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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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recycling

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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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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meaningless drivel

Quote of the day

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meaningless drivel

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

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pep

PEPPERS in action

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homestead

The aging homesteader

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Northern Lights alert

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hugelkultur

Paul Wheaton's hugelkultur article thread

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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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2026 - arting - quick art share

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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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this forum is for gardeners, homesteaders and permaculture people

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wheaton laboratories

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

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wofati and earth berm

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

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music

How do I learn to read music?

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meaningless drivel

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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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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solar

Solar Panel Installation: An Advanced Solution For Higher Utility Bills

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rocket mass heaters

Materials list help please PvdB

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animal fibers

Wool bath mat, what are your thoughts?

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tropical climate

Permaculture property in the mountains of Puerto Rico, still looking for farm co-caretaker/manager

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music

Where to put the guitar, ukulele, or other string instrument?

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meaningless drivel

Meanwhile in Montana

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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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hedges

Hedgerows as wind protection

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wofati and earth berm

Water vs. Structures on slopes

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How Much of the World's Knowledge is Readily Available on the Internet?

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music

Talk me out of (or into) a ukulele

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cooking

high temperature Olive Oil: issues?

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composting

Pond Muck - Additive to Compost or Biochar?

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Boot problem question

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wheaton laboratories

Harry the boot (BEL)

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gardening for beginners

Permies Poll: What is your preferred transplant technique?

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intentional community

Where is permaculture for the elderly?

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permaculture real estate

4.5 acres, RMH, hugelkultur in Mass.: seeking deep green permie(s) for carrying on the work

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Boots Love

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dogs and cats

Poop-maggedon (sorry, not for the easily grossed out)

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gardening for beginners

The Quilt Garden: A Labor Of Love

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sepp holzer

New Water Stories video on Sepp Holzer

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gardening for beginners

Veggie garden/Permaculture/Hugelkultur in challenging Colorado High Plains?

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gardening for beginners

Potato Towers

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personal challenges

Anyone Here Living with an Emotional Support Animal on a Homestead

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roundwood and timber framing

Question about load bearing capacity of structure

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soil

River silt as topsoil

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ergonomics

Yoga on the farm

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solar

Solar panel angle for grid tie vs. summer offgrid vs. yearround offgrid

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food choices

living on a ration

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trees

Has anyone grown Tagasaste in zone 6, USA?

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pep textiles

Weave a basket - PEP BB textile.sand.basket

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frugality

Harlan & Anna Hubbard - Adventuring & Homesteading Inspiration

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seeds and breeding

Seed starting hack...

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art

Poem of the day

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rocket mass heaters

Rocket mass heater ideas wanted

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homestead

Self-doubt about future plans for land & house

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honey bees

Did I kill my bees?

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meaningless drivel

Baby talk that's been promoted to real talk?

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tinkering with this site

activate stealth mode!

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rocket mass heaters

Minimum space between insulated riser and barrel for a 6 inch rmh

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pep oddball

PEP Badge: Oddball

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"You can't do that!" and other nonsense

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