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Socks Socks Socks!! Is there such a thing as Permies socks?

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Can you focus on one thing for 10 min?

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What do you sit on, and why does it matter, and much more?

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meaningless drivel

The green broom of death!

17 replies 31

personal care

Beginner soapmaking without a digital scale?

16 replies 20

pigs

Can Pigs add?

25 replies 1 10

art

Clove Box for oil paints

6 replies 2 4 2

repair

Help me help my Kitchenaid

22 replies 3 12 26

small farm

How to get the most out of small acreage?

37 replies 1 10 31

art

AI, art, guru disappointment, AI done right

6 replies 3 5

gamcod

GAMCOD 2025: 200 square feet; Zero degrees F or colder; calories cheap and easy

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rocket mass heaters

At Last. My RMH Is a Reality

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berries

American Elderberry, cut to the ground every year? Biomass bonanza?

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recycling

Bring out your dead! - VHS tapes

17 replies 1 3

art

A blast from my Past (are pastel pencils still a thing?)

7 replies 1 2 1

art

1920's history crafts for elementary age kids (Bonus it if related to Disney Princess Tiana)

8 replies 2 2 4

art

How to wash milk painted surfaces?

5 replies 11 7

chickens

Should I get chickens?

29 replies 3 26

rocket mass heaters

Rebuilding and remodeling the Shop Dragon

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buy it for life

Stove top kettle recommendations

24 replies 1 9 6

food preservation

Looking for 5 gallon non plastic containers that seal airtight

40 replies [ 1, 2 ] 4 11

seeds and breeding

I ordered my 'Going to Seed' seeds! Joseph Lofthouse's Landrace Seed Share group

25 replies 4 17

bread

Sourdough recipe testers wanted!

49 replies [ 1, 2 ] 15 23

art

Earthquake safe ways to hang mirrors, pictures and other heavy objects?

19 replies 2 12

cooking

Ideas for Pickle Brine Reuse?

34 replies 9

personal care

How to tie up hair?

29 replies 3 11 20

art

minimalist kit for sketching and painting

6 replies 2 5 3

tinkering with this site

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kids

picture puzzles for skill building

23 replies 3 8

chickens

What do you grow for your chickens?

26 replies 1 4 11

low tech

"Weak Sauce" Homesteading Hacks - What's Yours?

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meaningless drivel

Deviled eggs for lunch?

23 replies 1 10

cooking

Multiple items in a crock pot?

9 replies 2 13

permaculture artisans

Gert Comes Alive

31 replies 3 30

meaningless drivel

Do you have a house hippo?

7 replies 3 1 2

wheaton laboratories

A Story About A Boot (BEL)

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bugs

need legit help - Ticks

38 replies 3 15

lawn

Lawnmower alternatives

27 replies 3 19

bread

What would you most like to see in a sourdough baking book?

34 replies 4 14

cooking

Pancakes... ALL of 'em!

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