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Talk me out of (or into) a ukulele

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permaculture advocate in Zimbabwe - too little/too much rain

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A lot about apples!

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The aging homesteader

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Northern Lights alert

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2026 - arting - quick art share

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Best (foodsafe) paper mache paste recipe? And other advice.

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

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Cigar box guitar and variations

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Oil paint as wood stain?

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

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victory gardens, 2026 version: what are your plans?

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Animal Farm

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cooking

I tested this millet bread recipe.

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gear

What pitchfork have you found to be the sturdiest?

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questions about collecting seagrass and seaweed for soil building

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BB clarification thread

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liquid gold - Urine as fertilizer!

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PEP Badge: Oddball

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Meat chicken tractor turf removal

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Sewer line disconnected.

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Where to start? New house, new land. Not a previous garden plot

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Cypress tree removal possible usage ideas

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Northern Lights alert

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honey bees

Hive body shape.

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digital market

Better Wood Heat: DIY Rocket Mass Heaters 8-DVD Set as Physical DVDs

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Positive 'don't mow' signage? Burma Shave style?

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pea

Another QUESTION on BBs

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flea market

[SOLD] 16 oz maple syrup + 8 oz raspberry jam - $20 plus postage from northern Minnesota

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riding mowers loose in the neighborhood!!!

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Earth home heating

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plants

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How difficult are RVs to work on? What makes them so bad?

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Syntropic Agriculture

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electric tractor

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My goji berries taste awful.

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Source for natural rugs?

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Install a subpanel with ground - electricity.straw.subpanel PEP BB

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Help identifying a plant #2

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What's your happy that it is spring?

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pep natural medicine

PEP Badge: Natural Medicine

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homestead

The House of Riona, Micro Homesteading 2026

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plants

Plants where all of it is edible

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stone work

Trullo conical rooves, flat stones, no mortar

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