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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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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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Permaculture-core: what is the permaculture aesthetic?

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

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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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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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What do you do for work?

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JP and The Eternal Now (BEL)

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F, 30 looking for a life partner

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Any Good Rocket Mass Heater Shorts? (Youtube, Instagram, TikTok, Etc)

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

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Ahh for the love of dog—Gracie

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Inspired By Sunchokes

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Farm and house water system

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

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

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cob

When dry, cob becomes rock-solid to frame a rocket mass heater

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Happy Thanksgiving! Best Wishes!

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The Day After Thanksgiving

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46 M, seeking F for lifelong/partner/wife to homestead

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Problem reading DVDs on my Mac

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Rainwater catchment system

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Developing A Lifestyle Of Learning The "Wild Grocery Store"

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The House of Riona: Micro Homesteading 2025

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Southern California Homestead stories

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Garden on Corliss Homestead Journal

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paul wheaton's permaculture podcasts

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Wanted: Seeking more help in swapping for more historic crops or plants to honor my past.

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Plot 5: a new urban Community garden

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mulch

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

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fungi

Show me your fungus.

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medicinal herbs

Angelica, a Sweet Ingredient in Bitters and a Fascinating Medicinal Herb

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rocket mass heaters

Transforming a Fireplace into a Splendid Rocket Mass Heater

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Electricity Aspect Oddball Thread

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Random cool maps

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51 yr woman seeks homesteading life partner

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growing peanuts...might have made a mistake...now some success!

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