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jokes

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Game - Picture Association

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The aging homesteader

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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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Are hobbies dead?

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Americans, please don't use 2 letter abbreviations for your state!

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Permaculture-core: what is the permaculture aesthetic?

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art

2026 - arting - quick art share

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wheaton laboratories

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

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

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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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Sepp's Spring Terrace

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How Many Permies Are Living/Still Live in Japan?

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are they under your bed?

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Roof Rennovation for my 100 years old Village Home In Gujarat, India

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So, is your Christmas tree still up?

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cooking

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New to forum, not to permie-ness; need tree help.

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Concise Guide to Permies' Publishing Standards

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Snow is magic!!

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flowers

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goats and sheep

favorite sheep breeds

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trees

The Return of the American Chestnut

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Almost reached record lows Tomorrow will be colder

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Is anything in nature random?

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50 Man Homesteading in Panama. ISO Wife/Mother of our children

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toilet alternatives

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solar

Keeping snow off solar panels

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Want to Buy - Wild lettuce Lactuca Virosa, Astragalus, or Devil's Claw Proboscidea parviflora Seeds

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Improving orchard soil

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Energy optimized secure healthy permanent computing?

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

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