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Talk me out of (or into) a ukulele

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organic

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fruit trees

A lot about apples!

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

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The aging homesteader

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Northern Lights alert

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

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Talk me out of (or into) a ukulele

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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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art

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

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a college degree in 2025/2026/2027 ... don't

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Are hobbies dead?

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How do I learn to read music?

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Growing Apple Trees From Seed Naturally

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frugality

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

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Cigar box guitar and variations

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Oil paint as wood stain?

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victory gardens, 2026 version: what are your plans?

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frugality

Expedient insulation

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paul wheaton's pseudo blog

Automatic Backyard Food Pump

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wood burning stoves

Third day of wet cool temps

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urban gardening

The Village Green, Northside, Cincinnati Ohion

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Best cookware for perpetual stews?

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rainwater catchment

Water from fog collection

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food preservation

Dehydrating broccoli getting started.

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Mystery of Sacred (Vedic) Russia - YouTube Channel

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Homesteading as the way of life

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solar

Solar hot water collector and storage

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pears

Propagating an old pear tree

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Monocrystalline vs polycrystalline for small off-grid cabin - real world experience?

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urban gardening

Plot 5: a new urban Community garden

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An Amaryllis Threw Seeds!

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Trees are Fountains of Fertility

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new category: the cider press

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Garden picture exchange!

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yeast water in the garden

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What are the advantages grasses carry in the permaculture setting.

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A Private Unvaccinated singles and dating group on FB

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homestead

My city farm

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How to maintain a duck pond and what to plant?

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Radish seedlings not sprouting after 6 days zone 6a

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house plants

Can Indoor Plants Support Sustainable Living at Home?

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Polar permaculture

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hugelkultur

A big (painful) reason for me not to do hugelkultur

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intentional community

New Permaculture Community Forming on 175 Acres in South-Central Tennessee

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cooking

Today is National coq au vin day

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plant fibers

Banana Fibre - useful or not for spinning?

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textile techniques

Vancouver Island fibreshed - what are we getting right? what's missing?

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Slug porn!

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rocket mass heaters

6" J-tube RMH with half barrel stratification bench

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wood burning stoves

Masonry Heater

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PEP BB medicine.sand.dryblackberry - Dry blackberry leaf or root bark for a tea/infusion/decoction

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music

Music of the Moment

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financial strategy

Personal life goal: to change/broaden the modern definition of wealth/prosperity

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rocket mass heaters

Batchrocket icw barrel and bench (as a bell)

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Planting stick

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