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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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wheaton laboratories

SEPP to Boot: Stephen's Experience (BEL)

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

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

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The aging homesteader

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Smaugust 2025 art challenge (there are dragons)

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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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Painting the Glorious Revolution (Discworld fan art)

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paul wheaton's pseudo blog

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

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

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What's for Dinner?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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this forum is for gardeners, homesteaders and permaculture people

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What do you do for work?

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Propagating Blood (cling) Peaches

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Making cordials

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54 year old F herbalist seeking homesteading life partner

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composting

What is Compost?

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New planting zones for canada 2025

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Goofy weather swings

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Peach tree borers

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Mold growth in my bathroom

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Rocket stoves for trash incineration?

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Protest songs

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Carol Deppe's "Bigger Better Butternut Squash" seeds for sale

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Full Time Yurt Living In Mediterranean Climate

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Converting a Monoculture Orchard To a Food Forest

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Bench for a rocket stove

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paul wheaton's pseudo blog

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"run the site my way or else I will leave"

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apple cores - apparently you annoyed somebody on the staff

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home care

Nancy's attempts to declutter

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Building a RMH into a new foundation.

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Boots Love

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permaculture singles

34M, Working toward small permaculture homestead in PNW, seeking like-minded lady

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Looking for some friends

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Bone broth - my first attempt

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upcycling

How to Repurpose Your Real Christmas Tree

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rocket mass heaters

Stratification chambers (Bells) explained

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