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chickens

chicken coops/runs/tractors/paddocks/pens/etc.

1 year ago 305 replies 16 75 9

finishes

Paint made from gum Arabic and hydrated lime? For use on cob.

2 days ago 1 reply 1 3

earthship

A simple cooling experiment alongside the idea of earthship cool tubes

2 days ago 1 reply 1

tinkering with this site

gir bot

2 days ago 77 replies 4 15 45

seeds and breeding

Free Sunflower Seeds - Will you help my son increase genetics?

2 days ago 17 replies 7 15

rockies

ISO our tribe. Colorado

2 days ago 1 reply 3

pep commerce

Perform Labor Over the Internet and Get Paid $500 - PEP BB community.straw.internet

BB 2 days ago 1 39 25

workshops

Spring 2026 video tours of the Crescent City Food Forest and Old Growth Edible Landscapes' HQ

2 days ago 1 reply 1

pep woodland care

Peel 2 live trees and put up off the ground to dry - PEP BB woodland.sand.peel

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earthen floor

has ANYBODY used pure Tung Oil to finish an earthen floor?

2 days ago 4 replies

wheaton laboratories

rocket mass heater jamboree October 5-9 2026

3 days ago 71 replies 3 2 71

honey bees

Did I kill my bees?

3 days ago 11 replies 2

plants

Whatsit? Wild Chervil

3 days ago 2 replies 5

plants

Perennial plant identification please

3 days ago 9 replies 2 1

great white north

Stockpiling Stove Coal -- Hedge Against Hard Times?

3 days ago 2 replies 1

food as medicine

Natural remedies for COPD/emphysema

3 days ago 13 replies 2

textile tools

Home scale spinning frame (multiple spindles, one hand crank)

3 days ago 6 replies 1 3 3

toilet alternatives

Updates on my Flush Vermicomposting Toilet Design

3 days ago 11 replies 10 8

pep nest

Sweep a Floor - PEP BB nest.sand.sweepfloor

BB 3 days ago 16 593 143

zero waste

What do you sit on, and why does it matter, and much more?

3 days ago 24 replies 14 12

rabbits

Deboning a Rabbit

3 days ago 2 replies 2 6

meaningless drivel

My version of Elizabeth Cotten's "Freight Train"

3 days ago 55 replies 50 13

meaningless drivel

You know you're a permie when...

3 days ago 1409 replies 9 214 1921

toilet alternatives

I made a whole house compost worm septic system

3 days ago 60 replies 18 28

sewing

Sewing a Tote Bag

3 days ago 4 replies 4

pep tool care

Clean the shop for at least an hour - PEP BB tool.sand.cleanshop

BB 3 days ago 4 252 33

permaculture singles

43 male seeking Marriage with off grid lifestyle

3 days ago 4 replies 1

meaningless drivel

Words or phrases that permaculture really needs!

3 days ago 42 replies 1 49

wind

Vertical axis turbine....ill advised or still viable?

3 days ago 1 reply 3

medicinal herbs

trying to come up with anti inflammatory protocol with few if any side effects for osteoarthritis

3 days ago 74 replies 1 3 31

meaningless drivel

Mistborn score - any good?

3 days ago 35 replies 3 1 1

products

Rocket Heater Shippable Core

3 days ago 3 replies

fungi

How indispensable are pressure cookers for sterilizing wheat?

3 days ago 3 replies

personal challenges

Anyone Homestead by themselves, or have a spouse/partner who doesnt help out on the land??

3 days ago 56 replies 1 7 23

rocket mass heaters

Cheap(ish) prefab mass heater with Shorty core

3 days ago 38 replies 2 46 57

california

Work in exchange for living

3 days ago 1 reply

intentional community

Ready to live off grid? Come join us. - 2021

3 days ago 23 replies 1

rainwater catchment

Permies Poll: Do you have rainwater catchment on your homestead?

3 days ago 1 1

rocket mass heaters

Shippable Walker 6" Superhot Cores now available

3 days ago 27 replies 1 4 16

ethics and philosophy

AI data centers and your future

3 days ago 0 replies

pep food prep

Bake a pizza - PEP BB food.sand.pizza

BB 3 days ago 1 516 112

upcycling

Different kind of 55 gallon barrel bed

3 days ago 0 replies 1 2

frugality

How to save fuel when driving?

3 days ago 59 replies 2 1 97

homestead

The aging homesteader

4 days ago 602 replies 2 43 348
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