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What is it.... the game! Post unknown objects to ID... and to stump others!

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You know you're a permie when...

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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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Dez's Bootcamp Experience (BRK)

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Music of the Moment

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music

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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meaningless drivel

Quote of the day

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Northern Lights alert

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The aging homesteader

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meaningless drivel

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

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pep

PEPPERS in action

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hugelkultur

Paul Wheaton's hugelkultur article thread

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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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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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paul wheaton's pseudo blog

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

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art

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

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art

Painting the Glorious Revolution (Discworld fan art)

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paul wheaton's pseudo blog

what if the cost of food goes up 10x?

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meaningless drivel

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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music

How do I learn to read music?

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apples

Growing Apple Trees From Seed Naturally

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frugality

How to save fuel when driving?

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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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wofati and earth berm

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

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music

Cigar box guitar and variations

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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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gardening for beginners

victory gardens, 2026 version: what are your plans?

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lawn

riding mowers loose in the neighborhood!!!

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rainwater catchment

Crazy? cistern thinking.

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fruit trees

Persimmon borers

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gear

What pitchfork have you found to be the sturdiest?

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hugelkultur

all commercial mulches are loaded with persistent herbicides

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May promotions!

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alliums

Easy to Grow Perennial Walking Onion and How to Cook with Them

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food preservation

recommendations for dehydrated food cookbook

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urban gardening

What did you harvest (eat, preserve, plant) today?

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seeds and breeding

Squirrels ate my fava bean, and snow pea, seeds right away

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wofati and earth berm

Earth home heating

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

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gear

High Lift Jacks - Useful or Gimmick?

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permaculture

A Food Forest From the Grocery Store?

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organic

Outsider research project: trying to understand the real paperwork pain of organic certification

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propagation

how does rhubarb sprout from a root section without a crown?

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What Are You All Reading?

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gardening for beginners

Removing plastic when growing micro-greens

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Perfect homestead vehicle

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trees

Carob Scion/graft wood of heirloom varieties Clifford, Casuda and Sfax

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fruit trees

Peach tree borers

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clothing

How do you get dandelion milk stains out of a shirt?

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cooking

Nitrate free bacon

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art

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

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alternative energy

Building 100 AH LiFePo4 Battery Box

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goats and sheep

Has anyone had luck raising goats without chemicals?

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seeds and breeding

how many years do your seeds last

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rocket mass heaters

A Hidden Cost of RMHs!

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berries

Blackberry/raspberry polyculture

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fruit trees

Fruit Tree Guild understory spacing and Asparagus

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paul wheaton's pseudo blog

what if the cost of food goes up 10x?

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wheaton laboratories

some pics from paul

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paul wheaton's permaculture podcasts

Podcast 741 - Eat what you Grow

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rainwater catchment

Permies Poll: Do you have rainwater catchment on your homestead?

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honey bees

Hive body shape.

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meaningless drivel

What's your happy that it is spring?

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If you had $200 (or $1000) to improve your long term resilience, how would you spend it?

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plumbing

No motor vacuum pump

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small farm

small regenerative, sustainable farm - tree biomass

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plants

Was planting Malabar spinach a mistake?

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gardening for beginners

What died in your new gardens? so far...

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chickens

chick brooder build

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woodworking

Card Scraper - How to Sharpen

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rocket mass heaters

8"J-tube with Bell to heat living room and kitchen

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polyculture

Wonderfully wild

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