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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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SEPP to Boot: Stephen's Experience (BEL)

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fruit trees

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Quote of the day

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PEPPERS in action

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

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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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Unapparent disability

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Painting the Glorious Revolution (Discworld fan art)

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propagation

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

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ethics and philosophy

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Are hobbies dead?

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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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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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low tech

Carrying things on your head

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art

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

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wofati and earth berm

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

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

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What's for Dinner?

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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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propagation

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

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cover crops

Managing Hairy Vetch?

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greening the desert

Creative watering techniques?

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pep food prep

Preserve 1 million calories at the Harmon house

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

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south america / central america / mexico

Living in Patagonia.

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rainwater catchment

Native easy to direct sow plants for swales in clay soil in sierra foothills?

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gardening for beginners

first frost came early -- can I still save seeds?

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potatoes

growing potatoes as perennials

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What's for Dinner?

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Crazy kitchen mistakes - what are yours?

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land shares

Seeking Partners for Puerto Rico or tropic homestead

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Looking for a wilderness woman

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34F Looking for a homestead hunny

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Three Sisters Garden year 3, 2025

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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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chickens

A Sneeze in the Dust: When to Worry About Your Chicken's Respiratory Health

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chickens

Ventilation Essentials: How Much Airflow Does Your Coop Really Need?

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Escape to Your Desert Dream: Join Our High Desert Intentional Community in Cantil, CA!

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rocket mass heaters

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My new tiny house Masonry heater build

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gardening for beginners

Do you 'refresh' your garden every year?

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plants

MOST Edible Bamboo?

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beans

Small-ish Scale Dry Bean Harvesting

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crowdfunding

Permaculture Playing Cards - the purple deck

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pasture

Anyone Plant Running Bamboo in Your Pasture?

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Masonry heater build in tiny house

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A Coastal/Mountain Homestead, a B&B, and a Shared Dream — Searching for My Person (F, 33)

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shorty core replacing bbr with sidewinder

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cottage industry

Business idea - craft studio / DIY maker space

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flowers

hibiscus? Roselle!

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New Build First Generation Batchbox 6" Double Brick Bell

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First flights of the Studio Dragon

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Wanted female homesteading partner.

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plants

mystery Agavaceae (or similar): botany question

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wood burning stoves

Chimney cleaning

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cooking

Recipe Search: Chicken Drumstick

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rocket mass heaters

Responsible use of Morgan superwool (rockwool)

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web sites

how did you find out about permies.com?

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urban gardening

Path to Freedom - Pasadena permies

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trees

growing Dwarf Moringa in pots

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cooking

What do you use instead of store bought cooking spray?

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cooking

What staples do you always have on hand?

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