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Talk me out of (or into) a ukulele

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The aging homesteader

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

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Someone lent me a guitar - how do I learn classical guitar

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2026 - arting - quick art share

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Painting the Glorious Revolution (Discworld fan art)

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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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What is your favorite bird?

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How to minimize mosquitoes?

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Concrete posts for fencing?

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Please help with My chayote

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Never too old

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

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what is a really good email service?

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Making a good first aid kit

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Looking for injection pump part – Valpadana 455

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Can someone identify this grape vine?

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Building 100 AH LiFePo4 Battery Box

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Feral wild hardy peach

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A Hidden Cost of RMHs!

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Herbs for crohns

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Growing Mexican chayote (Sechium edule) in temperate climate

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Gay Man seeking off Grid Partner in Alaska

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Remake a new coat out of old down coat filling?

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Re-crunching your biochar

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Welcome to our gardening cult

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Repairing a Stone Wall on a Kentucky Barn

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Upcycled trampoline greenhouse

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

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Magic Mill Dehydrator Repair?

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earthworks page overhaul - need feedback

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Hello all! new here!

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Making a Plenum Herb Dryer

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Radish seedlings not sprouting after 6 days zone 6a

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FOR SALE: culinary nut oils from foraged nuts

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Outsider research project: trying to understand the real paperwork pain of organic certification

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How permies.com works - links to useful threads

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permaculture bootcamp - gardening gardeners; grow the food you eat and build your own home

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permies vs. lawns?

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Eucalyptus trees are unsuitable for Hügelkultur building material

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