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Urgent: Walking onions and freezing

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Recipe Search: Pinto Beans

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meaningless drivel

Where do epsom salts go after a soak?

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gardening for beginners

What advice to take? Not?

8 replies 6

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"Outdated Science"

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Using other dish/pots to cook in an Instant Pot, do you?

7 replies 1

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Getting multiple notifications for the same thread

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meaningless drivel

What part of the country are you in? Is it summer or fall?

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meaningless drivel

What were they thinking? (Hobbit movies)

3 replies 3 3

soil

Permie alternative to NPK / Standard Fertilizer Mix

12 replies 4

honey bees

Honeybees Love My Biochar! (A Mystery)

23 replies 1 8

cooking

Evaporated vinegar

17 replies 6

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what kind of frame to get for an oil painting on canvas stretcher?

5 replies 1

goats and sheep

Dry cough: Icelandic Dorper Yearling Ram

6 replies 1

meaningless drivel

Heavy Maple Pollen/Seeds Year in Southern Missouri

7 replies 1 5

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How do you know your water is clean?

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dogs and cats

What breed of dog do you think is good for a family dog?

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paul wheaton's pseudo blog

"willow feeder in my house? Zero chance"

31 replies 8

wells and springs

Can someone tell me about my well?

11 replies 12 8

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Review not showing up in movie review grid

4 replies

potatoes

Are these TPS seedlings? - eggplant? physalis?

15 replies 3 2

food preservation

Can you pressure can in an instant pot?

8 replies 6

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Planting 24,000 trees in Ireland

10 replies 8

wells and springs

Deep well questions

9 replies 1

alliums

Can a walking onion make a baby chive?

20 replies 17 10

permaculture design

Designing zone 1 - the kitchen garden

11 replies 4 3

meaningless drivel

No Clothes Dryer, No problem?

15 replies 1 3

ethics and philosophy

Why are declining birthrates a problem?

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soil

A stupid fear getting in my way

14 replies 1 7

cooking

How do you get scorched food off the bottom of a pan?

13 replies 1 5

cooking

What do you think about food mills?

20 replies 3 1

plants

Is this nettle?

25 replies 11 5

meaningless drivel

Trees down & Clean up

13 replies 5 6

earthworks

Ways to transform a Mudworld into a Paradise?

16 replies 3 5

dyeing

Can ashes be used as a mordant?

5 replies 4

trees

Weeping Pussy Willow

23 replies 1 10 8

tinkering with this site

Loving the new email style

10 replies 8

cooking

Identifying Types of Cookware

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fungi

Podcast on King Stropharia and soil building

3 replies 3

wells and springs

Please Advise: Low Pressure in Extensive Well Water and Hydrant System

14 replies 1 3

rocket mass heaters

Brick or cob

32 replies 6 5

gamcod

Spud Brothers crop and calorie totals from GAMCOD 2025

20 replies 20 10

tiny house

Looking for land ideas

31 replies 7

chickens

If you didn't know chickens, you'd think I was lying - Comedy

5 replies 4

meaningless drivel

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

6 replies 2

woodworking

Screw vs Nail: Which one when?

17 replies 2 1 9

berries

Strawberries - An underrated fruit?

17 replies 2 3 6

paul wheaton's pseudo blog

portland, oregon september 6 (and 7) 2025

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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

food preservation

Help - my pressure canner is shrieking at me!

7 replies 1 1

fermentation

Help me make my first good pickle - with Rutabaga

13 replies 2 2

composting

Hot compost dreams

22 replies 11 5

cooking

Extracting starch from bracken - an experiment

11 replies 1 23 10

gardening for beginners

What in the world is this? - lamb's quarters

12 replies 6 6

gardening for beginners

Standing Stubble vs Chop and Drop

12 replies 6

gear

Trailers - teach me what I need to know!

14 replies 1 2 13

meaningless drivel

Breaking in an aluminum coffee pot

6 replies 2 1 1

rocket mass heaters

Montana Masonry Dragon, In My Living Room

10 replies 3 11

meaningless drivel

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

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