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

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In the quiet hours of the bootcamp grind, I found myself: Esteban's Bootcamp Experience

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Growing Apple Trees From Seed Naturally

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

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paul wheaton's pseudo blog

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2026 - arting - quick art share

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Cigar box guitar and variations

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Oil paint as wood stain?

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Expedient insulation

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Knee replacement in three weeks and one day

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Making tiny worlds - what is this art called

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How to make fancy, medieval book covers with kids?

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Mama, 35 F, Blue Mountains Aus

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wells and springs

More permanent water collection set-up

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Spain or other sunny European locations for off-grid living?

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What every wannabe needs to know about finding/buying land

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2/3rd of land unsuitable for crops?

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homestead

How to search for land/property to live on

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Mama, 35 F, Blue Mountains Aus

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Is the homestead dream lonelier than they say?

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Aussie Australian here in Sydney Nsw Australia

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Tell us about your allotment!

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biochar

Inoculants for biochar charging

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Regreening/re-flowering 3 acres of Central Texas depleted soil - what would you do now?

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root cellars

Do we really need a refrigerator to keep garden vegetables all winter?

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dogs and cats

cats pooping on my carport roof, any advice?

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Jessee's Bootcamp Experience for today

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chickens at basecamp

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food preservation

Are there food-safe solutions? Feeling frustrated & disillusioned about canning (venting & want help

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In the quiet hours of the bootcamp grind, I found myself: Esteban's Bootcamp Experience

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gardening for beginners

Sahara desert gardening: Zai, half-moon basins, waffle, Tulukur beds

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Homestead medical supply reference list; who's got one?

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SEPP to Boot: Stephen's Experience (BEL)

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Interesting permie activities that happen Jan-Mar?

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Garden beds made by moles?

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Drive-able Groundover? Green Driveway? Any Advice?

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Gifting economy

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Improving clay soil on the cheap

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Can I Use My Bread Machine to Make Sourdough Bread?

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bread

I ***CHEAT*** a lot baking bread! Do you?

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Cloud studies (skying) - where to start?

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a portal into the subconscious

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plants

Direct Seeding Tomatoes in ~100 Frost Free Days without season extension

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cooking

Wanted: your best Mac and Cheese recipe!

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fruit trees

Canopy food trees for dry lands

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Knee replacement in three weeks and one day

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1.82 acres near Stilwell, Oklahoma — Elizabeth Jones / agent-listed $32,500

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Reforestation - Growing trees in arid, barren lands - by Seeds and Clay cubes (no watering)

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~60 acres pasture near Cyril OK — agent-listed $237,500

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some pics from paul

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when a giant rock rolls down a mountain headed right for a building ...

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dyeing

my first time indigo dye project with japanese indigo/dyers knotweed (Persicaria tinctoria)

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woodworking

Sumac varnish/resin?

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bread

* Welcome Kate Downham, author of Sourdough Without Fail.

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Charmaine’s journey to 1,000,000 Calories

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