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The aging homesteader

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Talk me out of (or into) a ukulele

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2026 - arting - quick art share

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Are hobbies dead?

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Growing Apple Trees From Seed Naturally

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

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

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Americans with recent experience buying from Canada? (Summer-fall 2025)

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Last-Minute free PEP event - March 24 - 30, 2026

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non vaxed permaculture funding usa 4k per month

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Why Medieval Blanket Systems Worked At -40°F While Your 300$ Bedding Fails

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Plot 5: a new urban Community garden

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My silly new chop-n-drop toy that I love: 21v electric shears/pruners from China

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perennial vegetables

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PEP BB homesteading.straw.start - Jump start a vehicle

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My version of Elizabeth Cotten's "Freight Train"

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My PEP Badge Tracker: An easier way to track your PEP Badge Progress

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Natural plectrums (musical picks)

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Botched soil blocking

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Off-Grid Christian Community Taking Off

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My city farm

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soil

No Till after establishing swales

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chickens

Fermented grains winter style

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chickens

Chicken study on black fly larvae

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A single question to learn so much about the other person?

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solar

Keeping snow off solar panels

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giant gardener guy, pretty old and wore out, with a 100% failure rate in relationships

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axe handle finish

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