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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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wheaton laboratories

SEPP to Boot: Stephen's Experience (BEL)

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funny signs

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

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Caleb's Bootcamp Experience (BRK)

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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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personal care

Unapparent disability

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

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

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Are hobbies dead?

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art

Permaculture-core: what is the permaculture aesthetic?

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ethics and philosophy

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

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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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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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Carrying things on your head

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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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How can I put a shade on this lamp?

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

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flea market

UK seed swap or pass it on

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vines

trumpet vine for shade...how close to house? too aggresive?

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low tech

19th-century "Landers, Frary & Clark" 8-quart hand-cranked cast iron sausage press

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chickens

Soybeans are cheap, why isn't chicken feed?

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Harvest Moon Day (well, night, really)

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homestead

Do you collect/scrounge available free items for your homestead?

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crowdfunding

Sourdough Without Fail Kickstarter - October 7th - November 6th

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pep food prep

Preserve 1 million calories at the Harmon house

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hugelkultur

Where to plant on berms

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pep community

Create a Holiday - PEP BB community.straw.holiday

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SEPP to Boot: Stephen's Experience (BEL)

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permaculture singles

32M. SW France. Creating a resilient homestead.

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natural building

Rubble Trench foundation

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Rocket Stoves

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personal care

Making a good first aid kit

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Nobel prize for 2025, category of medicine.

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Permaculture Playing Cards - the purple deck

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Micro Farm For Sale in Dundee, OR

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Hobbit Home Progress.

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What's for Dinner?

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urban gardening

You know you are getting older, when the chaos starts in the nursery/green house

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plants

Venus flytrap--growing and watering tips?

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EDC part 2: What's in my wallet

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personal challenges

How do I turn my wish into reality?

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skills to inherit property

Alexandra Malecki's 3 BB Countdown to PEP2

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wheaton laboratories

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

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large farm

The extreme danger of machinery.

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fungi

Strategies to Incorporate Mushroom Production into Food Forests

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BREAKING WORLD NEWS! VERY IMPORTANT!

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gardening for beginners

Guide to easy and cheap pea microgreens, with lots of pictures

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cooking

How do you make a really good Vegetable Beef Soup?

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Seed saving - PEP BB gardening.straw.seedsaving

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pep commerce

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