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home care

Citric Acid - Uses?

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meaningless drivel

A Wedding present for those who don't want it all.

9 replies 1 8

cooking

Uses for Tomato Skins/Seeds from Food Processing?

14 replies 11

chickens

How many eggs can I pile up before they start to crack?

15 replies 1 10

meaningless drivel

"Influencers" are facing a pushback - BBC

21 replies 8

art

Why the tape on framed paintings and prints?

7 replies 3 5

cooking

Cast iron pot vs glass stove

15 replies 2 2

gardening for beginners

2025 - What are your gardening failures so far this year?

22 replies 5 23

hugelkultur

Where does a Hugel get moisture from in a dry climate?

13 replies

writing

best open source software to replace microsoft office?

27 replies 4 5

cooking

Chili: A Recipe with Endless Options

18 replies 3 1 11

personal challenges

Having a very hard time with this

20 replies 1 1 18

tinkering with this site

Java Error when giving pie?

7 replies 4 5

meaningless drivel

When has Spring - the season - sprung for you?

23 replies 4 4

mulch

Experience with sheep wool pellets?

14 replies 1 3 8

crowdfunding

Sourdough Without Fail Kickstarter - October 7th - November 6th

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food as medicine

The Hot Toddy, do you, and how?

12 replies 1 5

frugality

The Zero Dollar Christmas Plan

12 replies 1 11

natural building

Very thin insulation and flooring?

25 replies 4

predators

Eastern wolf is in the house!

15 replies 6 17

art

nature's color palettes

14 replies 46 8

rocket mass heaters

Moving Old Friends again, & again, and again

16 replies 6 15

quail and pigeons

How to befriend wild pigeons?

22 replies 5

writing

J's stories - just for fun

6 replies 6

meaningless drivel

My woodworking skills will never be this good

4 replies 4 6

cooking

dessert pizza

18 replies 4 15

gear

Question about tires and tubes

9 replies 4

food as medicine

Milk and Molasses enema

8 replies 5

personal challenges

Plugging up the Entry Door

13 replies 16

nuts

growing peanuts...might have made a mistake...now some success!

16 replies 10 7

textile tools

The Physics of Knitting - unravelling the mysteries

25 replies 7 2 12

meaningless drivel

Permaculture Baby Names

15 replies 12

homestead

planting comfrey in front yard

32 replies 1 11

homestead

Do you collect/scrounge available free items for your homestead?

22 replies 4 20

solar

Solar power for 100 year old barn

12 replies 20 20

meaningless drivel

How did you end up where you are?

12 replies 22

meaningless drivel

White tail deer after being released from an Australian prison.

7 replies 1 11

toilet alternatives

Experimenting with the willow feeder idea...

13 replies 1 2 9

meaningless drivel

Would you rather use a one wheel wheelbarrow or a two wheel wheelbarrow?

19 replies 5 4

cooking

Tallow

17 replies 2 13 21

rocket mass heaters

Chimney hat

38 replies 2 9 5

fencing

fencing or barrier to withstand vehicles

21 replies 3 6

plants

Invasive species on purpose

21 replies 1 15

roundwood and timber framing

Question about load bearing capacity of structure

17 replies 3 3 16

homestead

trapping wild hogs

19 replies 2 1 18

biointensive

Which size mesh for sifting stones out of rocky soil dug 2 feet deep for biointensive garden

14 replies 1 4 1

food preservation

where to find 20 ounce widemouth Ball canning/freezing jars?

14 replies 2 1

alternative energy

Are Candle Heaters Safe?

11 replies 4

upcycling

what to do with old oak barrel staves?

8 replies 10 2

homestead

Anyone here close to being self sufficient and “living off the land” to a significant degree?

19 replies 22

tips for awkward spots

Street side perennials.

17 replies 1 12

chickens

How to catch a chicken?

17 replies 1 1 6

rocket mass heaters

My new tiny house Masonry heater build

15 replies [ 1, 2 ] 32 19

tinkering with this site

Issue posting reply containing an "abbreviation" but it's within someone's name

8 replies 2 6

wildlife

Where'd the crickets go?

21 replies 2

cooking

Local Meal Challenge

21 replies 13

textile techniques

half-assed fiber projects

16 replies 46 8

paul wheaton's pseudo blog

a willow feeder is NOT a composting toilet

27 replies 1 12

upcycling

DIY foot rest / warmer ideas?

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