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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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SEPP to Boot: Stephen's Experience (BEL)

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Music of the Moment

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funny signs

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Talk me out of (or into) a ukulele

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permaculture advocate in Zimbabwe - too little/too much rain

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fruit trees

A lot about apples!

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Quote of the day

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homestead

The aging homesteader

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meaningless drivel

Northern Lights alert

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

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PEPPERS in action

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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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music

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

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2026 - arting - quick art share

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

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art

Painting the Glorious Revolution (Discworld fan art)

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Are hobbies dead?

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rocket mass heaters

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

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Growing Apple Trees From Seed Naturally

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wheaton laboratories

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

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

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this forum is for gardeners, homesteaders and permaculture people

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music

How do I learn to read music?

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

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art

Oil paint as wood stain?

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

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music

Cigar box guitar and variations

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wheaton laboratories

Catherine The Grateful - not permaculture farm, lessons from the field (BEL)

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

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need advice re: carpenter ants

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composting

Speeding up composting

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rabbits

rabbit farmer's vent: neurological problem in young bunny

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bushes

Tagasaste/ tree lucerne

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rocket mass heaters

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

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gardening for beginners

Building a Raised Bed

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food preservation

How often do you lose a pressure canned jar?

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cooking

Roasting coffee

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stone work

Four Component Vault -Scalable

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personal care

Are cloth hankies better than paper tissues?

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art

Permaculture-core: what is the permaculture aesthetic?

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cob

Re-plastering necessary for cob/Adobe if it is not exposed to the elements?

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wood burning stoves

Mini wood-burning cookstove for a tiny house

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biochar

Biochar: Best for soil vs. Last 1000 years

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tiny house

Are container homes actually cheaper to build?

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wheaton laboratories

Summer home base

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medicinal herbs

What medicinal herbs do you recommend beginners start with?

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personal care

How do you deal with electrosensitivity?

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composting

How can one obtain large amounts of organic matter to compost?

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My version of Elizabeth Cotten's "Freight Train"

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plants

help me ID two, maybe four types of comfrey?

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pep greywater

PEP Greywater and Willow Feeders - Sand Badge

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greenhouses

Greenhouse layout

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organic

Do you watch mother nature for inductions it's time to plant?

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homestead

1881 household encyclopedia ... some very useful info

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Site personalization: home page still shows me the forum I would prefer to never look at

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music

How do I learn to read music?

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berries

Perils of the big box...

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fruit trees

Growing Pawpaws Naturally

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cooking

What is your favorite Deviled Egg Recipe?

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decision making

Recommendation on places to move

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flowers

Could this be Camellia?

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south america / central america / mexico

Mexico, Chile, Argentina or elsewhere in Latin America for an independent farming life?

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south america / central america / mexico

Best charity for rainforest conservation

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gardening for beginners

I have a dream---of new garden beds

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ethics and philosophy

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

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south america / central america / mexico

List of Vegan Permaculture Communities in Ecuador

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greenhouses

Very cold climate and walipini/pit greenhouse

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rocket mass heaters

Historic coal fireplace to RMH conversion

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music

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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gardening for beginners

victory gardens, 2026 version: what are your plans?

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food preservation

Store sweet potato like ... potatoes?

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music

Music of the Moment

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predators

What leaves heads behind?

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