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meaningless drivel

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PEPPERS in action

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The aging homesteader

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Northern Lights alert

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

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Talk me out of (or into) a ukulele

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apples

Growing Apple Trees From Seed Naturally

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2026 - arting - quick art share

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Cigar box guitar and variations

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What to make with just Flour and Water?

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BREAKING WORLD NEWS! VERY IMPORTANT!

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art

Oil paint as wood stain?

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Victory gardens, 2026 version: what are your plans?

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frugality

Expedient insulation

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Geoff Lawton says grain is not really worth the while - what are your thoughts?

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montana community seeking 20 people who are gardeners or want to be gardeners

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VW security system, a true nightmare

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pollinators

butterflies in our garden! (with updates)

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Rational Questions about Dumb/Normal Houses

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jokes

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How to make drawing charcoal?

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our grandparents and frugality-the green thing as a way to reduce -

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Chance's Garden Everything Forum Blog

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Shorty Core & Bell under construction - some questions

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alliums

Potato onion harvest and breeding

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straw bale house

Roundwood timberframe strawbale

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art

A blast from my Past (chalk pastels - soft, hard, and pencils)

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dyeing

my first time indigo dye project

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chickens at basecamp

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chickens

Chicken Molting

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deleting stuff

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OK Ozarks 1,000+ Acre Off-Grid Christian Community

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Busy farmer seeks farm partner/investor/companion

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projects

Restoring soil structure and simple farming in a wet climate

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peaches

To kill a peach tree.

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wood burning stoves

Alternative or handmade materials for a durable stove firebox?

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cooking

Looking for Ideas or Recipes for a Veggie Muffin

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breaking bedrock to make a road for a chicken cart

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some pics from paul

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cooking

How do you Stack your Burger? How do you Keep the Trimming on the Burger?

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What does it mean to be a Dog Mom?

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instructors

Chance's Physical Culture System: Density Training

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plumbing

Freeze less hydrant

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personal challenges

Knee replacement in three weeks and one day

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cooking

What to do with shredded pulled pork?

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rocket mass heaters

"Heat Engine" recommendation request

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what can you tell from a cat's expression?

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Split side adjustable skirt - Can I do it?

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goats and sheep

Why people in the US don't eat mutton

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bugs

Mosquito madness

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gear

Handheld Brush Cutters

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Looking for partners to make off grid community (AL, GA,TN)

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toilet alternatives

Incorporating a bidet attachment to a compost toilet

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cheese

Why China Never Made Cheese When Everyone Else Did

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Amazing ploskorez - to replace usual spade, hoe, rakes etc...

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products

Has anybody tried the Russian multi-hoe "ploskorez"?

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fungi

Show me your fungus. (Mushroom Photos)

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homestead

Some beautiful pictures from our homesteading

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