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cooking

What are your favorite ingredients to add to stew?

46 replies [ 1, 2 ] 2 3 12

plants

what are you planting or allowing to grow that future owners might consider invasives?

22 replies 2 17

books

Poll: Help Kate choose a sourdough book cover

37 replies 7 11

bread

Help me design a sourdough book that works for everyone

29 replies 8 17

gear

propane on demand hot water heaters (no electricity)

24 replies 7 17

cooking

what can I do with chestnuts?

31 replies 1 27

gardening for beginners

What's your favorite "alternate" product of a garden plant?

19 replies 5 6

cooking

Why do you like spicy food?

38 replies 1 3 8

cooking

What else can I cook at 350F for one hour?

18 replies 2

pigs

Livestock guardian pig

15 replies 16

meaningless drivel

Money saving tip?

15 replies 4 14

cover crops

Purple Top Turnip - Cover Crop Potential?

23 replies 5 5

meaningless drivel

Washing jeans

12 replies 1 1 7

trees

Chestnut advice

12 replies

meaningless drivel

What to watch on Prime video Canada?

5 replies

rainwater catchment

Existing potable water cistern

46 replies [ 1, 2 ] 4 3 16

rocket mass heaters

Procrastinating? Don't... Here's why you NEED to build a batch rocket heater!

48 replies [ 1, 2 ] 14 29

meaningless drivel

What is this spoon called?

12 replies 2

repair

Adventures in domestic appliance repair (by a complete and utter noob)

23 replies 5 3 16

cooking

Milk: Share your Knowledge

26 replies 3 1 10

meaningless drivel

Would you rather have 6 foot high raised beds or lots of gates?

10 replies 9

tinkering with this site

updated the two bootcamp pages - PRAISE ME!

15 replies 2 14

meaningless drivel

Latest Scams.

16 replies

natural building

Most cost effective small building technique

19 replies 1 1 10

soil

raining non-stop

15 replies 3 11

tiny house

Skiddable Work Shack

22 replies 14 10

toilet alternatives

Help me design a very small bucket outhouse

24 replies 1 12

rocket mass heaters

New here, first post, I have been researching all different designs, and I came up with my own.

58 replies [ 1, 2 ] 11 9

plants

This plant is taking over...

22 replies 2 5

wildlife

Scat Identification Thread

15 replies 4 2

cooking

salad dressing made from garbanzo beans

17 replies 2 9

bugs

Ant question

14 replies 8

meaningless drivel

The people growing their own toilet paper (Plectranthus barbatus) - BBC

18 replies 1 16

plumbing

My plumber just earned £2280/hour... not sure whether to be pleased or not

15 replies 1 8

rocket mass heaters

Leaning tower of Pizza

20 replies 5 9

plant fibers

Stone Age (neolithicum and before) techniques

28 replies 2 10 14

gear

Upgrading tractor hydraulics

20 replies 30 15

homestead

Riona's micro-homesteading thread

36 replies 18

art

painting over a painting?

6 replies 1

fermentation

Fermenting commercially canned beets??

8 replies 12

meaningless drivel

Where are the Wombles?

17 replies 4 6 8

plants

Let's talk tomatoes

29 replies 18 18

cooking

Fried rice

28 replies 6 12

wood burning stoves

Matt Walker Tiny Stove build in Spain

25 replies 6 21 32

tinkering with this site

Forum Questions

15 replies 1 15

meaningless drivel

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

22 replies 9 9

gear

Why do hot water tanks have such a bad rep?

42 replies [ 1, 2 ] 2 6 18

alliums

Just pathetic

24 replies 15 15

rainwater catchment

Ways to get water for low cost/free to offset costs?

14 replies 14

food preservation

Eggs: How do you preserve them?

25 replies 14 9

tinkering with this site

Idea: Permission video library

19 replies 1 25

art

Spontaneous combustion science - is oil painting going to burn down my house?

13 replies 2 1 7

plants

Best plants to plant and forget? Perennials or self seeders.

31 replies 13

meaningless drivel

We need words for these things

15 replies 14

textile techniques

Crochet has been added to the hobby list

28 replies 9 11

recycling

Bring out your dead! - Old Pianos

29 replies 1 14

electrical

Off grid A/C solutions?

34 replies 5 9

dogs and cats

Itchy Dogs - Treatment Ideas

53 replies [ 1, 2 ] 1 25

low tech

Reflecting light in a house

8 replies 1 1 8

personal challenges

experiences with melatonin for sleep?

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