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The aging homesteader

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Northern Lights alert

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The simple pleasures of the day (please add your own)

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Talk me out of (or into) a ukulele

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Growing Apple Trees From Seed Naturally

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paul wheaton's pseudo blog

what if the cost of food goes up 10x?

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Best (foodsafe) paper mache paste recipe? And other advice.

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Knee replacement in three weeks and one day

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Cigar box guitar and variations

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art

Oil paint as wood stain?

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Expedient insulation

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Jessee's Bootcamp Experience for today

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How to make fancy, medieval book covers with kids?

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Winnerwell Foldfast Oven question

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* Welcome Kate Downham, author of Sourdough Without Fail.

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Medieval ways to paint baked clay

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Spain or other sunny European locations for off-grid living?

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10-ha tropical mountain homestead with year-round stream & primary forest – El Valle, Panama

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south america / central america / mexico

PARAGUAY -success stories wanted

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iberia

Land to utilize for someone who wants to start something longterm. Silver Coast Portugal

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Umbrella

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urban gardening

Plant suggestions

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problem with yarrow

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organic

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art

Bookcloth - questions for book binders

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plants

Cattails and permaculture

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chickens

Chickens being chickens. share your pics, videos, and stories.

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Building a Better World in your Backyard by Paul Wheaton and Shawn Klassen-Koop

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The Wheaton Eco Scale

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my thoughts are sometimes better expressed by others.....

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Rendering Fats

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introductions

Hi from Texas, a water-curious newcomer

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Solo RPG - what is it and is it worth while?

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Uses for thistle

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food preservation

Does anyone freeze dry?

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PEP Badge: Oddball

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rocket mass heaters

Double checking my crazy idea

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Permies Poll: Do you coppice and/or pollard on your homestead?

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Images to create our future—year 2042

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Roy the Truck

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skills to inherit property

BB clarification thread

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goats and sheep

Can chickens and goats be penned together?

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food preservation

we canned the pears so now how to make pear vinegar with the cores and peels?

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perennial vegetables

Tuberous Jerusalem sage

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organic

Hydroponics test -- big Kratky barrel with eggshell, ash, and urine

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natural building

Critique my plan

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Growing potatoes above ground

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Sepp Holzer - how do i find out more!

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Jessee's Bootcamp Experience for today

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Solar Pecron E2000LFP - Battery Discontinued Bummer + DIY expansion details

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solar

Small cabin cooling: how many kWh does your AC use after sunset?

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Eastern TN vegan ecovillage sanctuary

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cooking

looking for recipes - pumpkin seeds (pepitas)

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PEM

Operate a wood stove or RMH for an hour - PEM BB woodheat.sand.operateheater

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Essential tools for permaculture gardening

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Daylight Savings Time - for Real?

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composting

Permies Poll: How often do you add compost to your growing spaces?

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

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ergonomics

Going Shoeless: A discussion about barefoot living

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Garden box vs just growing in the ground

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