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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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recycling

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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wheaton laboratories

SEPP to Boot: Stephen's Experience (BEL)

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funny signs

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music

Music of the Moment

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Quote of the day

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pep

PEPPERS in action

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The aging homesteader

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

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watercolour questions so beginner, I'm almost afraid to ask

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

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Paul Wheaton's hugelkultur article thread

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Talk me out of (or into) a ukulele

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wheaton laboratories

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

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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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propagation

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

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Are hobbies dead?

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art

2026 - arting - quick art share

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Americans, please don't use 2 letter abbreviations for your state!

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art

Permaculture-core: what is the permaculture aesthetic?

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wheaton laboratories

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

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

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wofati and earth berm

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

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art

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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this forum is for gardeners, homesteaders and permaculture people

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'French box easel' - can it really work for painting out and about?

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

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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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2026 - arting - quick art share

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Share your gardening plans for 2026!!

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transportation

Good Permie Cars...

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wheaton laboratories

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

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So, is your Christmas tree still up?

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cooking

RECIPE: Simple Clafoutis

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Snow is magic!!

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wind

Backup wind power

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J's stories - just for fun

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Christian family looking to relocate and find our community/Canada or Europe

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intentional community

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

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Drive-able Groundover? Green Driveway? Any Advice?

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rocket mass heaters

Is a Sunken Floor Pebble Rocket Mass Heater Viable?

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seeds and breeding

2026 targets I need help finding from other places (in or near the U.S) for next year.

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europe

Seeking more help in acquiring some Serbian, Croatian and Bulgarian crops to help my community.

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critter care

Attracting & Keeping Garter Snakes - Specifics

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gardening for beginners

Do you 'refresh' your garden every year?

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plants

What should Wheaton Labs plant? YOU DECIDE

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cooking

Using a cast iron skillet ain't so hard!

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biochar

Acidic Inoculants?

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food preservation

how to store dried foods cheaply?

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rocket mass heaters

6" J-tube RMH with half barrel stratification bench

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homestead

Self-doubt about future plans for land & house

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Southern Indiana Couple Seeking Help To Restore 100+ Acre Homestead To Former Glory

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'Going to Seed' seeds! Joseph Lofthouse's Landrace Seed Share group

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food as medicine

Tips for low-tech mast cell dysregulation/‘histamine intolerance’/MCAS management?

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communication

Built a tool to document permaculture projects over time - looking for feedback

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Happy Accidents

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wood burning stoves

"Finnish Fireplaces" book by Heikki Hyytainen and Albie Barden - available for download from Albie

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33 F Still Desiring the One - No Longer Looking

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gardening for beginners

Weird thought: Is BIGGER better?

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frugality

Free Seeds! How to harvest seeds from your groceries

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Low tech water treatment for small scale dyeing

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plumbing

Winterize your home my Permies!

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Any Food Bank Volunteers? Tell Me Your Experiences

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ponds

How do I clear up my pond

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wild harvesting

From the Spring Foraging Cookbook: Oxeye Daisy and Pepper Grass

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permaculture

A Shaman's Garden

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rocket mass heaters

Walker Stoves Superhot J 8 Inch build experience

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homestead

Almost reached record lows Tomorrow will be colder

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music

How a guitar is made

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skills to inherit property

Alexandra Malecki made it to PEP2! Follow my family SKIP to homestead!

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pep food prep

Fry an egg on a cast iron skillet - PEP BB food.sand.egg

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fruit trees

Free Pruning webinar (today Jan 28) 2-3p EST

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hugelkultur

diversities in/on the soil increases yield - sepp holzer's giant rock

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