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PEPPERS in action

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The aging homesteader

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Talk me out of (or into) a ukulele

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Painting the Glorious Revolution (Discworld fan art)

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2026 - arting - quick art share

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Are hobbies dead?

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Growing Apple Trees From Seed Naturally

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

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

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

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Catherine The Grateful - not permaculture farm, lessons from the field (BEL)

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'French box easel' - can it really work for painting out and about?

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

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Expedient insulation

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Using the clouds to predict rain.

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wood burning stoves

Woodshop waste as heat

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alternative energy

12V Portable LiFePO4 unheated battery recommendations?

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beans

Winged Beans

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Diet of Your Ancients (a custom diet to your bodies needs)

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ecovillage

Costa Rica high-mountain eco-project

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Vintage Chevrolet Trucks

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Questions on making woodworking connections

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a hundred benefits of SKIP (Skills to Inherit Property)

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Vortex stove progress

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My first Batchbox build, on top of Barcelona's mountain.

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8"J-tube with Bell to heat living room and kitchen

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Simple wooden door with glass

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wild harvesting

From the Spring Foraging Cookbook: Poke (Phytolacca americana)

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Building 100 AH LiFePo4 Battery Box

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What is your most controversial pizza topping?

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food as medicine

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textile techniques

Permie rug idea thread

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homestead

My city farm

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composting

questions about collecting seagrass and seaweed for soil building

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homestead

Family Homesteads are the fundamental unit of permaculture - sustainable culture

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Wood heat issues. Need advice

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fruit trees

Apple & Pear winter cuttings never root

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wheaton laboratories

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The lost chapter—Community seed breeding.

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cooking

Favorite Spice Blend Recipes ... What's Yours?

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Quote of the day

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What do you do for joy and why is it important?

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permaculture

How do you define Permaculture for the curious?

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frugality

Struggle meals

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Clean a Set of Curtains - PEP BB nest.straw.cleancurtains

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toilet alternatives

I made a whole house compost worm septic system

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productive downtime

What are your wintertime/cabin fever processes?

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intentional community

Lemons into Lemonade...IC visits and Farm Visits in '26

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