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jokes

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meaningless drivel

Game - Picture Association

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You know you're a permie when...

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recycling

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

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meaningless drivel

Hilarious, rib tickling memes

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wheaton laboratories

SEPP to Boot: Stephen's Experience (BEL)

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wheaton laboratories

Dez's Bootcamp Experience (BRK)

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Magdalene’s Bootcamp Experience

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seeds and breeding

Photos of Joseph Lofthouse's Garden

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Music of the Moment

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meaningless drivel

funny signs

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organic

permaculture advocate in Zimbabwe - too little/too much rain

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fruit trees

A lot about apples!

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music

Talk me out of (or into) a ukulele

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

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The aging homesteader

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Northern Lights alert

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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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music

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

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art

2026 - arting - quick art share

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ethics and philosophy

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

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paul wheaton's pseudo blog

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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art

Permaculture-core: what is the permaculture aesthetic?

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wheaton laboratories

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

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permaculture singles

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

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art

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

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skills to inherit property

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

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wheaton laboratories

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

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art

'French box easel' - can it really work for painting out and about?

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earthworks

Digging a Ramp for a Tractor

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earthen floor

Tile covered earthen floor

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gardening for beginners

Companion planting asparagus

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propagation

Using my Mung bean/tauge sprout set as a way to start "difficult" seeds.

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wild harvesting

Favorite Spring forage?

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flowers

Flower Bulbs: What are your favorite?

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rocket mass heaters

Rocket water heater

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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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rocket mass heaters

Rocket water heater

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homestead

Dealing with trespassers and unknowns when living in remote areas

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permaculture real estate

110 Acre farm in the Nicaraguan Highlands for sale

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skills to inherit property

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

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meaningless drivel

How do you name your pets?

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wildlife

What is your favorite bird?

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rainwater catchment

Permies Poll: Do you have rainwater catchment on your homestead?

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wild harvesting

I need an online resource about foraging, with B&W illustrations & uses

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art

2026 - arting - quick art share

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pep greywater

Are my words for a Willow Feeder instructions page good enough?

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books

Single best book that helped you with gardening?

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woodworking

Natural glue for finer woodworking & lutherie

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composting

what's the weirdest thing you have composted?

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rocket mass heaters

My first Batchbox build, on top of Barcelona's mountain.

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house plants

coleus cuttings...caring for plants year round

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hedges

Welcome to the new hedges forum!

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gardening for beginners

I'm teaching a free webinar on seed starting!

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hydro

closed loop water turbine

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wood burning stoves

Another Type of Mass Heater?!?

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fungi

Show me your fungus.

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woodworking

Splitting/sawing fine boards from logs by hand

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wheaton laboratories

Back the BEL, Ring the BEL (Bootcamp Experience Log)

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Random cool maps

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medicinal herbs

Medicinal Shrubs and Woody Vines: Lonicera, Honeysuckle

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changing perspective

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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

All about SKIP, PEP, Badges, BBs and More!

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homestead

Permaculture Smackdown: Keeping Yourself Motivated as a Homesteader

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jokes

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homestead

Sun traps and Sun scoops - how do they work?

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biochar

Seaweed blooms getting worse. Anyone making biochar from it?

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music

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

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tinkering with this site

new category: the cider press

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soil

Soil horizons & sunken garden beds

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personal challenges

Check in - are you okay?

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permaculture singles

giant gardener guy, pretty old and wore out, with a 100% failure rate in relationships

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