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Game - Picture Association

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The aging homesteader

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Smaugust 2025 art challenge (there are dragons)

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Painting the Glorious Revolution (Discworld fan art)

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In the quiet hours of the bootcamp grind, I found myself: Esteban's Bootcamp Experience

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What's for Dinner?

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Are hobbies dead?

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art

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Glazing and underpainting - for the frugal oil painter (grisaille, brunaille, verdaille, etc)

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Seth's Lazer-Focused, Long-Winded, Lively List of Lab Lessons (BEL)

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The Glorious Revolution - 25th of May - Pratchett and discworld

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Electrosensitivity - Can Earth-Sheltered and/or Earthen-Walled Structures Help Us?

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Making my own watercolors with natural pigments (both homemade and storebought)

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'French box easel' - can it really work for painting out and about?

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Americans with recent experience buying from Canada? (Summer-fall 2025)

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Gardening playing cards for gardeners and homesteaders Kickstarter

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permaculture singles

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How do you dress for the outdoors in winter?

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Goofy weather swings

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Permaculture Smackdown: Keeping Yourself Motivated as a Homesteader

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CEB Composition & Sourcing Materials

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Australian Seed Sources

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satisfying soil test recommendations

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The making of blue dragon from Pern

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home care

Permie solutions to icy walkways?

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PEP BB homesteading.straw.scything - Scythe an Area of 100 Square Feet

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Containers for Bulk Cider

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soil

Permies Poll: What kind of soil do you have at your homestead?

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mulch

DIY Wood Chips

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PEP Badge: Oddball

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