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I may be Going selectively deaf (missing the most important tones in life)

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seeds and breeding

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projects

Smelting Steel from ore

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Trace's Bootcamp Experience (BRK)

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chickens

T Melville learns how (not?) to raise chickens on a budget.

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composting

Singing to the Soil: Gir’s Doom Song Composting Party! 🎶🌱

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homestead

planting comfrey in front yard

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cooking

Fried rice

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plumbing

Workaround To Avoid Frozen/Burst Pipes In Exterior Walls?

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cooking

Can we make sugar from skirret root?

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recycling

Bring out your dead! - Old Pianos

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cooking

Air fryer shopping in 2024

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seeds and breeding

Is there a catch to these free seeds?

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cooking

Do you cook with beer or wine?

33 replies 2 11

sewing

I want to learn to sew fur

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gamcod

gamcod importing materials, ghost acre, mulches, seeds, tubers

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gamcod

Calorie totals

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food preservation

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alternative energy

Are Candle Heaters Safe?

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meaningless drivel

Meeting like minded folks pre internet

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homestead

Mold growth in my bathroom

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home care

Citric Acid - Uses?

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fungi

Show me your fungus.

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sewing

Is my sewing machine reeeeally self-oiling?

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meaningless drivel

What is the permaculture equivalent of Duct Tape?

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sewing

Has anyone made a Split Side Adjustable skirt?

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meaningless drivel

How are you all doing from under a blanket of snow?

19 replies 9 6

upcycling

DIY foot rest / warmer ideas?

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cover crops

Self Sufficiency for Cover Crops

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permaculture artisans

Gert Comes Alive

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tinkering with this site

Why does mobile fail at this?

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seeds and breeding

Fun seed game called...

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chickens

Looking for help with the flock....

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alliums

Very odd, I have no garlic

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tinkering with this site

Youtube shorts don't want to embed - can we make a work-around?

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textile tools

Do you like Sewing Awls?

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permaculture

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ponds

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