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Talk me out of (or into) a ukulele

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PEPPERS in action

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Quote of the day

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fruit trees

A lot about apples!

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

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Someone lent me a guitar - how do I learn classical guitar

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2026 - arting - quick art share

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

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Growing Apple Trees From Seed Naturally

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frugality

How to save fuel when driving?

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Americans, please don't use 2 letter abbreviations for your state!

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Cigar box guitar and variations

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Oil paint as wood stain?

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Automatic Backyard Food Pump

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Victory gardens, 2026 version: what are your plans?

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Expedient insulation

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Alexandra Malecki made it to PEP2! Follow my family SKIP to homestead!

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fungi

Show me your fungus. (Mushroom Photos)

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Daylily... best varieties for eating and where to get them

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homestead

Water stain on ceiling—oh my!

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intentional community

Let me know about your perm/IC communities!

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soil

Vinegar washing wood ash

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wild harvesting

What's your favorite wild fruit to harvest and eat?

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food pump club

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50yr young woman for a man

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Simple mini woodshed design

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Anyone experience growing and guilding redbud?

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Natural remedies for sleep apnea

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favorite goat breeds

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site traffic

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You're not running out of space for trees, you're just not using enough columnar trees!

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A brief story of Russian family homesteads.

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wood burning stoves

Matt Walker continental stove build

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

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Breakfast foods for 10 and 13 year old - give me some ideas please!

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gardening for beginners

Self-replicating strawberries the easy way!

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straw bale house

Give me a counter-case for strawbales so that I can be aware of all the negatives, please.

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kiwis

Tips for planting hardy kiwi Issai (Actinidia arguta)

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food as medicine

Tips for dehydrating sauerkraut? Does it destroy the probiotics?

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wildfire

Tips to protect your home during forest fires

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Should I start a Tree/Plant Nursery Business

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controlling Ants

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2026 - arting - quick art share

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SEPP to Boot: Stephen's Experience (BEL)

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How do you harvest your tall fruit trees?

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making biochar: methods pros and cons

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soil

Let's talk about soil minerals

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plants

Myoga ginger

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Open to meeting my homesteading soulmate

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Colorado water rights question

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Tile as mulch

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homestead

Surviving like an 11th Century farmer

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Beautiful Permaculture Farm in the North Georgia Mountains

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My city farm

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Music of the Moment

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cooking

What cookware has lasted you the longest without spending a fortune?

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pep foraging

Dry harvest list - PEP BB foraging.sand.dry

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straw bale house

Straw bale in Eastern Oklahoma? Hot and wet.......

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Peaches: An underrated fruit?

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