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A lot about apples!

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Talk me out of (or into) a ukulele

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

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The aging homesteader

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watercolour questions so beginner, I'm almost afraid to ask

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Talk me out of (or into) a ukulele

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In the quiet hours of the bootcamp grind, I found myself: Esteban's Bootcamp Experience

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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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Painting the Glorious Revolution (Discworld fan art)

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Someone lent me a guitar - how do I learn classical guitar

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Are hobbies dead?

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Are you interested in building a rocket mass heater? What is holding you back?

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Growing Apple Trees From Seed Naturally

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

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

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

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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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Favorite Elderberry Cultivars?

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When is clothing too far gone?

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plants

Which "weed" do you like the most?

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medicinal herbs

Elderberry toxicity and tinctures

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Voluntary Simplicity

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Joints without glue - Boiled mortises

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mending our clothes...do you?

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Why the duck cant I grow carrots!!!

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intentional community

The Farm: 50 years later

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cooking

Coffee replacement/stretcher

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cooking

Exploding Pyrex? Are there better options?

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Where are my posts?

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uk and ireland

Gardener’s Question Time

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personal care

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

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personal challenges

Check in - are you okay?

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biochar

Making biochar with oyster and coconut shells

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Music of the Moment

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peas and pods

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getting robust and magnificent support on a social media site that costs you nothing

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Bulk cleaning and especially rust removal from bolts, screws, and other small hardware

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conservation

Why Medieval Blanket Systems Worked At -40°F While Your 300$ Bedding Fails

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frugality

Harlan & Anna Hubbard - Adventuring & Homesteading Inspiration

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How do I learn to read music?

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grains and pseudograins

Corn Varieties for Three Sisters

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Automatic Backyard Food Pump

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introductions

Hello everyone :)

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cascadia

Anyone around Olympia, WA have a spot to park a trailer for a few days?

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plants

Beneficial weeds - what roles do creeping annuals fill in an ecosystem?

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pasture

Recommendation for pasture from -5C to +40C ?

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wild harvesting

I need an online resource about foraging, with B&W illustrations & uses

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roundwood and timber framing

Has anyone used the gravel trench foundation but with piers instead of perimeter? 4 ft deep?

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Someone lent me a guitar - how do I learn classical guitar

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wild harvesting

Curly Dock Seeds

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Haiku chain

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shorty core replacing bbr with sidewinder

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aquaponics

new member likes hydroponics and Kratky

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productive downtime

What creative stuff are you doing this winter?

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permaculture

Asheville/Black Mountain NC

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are there currently millions of permaculture millionaires? (the story of Gert)

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permaculture bootcamp - gardening gardeners; grow the food you eat and build your own home

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homestead

Permaculture Smackdown: Keeping Yourself Motivated as a Homesteader

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rocket mass heaters

Cheap(ish) prefab mass heater with Shorty core

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Invasive trees as a nitrogen source?

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