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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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Dez's Bootcamp Experience (BRK)

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SEPP to Boot: Stephen's Experience (BEL)

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not another yarn blog (spinning, weaving, and natural dyeing)

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permaculture advocate in Zimbabwe - too little/too much rain

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

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watercolour questions so beginner, I'm almost afraid to ask

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rocket mass heaters

Matt Walker tiny cookstove build in Portugal

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Unapparent disability

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Making Valazquez medium for solvent-free oil painting

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I'm finally getting a greenhouse

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freaky cheap gardening movie project - 200 square feet on YOUR property

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Who are my new neighbours? (apparently now yellow jackets afterall)

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

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Why does the barn have no walls?

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Before and after pictures contest

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3 Sisters Garden, 2024, Year 2

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wheaton laboratories

Chris' Bootcamp Experience Log

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Carrying things on your head

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We need your help - Permies server fundraiser

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Is there a food I can eat to make bugs love me less

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fruit trees

where can I get the grafting drill bit that makes a hole the same shape and size as a pencil?

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HELP! My milkpaint on concrete is cracking and chipping off!

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Matt Walker continental stove build

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rocket mass heaters

The big hole in RMH information resources - and a suggested fix

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

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Charging power tool batteries direct from solar 12v system.

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home care

Off gassing

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australasia

Domain Name Change - PermacultureNews.org is now internationalpermaculture.com

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February promotions!

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rocket mass heaters

RMH, mass under the kitchen table

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What positive changes are you looking forward to as outcomes of the USA 2024 presidential election?

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New Profile--and a Scavenger Hunt!!!

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animal fibers

raising silkmoths (silkworms) - Sericulture, Moriculture, and the wild ones

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earthworks

Trouble understanding how to design drainage ditches on sloping land

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Are like minds out there? 39f

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Medicinal Ferns and Fern Allies: Phyllitis scolopendrium, Hart’s Tongue Fern

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wheaton laboratories

The Chronicles of Commander Clay

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apples

Horneburger Pfannkucher - N Germany Apple of the Year

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skills to inherit property

BB clarification thread

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homestead

Permies Poll: Do you live off-grid?

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gear

I Miss My Dryer De-Linting My Clothes

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projects

5 Acre - Ecorestoration/peraculture/food forest/homestead in Washington State

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electric cars, hybrids and politics?

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bread

What would you most like to see in a sourdough baking book?

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Mistborn score - any good?

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biochar

Webinar - Nakivale Biochar Project - a refugee-led biochar enterprise in Uganda

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wheaton laboratories

Alex's Boot Experience

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Gert Comes Alive

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cooking

Not really cooking - Overnight Oatmeal

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Small, easy projects that make a big difference

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pep homesteading

PEP BB homesteading.sand.little.monoxide - Install a CO Detector

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perennial vegetables

Asparagus bed rehab help?

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music

Music of the Moment

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soil

Is this a good plan for my super-clay soil...?

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pep textiles

Quick darning - PEP BB textile.sand.darn

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cooking

What are your favorite ingredients to add to stew?

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nibblers

Dealing with jumping worms

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earth bag

Morgan Caraway and Kelly Hart Talk Earthbag Construction

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peaches

Growing Peach Trees from Seed Naturally

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hugelkultur

Is this a good base for hugel?

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Northeast US Lava Rock available! And a long list of neat info about it :)

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earth bag

Building an Earthbag Round House: A Step-by-Step, Illustrated Guide by Morgan Caraway--Print Edition

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56 SM in Arizona

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Random cool maps

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gir bot

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fermentation

Permies Poll: Do you make homemade ferments?

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cooking

Is puff paste hard to make?

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fungi

Oyster mushroom

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ponds

Avian Flu and Pond (Dugout) Water for Gardening?

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wheaton laboratories

Permaculture smackdown - Strategies for growing enough food to feed your family - Feb. 1st

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