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jokes

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Game - Picture Association

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You know you're a permie when...

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What is it.... the game! Post unknown objects to ID... and to stump others!

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SEPP to Boot: Stephen's Experience (BEL)

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The official permies.com Book Review Grid with more than 100 books listed

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The aging homesteader

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Smaugust 2025 art challenge (there are dragons)

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Painting the Glorious Revolution (Discworld fan art)

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a college degree in 2025/2026/2027 ... don't

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propagation

garden plans, records, results, hopes.....

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ethics and philosophy

my thoughts are sometimes better expressed by others.....

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Are hobbies dead?

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What's for Dinner?

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

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Permaculture-core: what is the permaculture aesthetic?

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art

Glazing and underpainting - for the frugal oil painter (grisaille, brunaille, verdaille, etc)

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

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Mistborn score - any good?

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

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wofati and earth berm

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

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

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permaculture singles

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What do you do for work?

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JP and The Eternal Now (BEL)

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How to create clay and seed balls or guerilla bombs.

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home care

Permie solutions to icy walkways?

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Structural reinforcement & crack repairs in +100y old Greek house

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Tuckers (Janklabs) GAMCOD

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Winter weeds to find for food.

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

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permaculture singles

51 yr woman seeks homesteading life partner

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permaculture singles

28F, been wandering the Ozarks and am ready to plant roots with someone special :)

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rocket mass heaters

possible shelf sealing RMH outlet.

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PEP Badge: Textiles

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fruit trees

Growing Asian Persimmons

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Show me your fungus.

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

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Protest songs

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F, 30 looking for a life partner

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paul wheaton's permaculture podcasts

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pep homesteading

PEP BB homesteading.straw.tarpsomething - Cover something with a tarp

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Shorty sidewinder, 200 mm (approx. 8") system, lots of mass

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homestead

Mold growth in my bathroom

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gear

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pep food prep

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PEP BB metalworking.sand.funnel- make a chicken funnel

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seeds and breeding

Toxic Squash prevalence, and who profits from gardeners' fear of saving squash seeds

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digital market

Homestead Pastured Poultry course

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Message from staff about bad linked personal EMail address.....

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rocket mass heaters

Lightweight Rocket Mass Heater Mediterranean Climate

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Making Grapevine Wreaths

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greening the desert

A wicking bed for a high tunnel

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forest garden

should I redig my mini-swales?

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organic

permaculture advocate in Zimbabwe - too little/too much rain

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personal challenges

Ahh for the love of dog—Gracie

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pep nest

PEP BB nest.sand.dishes - Wash Dishes by Hand

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root crops

Growing daikon radishes

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home care

Permies Poll: How often are you cleaning your house?

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skills to inherit property

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

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mulch

Ideal seed mix for a grow-and-mow green manure patch

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art

Hobby, crafting, or art no-buy anyone? (perennial self-accountability thread)

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Gardening playing cards for gardeners and homesteaders Kickstarter

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