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Talk me out of (or into) a ukulele

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PEPPERS in action

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meaningless drivel

Quote of the day

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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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The aging homesteader

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

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

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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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this forum is for gardeners, homesteaders and permaculture people

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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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Automatic Backyard Food Pump

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Chilli powder in mud bricks to discourage ants

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cooking

How to have healthy food around all the time

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rainwater catchment

Water from fog collection

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grains and pseudograins

Growing Hulless Oats - Soil Prep

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mortgages - good debt and bad debt, property ownership / renting for a liftime

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Cultivation of Mycorrhizal Mushrooms - class

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Lovely 35 F SW MI looking for Love

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Simple beginner bird house - PEP BB dimensional.sand.birdhouse

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pollinators

Monarch caterpillars are here! (and other activity on the milkweeds)

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

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fruit trees

Saving a leaning apple tree

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fungi

Show me your fungus.

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lawn

What are the advantages grasses carry in the permaculture setting.

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bugs

I think I've got an alien.

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cooking

Meatball Monday, Taco Tuesday and other days?

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animal fibers

I want to show off my knitting

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recycling

Plastic lumber from trash

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introductions

Hi

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Ornamental alliums as food?

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Guidance on RMH build in a light wood construction

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alternative energy

Building 100 AH LiFePo4 Battery Box

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passive solar

Super DIY Offgrid Solar Dual Axis Tracking Array

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gear

Replacing broken tool handles

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What do I need to know about shellac?

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Lake Pump Breaker Keeps Tripping

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My biochar production tally thread.

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polyculture

chestnut-centered guild

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Major Project!

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permaculture

Ways of warming soil temperature and creating soil microclimates

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seeds and breeding

Seed starting hack...

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Growing peanuts - and then?

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berries

Strawberry Obelisk - Design Feedback

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repair

My fourth attempt to salvage this drill press has failed

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My version of Elizabeth Cotten's "Freight Train"

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bicycle

Dan's DIY ebike blog

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fungi

I’d like to know all the different wood chips I can use for Wine Cap production.

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plants

Reforestation - Growing trees in arid, barren lands - by Seeds and Clay cubes (no watering)

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Explaining Faceblindness

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hydro

No Moving Parts Micro-Hydro: Open-Source Fluidic Oscillator Design Needs Builders!

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hydro

closed loop water turbine

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fencing

Electric fence charger question

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Solar Food Dehydrator Plans Pack

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