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Game - Picture Association

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You know you're a permie when...

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Hilarious, rib tickling memes

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SEPP to Boot: Stephen's Experience (BEL)

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funny signs

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Talk me out of (or into) a ukulele

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A lot about apples!

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meaningless drivel

Quote of the day

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The aging homesteader

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meaningless drivel

Northern Lights alert

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meaningless drivel

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

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PEPPERS in action

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hugelkultur

Paul Wheaton's hugelkultur article thread

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Talk me out of (or into) a ukulele

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wheaton laboratories

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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ethics and philosophy

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

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a college degree in 2025/2026/2027 ... don't

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art

Painting the Glorious Revolution (Discworld fan art)

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meaningless drivel

Are hobbies dead?

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rocket mass heaters

Are you interested in building a rocket mass heater? What is holding you back?

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apples

Growing Apple Trees From Seed Naturally

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tinkering with this site

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

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this forum is for gardeners, homesteaders and permaculture people

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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

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

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art

Oil paint as wood stain?

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frugality

How to save fuel when driving?

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music

How do I learn to read music?

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meaningless drivel

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

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wheaton laboratories

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

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meaningless drivel

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

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great white north

Zone 3 Orchard - Who Survived the Winter

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gardening for beginners

victory gardens, 2026 version: what are your plans?

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cooking

Dressing for idiots! (salad dressing)

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wofati and earth berm

Likely solution to eliminating the plastic membranes on a wofati

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rocket stoves

rocket stoves and hot air balloons

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teachers' lounge

Permaculture for Ages 0-3

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seeds and breeding

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

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fermentation

Mold and discoloration in sauerkraut

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Shorty Core + Oven Single Skin Bell Build

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paul wheaton's pseudo blog

are there currently millions of permaculture millionaires? (the story of Gert)

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wheaton laboratories

permaculture bootcamp - gardening gardeners; grow the food you eat and build your own home

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fungi

My first mushroom attempt

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homestead

The aging homesteader

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natural building

Building a roundwood/cob hybrid home in Texas – roof beam collapse & lessons learned

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cooking

Outdoor Cookstove with TEN BRICKS

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tiny house

Emergency Dome fm 12 4x8 Plywood Sheets

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wheaton laboratories

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

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frugality

How to save fuel when driving?

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gamcod

Not GAMCOD on Skye plot - Year Two

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seeds and breeding

Greenhouses, grow rooms and nurseries

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

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rainwater catchment

benefits of rainfall collection

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pep electricity

Set up a power wall - electricity.straw.powerwall PEP BB

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I just bought a crappy looking bike. Not a department store bike.

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wild harvesting

When to harvest horsetails?

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permaculture singles

Many dream it, few actually do it

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How Much of the World's Knowledge is Readily Available on the Internet?

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bicycle

Permies Poll: Do you use a bicycle?

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blatant advertising

A mainstream tv show about Permaculturing the American family

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haulers

Wheelbarrow vs 2-wheeled cart

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Boot problem question

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crowdfunding

A Mainstream Comedy about a Permaculturing Family

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workshops

SKIP Homestead Workshops

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Looking for individual or couple - Caretakers on organic farm in southern Ecuador

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If you had $200 (or $1000) to improve your long term resilience, how would you spend it?

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biochar

making biochar: methods pros and cons

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permaculture

Permaculture principles on olive grove, will it work?

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frugality

The $8 house

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natural building

sizing a DIY outdoor fire suppression system

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rainwater catchment

How long after a new roof is catching water safe?

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tinkering with this site

Attention Admins

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permaculture real estate

23 ac farm in West TN, stocked lake, house, shop, outbuildings, well

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dogs and cats

What breed of dog do you think is good for a family dog?

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goats and sheep

Ramming ram, what to do...

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"You can't do that!" and other nonsense

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