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Game - Picture Association

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You know you're a permie when...

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Hilarious, rib tickling memes

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Music of the Moment

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fruit trees

A lot about apples!

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Quote of the day

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organic

permaculture advocate in Zimbabwe - too little/too much rain

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PEPPERS in action

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

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The official permies.com Book Review Grid with more than 100 books listed

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hugelkultur

Paul Wheaton's hugelkultur article thread

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Caleb's Bootcamp Experience (BRK)

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homestead

The aging homesteader

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Smaugust 2025 art challenge (there are dragons)

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art

Painting the Glorious Revolution (Discworld fan art)

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personal care

Unapparent disability

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art

Hobby, crafting, or art no-buy anyone? (perennial self-accountability thread)

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Random cool maps

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propagation

garden plans, records, results, hopes.....

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Are hobbies dead?

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art

Permaculture-core: what is the permaculture aesthetic?

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ethics and philosophy

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

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

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Mistborn score - any good?

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Glazing and underpainting - for the frugal oil painter (grisaille, brunaille, verdaille, etc)

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

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wofati and earth berm

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

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

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low tech

Carrying things on your head

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art

Making my own watercolors with natural pigments (both homemade and storebought)

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

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JP and The Eternal Now (BEL)

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What do you do for work?

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perennial vegetables

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homestead

Permies Poll: Do you own your homestead?

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hunting and fishing

Fish Bait and Lures - Permaculture Edition

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Need to slow water on slope, but also need to be able to use riding mower. Got any creative ideas?

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Cat memes and cartoons

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My version of Elizabeth Cotten's "Freight Train"

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intentional community

montana community seeking 20 people who are gardeners or want to be gardeners

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root crops

Harvesting Sun chokes First Year

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The perfect drawing pencil?

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chickens

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trees

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shorty core replacing bbr with sidewinder

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cheese

The Great Permie Cheese Thread: What are your favorite cheeses?

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bugs

Where did all the tomato horn worms go?

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Would you rather your chainsaw always started second pull or that it never would run out of oil?

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ethics and philosophy

Why are declining birthrates a problem?

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pep food prep

Preserve 1 million calories at the Harmon house

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cooking

Food grade lye - sourcing or making

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south america / central america / mexico

Ideas for food forest in Cuba

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goats and sheep

Any folks raising sheep on mostly browse?

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What do you call your moon this month?

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You know what I love about this place?

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ethics and philosophy

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plants

Our 2025 garden

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gardening for beginners

Three Sisters Garden year 3, 2025

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permaculture singles

32 Man seeks female companionship

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Would you rather have apples at the same time or apples spread out?

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bread

What Bread made You?

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rocket mass heaters

Shorty Core gets a bell

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rainwater catchment

Ways to get water for low cost/free to offset costs?

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plants

Cup plant (Silphium perfoliatum)

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crowdfunding

Permaculture Playing Cards - the purple deck

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medicinal herbs

Tension--hyper*tension

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permaculture singles

Hello Permies 34M GA

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paul wheaton's permaculture podcasts

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