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cooking

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goats and sheep

Dry cough: Icelandic Dorper Yearling Ram

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Concept cooking: Soups

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Heavy Maple Pollen/Seeds Year in Southern Missouri

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Can someone tell me about my well?

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potatoes

Are these TPS seedlings? - eggplant? physalis?

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food preservation

Can you pressure can in an instant pot?

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wells and springs

Deep well questions

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No Clothes Dryer, No problem?

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The wealth of knowledge here...

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meaningless drivel

Trees down & Clean up

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Weeping Pussy Willow

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Identifying Types of Cookware

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Podcast on King Stropharia and soil building

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honey bees

African bees don't like their hive

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wells and springs

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

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rocket mass heaters

Brick or cob

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intentional community

montana community seeking 20 people who are gardeners or want to be gardeners

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tiny house

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personal care

Sweating a fever?

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chickens

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

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meaningless drivel

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

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woodworking

Screw vs Nail: Which one when?

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berries

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?

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rocket mass heaters

Unexpected Consequence from heating with bricks

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food preservation

Help - my pressure canner is shrieking at me!

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cooking

Extracting starch from bracken - an experiment

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gardening for beginners

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

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gamcod

Not GAMCOD on Skye plot - Year Two

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gear

Trailers - teach me what I need to know!

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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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soil

How to amend so I have artisanal, hand crafted soil for future orchard

13 replies 3 8

cooking

Tejpat / Indian bay leaf / Cinnamomum tamala

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apples

Identifying an apple tree in fruit

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financial strategy

Avoiding Debt - Pay Cash for Tractor or 0% Financing

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writing

installing software offline?

17 replies 2 3

quail and pigeons

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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meaningless drivel

Lawn Mowing is Wasted Time - Any Ideas?

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