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Can you eat immature pumpkins?

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Is this nettle?

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Trees down & Clean up

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Would you rather have have opera music in the garden or have to dance in the garden?

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Screw vs Nail: Which one when?

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Strawberries - An underrated fruit?

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paul wheaton's pseudo blog

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meaningless drivel

Would you rather tons of mishapen veggies or a few perfect specimens?

11 replies 4

rocket mass heaters

Unexpected Consequence from heating with bricks

14 replies 7 5

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Help - my pressure canner is shrieking at me!

7 replies 1 1

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Extracting starch from bracken - an experiment

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Not GAMCOD on Skye plot - Year Two

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Trailers - teach me what I need to know!

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meaningless drivel

Breaking in an aluminum coffee pot

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Montana Masonry Dragon, In My Living Room

10 replies 3 11

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Hot [glue] gun in my hand! What else should I fix?

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Tejpat / Indian bay leaf / Cinnamomum tamala

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Avoiding Debt - Pay Cash for Tractor or 0% Financing

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Deep litter method

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food preservation

How to preserve sweet potatoes, if you grow way too many.

25 replies 12 16

dyeing

Basic colors

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alternative energy

Building 100 AH LiFePo4 Battery Box

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Lawn Mowing is Wasted Time - Any Ideas?

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What was your favorite post you earned an apple for?

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Bathing in ants!

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J's stories - just for fun

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Would scarecrows protect chickens?

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Questions About Starting a Permaculture Project

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gear

Lehman's clothes wringer...does anyone use one?

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gear

Best snow vehicle you ever had

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mulch

A question about wood mulch

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personal care

Why should I use lotion?

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biochar

Biochar out of sticks

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meaningless drivel

BBC - Tour of the old Battersea Power Station

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ducks and geese

Permie Waterfowl Picture Thread - Share your flock!

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