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gear

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

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ponds

Garden picture exchange!

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homestead

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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the solutions are simple

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The aging homesteader

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low tech

2022 PTJ projects - poor man's poll

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ponds

Major earthworks starting -- central texas

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homestead

Landrace Gardening

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

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gear

Tool thoughts for women

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gear

Using a cast iron skillet ain't so hard!

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gear

Solar Food Dryers?

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homestead

How to time growing a family and starting a homestead?

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homestead

Here Is Our Micro-Homestead. Enjoy.

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best wood for a wooden spoon

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earthworks

Creek repair - brush dams

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Easiest Vegetable to Grow

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2022 PTJ projects - poor man's poll

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Who heats a kettle full of water for a cup of tea?

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Does keeping chickens actually save money?

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wildfire

How do Permies feel about “prescribed burns”?

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homestead

Homegrown Mushroom Mycelium Insulation Panels

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root cellars

Cooking Fall Decor pumpkins/squash

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gear

Do you Low Tech?

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ponds

How to bring back life into a pond?

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homestead

Safety Strategies for Tornados and High Winds

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gear

small engine troubleshooting? Tuffy by troy bilt won't start

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root cellars

Fall Decor Pumpkins/squash that are excellent eating

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homestead

Please think about doing Badge Bits, commenting on them, liking them, growing and nurturing

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Label it!

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wildfire

What's in your Go-Bag?

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If you want to help someone working around the homestead, please don't (insert action here).

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low tech

Very low tech small power generation or work

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homestead

Where Are All the Examples of Economic Success?

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No Grocery Stores or Restaurants for a Year

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Hand tools: What’s better done the old fashioned way?

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If you could start all over again…

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gear

Rodents and wires

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I need help here - gaping hole in dam

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Fry live streaming his property tour right now

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'Heavy Clay and the French Drain'...

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gear

Looking for broadfork recommendations

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My idea for keeping jars of food cold using piped water… will it work?

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gear

Reciprocating saw with carbide Diablo pruning blade

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advice for swale off-contour

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My Unexpected Frog Pond

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Tiny brush dam progress

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gear

Diesel chain saw???

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gear

Cargo net tricks

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ponds

Is there value in keeping trees around this pond?

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ponds

Cleaning a pond from fish and algae

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Tightening an existing woven wire fence?

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wildfire

How do Permies feel about “prescribed burns”?

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gear

LORA and mesh networks

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Living near nuclear power plant, are solar panels worthwhile?

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gear

Looking for a used Meadow Creature Broadfork

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Q's building an alaskan homestead

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Experienced Homesteading partners

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Easy/Free windbreak hedging - recycle Christmas Trees!

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Low-Tech Information Storage

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100 best practices of homestead written in early 1900

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gear

Kohler engine repair manuals PDF

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*Drumming up Interest* We're moving from our awesome rental homestead in the Spring... Any takers?

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Pounded/Driven Well vs. Drilled Well (Catskills, NY)

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Powder post beetles in barn; Firewood storing

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Ram pump to fill a pond?

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Adding under a pre-existing home

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gear

DIY stone boat aka rock sled aka Yard Glider

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gear

Men's Leather Snake Boots by Guide Gear

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homestead

Wyoming homestead

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gear

The Sock-o a Sock-o Darn Tough vs. Smartwool vs. Icebreaker Thread

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Things you wish you had known

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Chinampas - Has anyone built one?

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Hulling Buckwheat or Confectionery Sunflower Seeds At Home?

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Going from two to one adults - adapting

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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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homestead

Safety Strategies for Tornados and High Winds

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*Welcome Justin Rhodes, author of "The Rooted Life"!

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homestead

Kids + Homestead = Spiders/Dangerous Critters!!??

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Health insurance on the homestead

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Footwear

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alternatives to toilet paper

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