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gear

What is it.... the game! Post unknown objects to ID... and to stump others!

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The aging homesteader

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ponds

Garden picture exchange!

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women peeing outdoors

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Dave Burton's Boot Adventures at Wheaton Labs and Basecamp

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What is a fair price per acre for land?

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Brandon and Nikki's Homestead

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homestead

the solutions are embarrassingly simple

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ponds

The little water garden

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gear

Tool thoughts for women

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Garden on Corliss Homestead Journal

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homestead

Landrace Gardening

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root cellars

Fall Decor Pumpkins/squash that are excellent eating

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Small, easy projects that make a big difference

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Ways to cope with thick wildfire smoke

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ponds

Major earthworks starting -- central texas

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haulers

Show Us What You Are Hauling On Your Bike

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homestead

Crypto-permie homesteaders on Nat Geo TV show "Live Free Or Die"

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gear

Using a cast iron skillet ain't so hard!

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Easiest Vegetable to Grow

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gear

What is this old pan? It's a stove-top oven!

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homestead

My city farm

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gear

What do you use to bring groceries home?

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wildfire

ACCURATE fire prevention advice please!

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homestead

share photos of old, abandoned, uninhabited structures in your part of the world!

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gear

How do you keep dry in the rain?

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low tech

Reflecting light in a house

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homestead

The House of Riona: Micro Homesteading 2025

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gear

How do you dress for the outdoors in winter?

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homestead

Lawnmower alternatives

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gear

Upgrading tractor hydraulics

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low tech

Solar chimney thoughts

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gear

Why do hot water tanks have such a bad rep?

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homestead

How to wean off Air Conditioning? (AC)

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gear

How do you use clothespins, beyond pinning clothes?

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homestead

Food self-sufficiency for 9 people on 10 acres, what would you do?

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Riona's micro-homesteading thread

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gear

Hoemanship - Favorite type of Hoe?

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homestead

What were your biggest misconceptions of off-grid living?

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low tech

My woodworking skills will never be this good

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gear

Battery Powered Block Heater

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homestead

What’s your snow removal strategy?

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ponds

How do I clear up my pond

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My city farm

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gear

How to assemble a corn grinder.

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Self-doubt about future plans for land & house

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Has anyone here worked with insulated underground PEX pipe for water lines or heating projects?

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Fence corner options question

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low tech

Solar chimney thoughts

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gear

Bucket stools are useful!

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Almost reached record lows Tomorrow will be colder

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Central Texas homestead with existing systems – sharing for those looking

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ponds

How much water flow do we need to keep the water aerated enough to have fish?

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homestead

We sat down with Alma Oasis for a Q&A, here’s what we learned

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Garden on Corliss Homestead Journal

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Low tech water treatment for small scale dyeing

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The House of Riona, Micro Homesteading 2026

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gear

propane on demand hot water heaters (no electricity)

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help - need lawyer or ?? SW TX. Intestate property, relative died with no written will.

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1877 Early Montana Mass Heater

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The aging homesteader

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gear

What is the best way to sharpen a knife?

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Glass clothes pins?

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gear

What equipment should we request in our soil-improvement grant application?

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Uses for pallets

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Birch Bark to seal ponds?

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gear

Compost Tea Lab aerators? other recommendations?

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gear

Mobile sawbuck?

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homestead

looking to join / start homestead in Maine

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homestead

Profile: French passive solar straw bale house w/ foraging nearby

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gear

whats your favorite gear

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gear

The lowest cost hatchet Ive ever seen (and then I improved it)

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wells and springs

will very rusty well water harm plants?

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homestead

Where Would You Go in 2026 For Year Round Growing?

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deep well pump filling up cistern

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Off grid Pump for Spring?

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4th Phase of Water

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gear

Do you have an old-fashioned sawbuck? Do you have ANY sawbuck? How'd you make it? Let us see it!

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low tech

Forget the hand crank and the bicycle, consider the treadle...

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low tech

Ingenious ideas that will keep you binge watching for hours

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Opinions on moving to the American Southwest ( New Mexico ).

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Reflecting light in a house

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wells and springs

How can I adjust pH for plants w/ generator powered well

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