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gardening for beginners

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Where does a Hugel get moisture from in a dry climate?

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Chili: A Recipe with Endless Options

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gear

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Java Error when giving pie?

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What were your biggest misconceptions of off-grid living?

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meaningless drivel

When has Spring - the season - sprung for you?

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mulch

Experience with sheep wool pellets?

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food as medicine

The Hot Toddy, do you, and how?

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meaningless drivel

My woodworking skills will never be this good

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cooking

dessert pizza

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gear

Question about tires and tubes

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food as medicine

Milk and Molasses enema

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meaningless drivel

Merry surreal Christmas everyone!!!

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textile tools

The Physics of Knitting - unravelling the mysteries

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meaningless drivel

Permaculture Baby Names

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homestead

planting comfrey in front yard

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solar

Solar power for 100 year old barn

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meaningless drivel

How did you end up where you are?

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rocket mass heaters

Transforming a Fireplace into a Splendid Rocket Mass Heater

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meaningless drivel

White tail deer after being released from an Australian prison.

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toilet alternatives

Experimenting with the willow feeder idea...

13 replies 1 2 9

meaningless drivel

Would you rather use a one wheel wheelbarrow or a two wheel wheelbarrow?

19 replies 5 4

cooking

Tallow

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meaningless drivel

Happy New Year, Everyone!!

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homestead

Permaculture Smackdown: Keeping Yourself Motivated as a Homesteader

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rocket mass heaters

Chimney hat

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fencing

fencing or barrier to withstand vehicles

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plants

Invasive species on purpose

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roundwood and timber framing

Question about load bearing capacity of structure

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biointensive

Which size mesh for sifting stones out of rocky soil dug 2 feet deep for biointensive garden

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rocket mass heaters

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village

What makes a village a village?

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tinkering with this site

why have text size optionality when the forums want uniform text size?

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alternative energy

Are Candle Heaters Safe?

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homestead

Anyone here close to being self sufficient and “living off the land” to a significant degree?

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tips for awkward spots

Street side perennials.

17 replies 1 12

paul wheaton's pseudo blog

how to safely heat with green/wet wood in your wood stove when you are desperate

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chickens

How to catch a chicken?

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textile techniques

half-assed fiber projects

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tinkering with this site

Issue posting reply containing an "abbreviation" but it's within someone's name

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wildlife

Where'd the crickets go?

21 replies 2

cooking

Local Meal Challenge

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wood burning stoves

Stove for a bomb shelter

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paul wheaton's pseudo blog

a willow feeder is NOT a composting toilet

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upcycling

DIY foot rest / warmer ideas?

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plants

What is this—its taking over my tall grass area.

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natural building

Full Time Yurt Living In Mediterranean Climate

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apples

Tanglefoot alternatives for Codling moth control?

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