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You know you're a permie when...

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meaningless drivel

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A lot about apples!

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

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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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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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Expedient insulation

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Automatic Backyard Food Pump

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Alexandra Malecki made it to PEP2! Follow my family SKIP to homestead!

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cell phone app for 'drawing' a map of plant locations by sensing where you walk?

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cooking

How to Save Money on Groceries

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mulch

Straw mulch

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financial strategy

The irony

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homestead

Favorite Summer beverages

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The Permaculture Design Toolkit™ (PDT™): A Regenerative Operating System for Stewards

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What digging fork have you found to be the sturdiest?

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food pump club idea - sorting out the details

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The Problem is the Solution

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Lee Valley scythe - what do you think?

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The 9 Most Important Regenerative Agriculture Techniques For Large Farms

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Edibles for hotter, dry, shady conditions?

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When is clothing too far gone?

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HAPPY 4th of JULY!!!!

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

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introductions

Sheep shepherding

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paul wheaton's permaculture podcasts

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Matt Walker tiny cookstove build in Portugal

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For sale summer cottage in Finland

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me promoting your kickstarter

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43yo hispanic female

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The Wing'dmill - 18 year old design from a fluid mechanics Ph.D

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

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Recipe: Southern Sweet Tea

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The House of Riona, Micro Homesteading 2026

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Grocery Shopping?

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cooking

What's your most used "weed" in the kitchen?

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Favorite Kitchen Gadgets

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planting and growing saffron

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cooking

Found a pan that fits inside the firebox of the walker cookstove!

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crowdfunding

kickstarting plant growth

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food preservation

Permies Poll: Do you maintain a root cellar?

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food preservation

Pantry Storage and Inventory

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wood burning stoves

Firewood Tracker

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textile techniques

Mending things that are not clothes

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intentional community

Who is interested in joining a homesteading community like this?

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Make Rags From Old Clothes - PEP BB nest.sand.makerags

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Garden on Corliss Homestead Journal

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cooking

From The Omnivore's guide to Home Cooking

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roundwood and timber framing

giant log steps with no metal fasteners

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Protection from wind - planting in holes!

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