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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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Hilarious, rib tickling memes

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Dez's Bootcamp Experience (BRK)

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Music of the Moment

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A lot about apples!

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Quote of the day

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permaculture advocate in Zimbabwe - too little/too much rain

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pep

PEPPERS in action

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

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books

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

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hugelkultur

Paul Wheaton's hugelkultur article thread

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Caleb's Bootcamp Experience (BRK)

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The aging homesteader

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Smaugust 2025 art challenge (there are dragons)

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art

Painting the Glorious Revolution (Discworld fan art)

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personal care

Unapparent disability

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art

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

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propagation

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

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Are hobbies dead?

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ethics and philosophy

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

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art

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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Carrying things on your head

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wofati and earth berm

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

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

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art

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

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

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JP and The Eternal Now (BEL)

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What do you do for work?

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repair

How can I put a shade on this lamp?

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I bought my own Guillotine and still have all my fingers!

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large farm

Regenerative Vegetable Production

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vines

Maypop too invasive for in ground?

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africa

Permaculture South Africa Network

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jokes

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ethics and philosophy

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

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shorty core replacing bbr with sidewinder

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Offering a rent-free off-grid spot in SW Colorado

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rabbits

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urban gardening

Plot 5: a new urban Community garden

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What's for Dinner?

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forest garden

Plot 33: A new community 'forest garden'

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homestead

Temporary living strategies while building

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No Clothes Dryer, No problem?

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toilet alternatives

Help me making a compost system accepted by the municipality

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"Interesting permies threads you might have missed" - what do you think of this email feature?

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permaculture singles

Seeking F Soulmate (39-52) to join me off-grid

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food as medicine

best way to use whole plant fresh ginger and turmeric?

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SEPP to Boot: Stephen's Experience (BEL)

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alternative energy

solar dehydrator - good for wet tropics?

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plums

Looking for Prunus spinosa, aka Blackthorn Sloe, propagation materials or plants in North America.

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Fall Decor Pumpkins/squash that are excellent eating

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tips for awkward spots

Guerilla gardening in deer country

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New Build First Generation Batchbox 6" Double Brick Bell

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rocket stoves

Like no Other

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hugelkultur

Where to plant on berms

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100-yr-old 2-story house, 2000 sq ft, with two chimneys - adding RMHs

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skills to inherit property

Alexandra Malecki's 1 BB Countdown to PEP2

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paul wheaton's permaculture podcasts

Podcast 718 - Conventional Wood Stoves

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Troubleshooting pocket rocket to burn paint off a barrel

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rocket stoves

All American, all cob rocket stove

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Casting Large refractory Slabs

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pep food prep

Preserve 1 million calories at the Harmon house

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composting

Hot compost dreams

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food preservation

Eggs: How do you preserve them?

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paul wheaton's permaculture podcasts

Podcast 717 - Gardening Gardeners - Part 2

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mulch

Permies Poll: Do you mulch your garden before winter?

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religion and spirituality

Have humans always needed to drink water in order to survive?

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nuts

Small chestnuts

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crowdfunding

Earlybird bundle for Sourdough Without Fail: October 7th-10th, 2025

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homestead

3 year anniversary of our homestead

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Weird things cats have done

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wood burning stoves

Building to hold out the Russian winters

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toxic gick

gigabit fiber internet woes

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pep gardening

PEP Gardening - Straw Badge

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