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jokes

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Game - Picture Association

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You know you're a permie when...

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

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Hilarious, rib tickling memes

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wheaton laboratories

SEPP to Boot: Stephen's Experience (BEL)

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funny signs

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Music of the Moment

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fruit trees

A lot about apples!

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organic

permaculture advocate in Zimbabwe - too little/too much rain

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pep

PEPPERS in action

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

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books

The official permies.com Book Review Grid with more than 100 books listed

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hugelkultur

Paul Wheaton's hugelkultur article thread

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Caleb's Bootcamp Experience (BRK)

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The aging homesteader

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Smaugust 2025 art challenge (there are dragons)

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art

Painting the Glorious Revolution (Discworld fan art)

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personal care

Unapparent disability

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art

Hobby, crafting, or art no-buy anyone? (perennial self-accountability thread)

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propagation

garden plans, records, results, hopes.....

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Are hobbies dead?

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ethics and philosophy

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

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art

Permaculture-core: what is the permaculture aesthetic?

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art

Glazing and underpainting - for the frugal oil painter (grisaille, brunaille, verdaille, etc)

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wheaton laboratories

Seth's Lazer-Focused, Long-Winded, Lively List of Lab Lessons (BEL)

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Mistborn score - any good?

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The Glorious Revolution - 25th of May - Pratchett and discworld

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Carrying things on your head

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wofati and earth berm

Electrosensitivity - Can Earth-Sheltered and/or Earthen-Walled Structures Help Us?

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wheaton laboratories

Catherine The Grateful - not permaculture farm, lessons from the field (BEL)

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art

Making my own watercolors with natural pigments (both homemade and storebought)

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Americans with recent experience buying from Canada? (Summer-fall 2025)

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JP and The Eternal Now (BEL)

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What do you do for work?

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repair

How can I put a shade on this lamp?

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Long time lurker, first time poster in need of assistance: Dome House

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frugality

Stop wasting money by buying whole chicken and learning to break it down and use it all

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vines

Peas and Beans that need trellised- grown in hanging pots

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passive solar

House oriented North-South. How do I warm the northern bedrooms?

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New Build First Generation Batchbox 6" Double Brick Bell

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wood burning stoves

Tlud analog? Easy to make " reactive" furnace \ stove

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beans

Small-ish Scale Dry Bean Harvesting

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cooking

How do you keep your spices?

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jokes

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PEM

Make a knife handle - PEM BB traditional.straw.knifehandle

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pep food prep

Make 2 Different Kinds of Condiments or Salad Dressings - PEP BB food.straw.condiments

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No Clothes Dryer, No problem?

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Make a debris shelter - PEM BB traditional.straw.debris

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Make a bow drill - PEM BB traditional.straw.bowdrill

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plants

My Chayote Squash Journey

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tinkering with this site

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stone work

Curved dry stacked wall

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science and research

Why farmers may want to keep, not kill, weeds

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stone work

Concrete Igloo or Vault

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honey bees

African bees don't like their hive

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personal care

Unapparent disability

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land shares

500 acre eco community looking for starters

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crowdfunding

Sourdough Without Fail Kickstarter - October 7th - November 6th

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crowdfunding

Permaculture Playing Cards - the purple deck

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What's for Dinner?

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personal challenges

experiences with melatonin for sleep?

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cooking

What do you use instead of store bought cooking spray?

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pea

Do 5 - Use coffee grounds/other waste to fertilize indoor plants - PEA BB garden.sand.five.wastestre

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upcycling

Got hose? Got sticks? Build a dome!

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urban gardening

Plot 5: a new urban Community garden

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PEP BB nest.sand.kitchen - Clean a Kitchen

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frugality

What I do with freebie meat scraps...

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rocket ovens

"PANIS NOSTER" bread oven/smoker with BBR firebox

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Discovery of a Plant That Attracts Ants and Protects Legumes from Beetle Attacks

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cover crops

Forage Kale / Forage Brassica

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gardening for beginners

Do you 'refresh' your garden every year?

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fermentation

Culturing kefir substitute from sourdough

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cooking

what can I do with chestnuts?

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composting

Hot compost dreams

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intentional community

10 Acre Texas Homestead looking for Share

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paul wheaton's pseudo blog

Automatic Backyard Food Pump

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cooking

5 meals in 1 chicken

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transportation

Alternative Modes of Travel (Some Abnormal, too)

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biochar

making biochar: methods pros and cons

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southern usa

Couple moving west of Knoxville, TN in search of homestead-friendly rental or work trade

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