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The aging homesteader

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

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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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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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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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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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Whats these worms in compost ? Are they good?

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Grey water system for tiny house in Canada

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Self-doubt about future plans for land & house

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Best thing you ever pulled from a dumpster or out of someone's garbage?

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Newcomer from New England

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Hi! I'm new

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Aus, 45, female - seeking female partner.

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How much water flow do we need to keep the water aerated enough to have fish?

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Walipini Roof Angle

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Temperate tree seeds that produce mucilage?

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Do you cook on a wood stove?

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Counsel for new Shorty Core + statification bell Rocket Mass Heater

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Alexandra Malecki made it to PEP2! Follow my family SKIP to homestead!

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Rocket Mass Heater Resources Wiki

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Fig Trees for Propagation

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Is anything in nature random?

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fruit trees

What To Use To Protect Trees

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biochar

Acidic Inoculants?

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plants

What should Wheaton Labs plant? YOU DECIDE

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homestead

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Snow is magic!!

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Squash Selection to Avoid Common Issues

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