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Topic Replies Topic Starter Last Post Forum Name
Will this electric fence setup work to keep chickens in? 6 R Spencer
Bethany Clay
chickens
Navigating contaminants in the built environment: garden fencing concerns 2 R Spencer
Anne Miller
home care
Safety of using soil from old horse barn? 5 R Spencer
Karen Isaacson
organic
Non-toxic tarp? 9 R Spencer
Douglas Alpenstock
zero waste
Buying a clothes washer and dryer, what to look for? 8 R Spencer
thomas rubino
home care
Living near nuclear power plant, are solar panels worthwhile? 10 R Spencer
John C Daley
homestead
Advice on house search for couple seeking suburban home and around 40% self-sufficiency? 8 R Spencer
John Suavecito
suburban
Young couple in a mostly 55+ community, what questions to ask or features to look for 4 R Spencer
R Spencer
intentional community
Like-minded PA people and places: Reading, Allentown, Philly area 9 R Spencer
S Tonin
eastern usa
Well with hand pump exposed on vacant land - any mitigation needed? 5 R Spencer
R Spencer
wells and springs
Off grid well pump options 12 R Spencer
Jeff Higdon
wells and springs
Southeast PA housing, community, permaculture connections 1 R Spencer
Dave Burton
eastern usa
Extent of clearing land for shed foundation 6 R Spencer
John C Daley
tiny house
Potential tree guild: apple/fruit, hazel, locust? 11 R Spencer
S Bengi
polyculture
Are unharvested food forests problematic? 16 R Spencer
Jay Angler
trees
Seeking info to startout: small grains and cover crops in nut tree alleycropping 2 R Spencer
John Kempf
large farm
When is the best time of year to hand-dig a shallow well? 4 R Spencer
Tom Connolly
wells and springs
Fauna with wild and domestic potential in the lands called upstate New York 1 R Spencer
Tyler Ludens
permaculture
What to do to ecologically restore mini-estuary ponding spots, if anything? 7 R Spencer
R Spencer
soil
Spacing deliberations for small experimental orchard 4 R Spencer
R Spencer
trees
Options for managing a large (10 acre) idle meadow? 16 R Spencer
R Spencer
pasture
What is the easiest structure to build/setup to get my home heating via rocket stove? 4 R Spencer
R Spencer
tiny house
How to plant a LOT of trees efficiently / reforest a field? 4 R Spencer
Tyler Ludens
trees
Where are the pathless forests, in which we can roam and interact with the environment? 16 R Spencer
Chris Kott
wild harvesting
Greenhouse warmed & cooled with air vents buried 8 feet underground? 38 R Spencer
Miles Flansburg
greenhouses
Nematodes or other IPM for indoor pest control? 0 R Spencer
R Spencer
bugs
Permies chat room 2 R Spencer
Mart Hale
ulcer factory
spiffy: Use trees in mutualistic ways to satisfy basic human needs 4 R Spencer
Jeff Marchand
spiffy
DIY Christmas tree stand 6 R Spencer
Skandi Rogers
zero waste
Wanting to shift to wood heating but in suburbs with mortgage/insurance 20 R Spencer
Duane Hylton
rocket stoves
What to learn about conventional corn/soy ag in order to improve it? 4 R Spencer
R Spencer
large farm
Succession for the childless/childfree 17 R Spencer
R Spencer
homestead
Sensors and automations in permaculture farms & gardens 4 R Spencer
Mike Barkley
gear
What staple crops grow on trees, and why am I not eating them? 15 R Spencer
L. Tims
food choices
Mass reforestation - how can one best help get it done? 7 R Spencer
Natasha Abrahams
trees
How to supply grassroots/guerrilla aforestation operation 2 R Spencer
Chris Rice
trees
Permits or law enforcement to be aware of when natural building in central NY 1 R Spencer
Joe Vaughn
natural building
Some Qs on a woodland bucket loo 3 R Spencer
Jeremy Franklin
toilet alternatives
Small cabin/shed build planning 2 R Spencer
R Spencer
wofati and earth berm
Seeking to learn from a living model about: economics aligned with ecology 7 R Spencer
charlotte anthony
intentional community