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Tereza Okava wrote:when you make candied ginger and juice the peels for cooking. then you take the pulp from the juicer to make a bug spray for the garden. plans within plans!



Function stacking at its best!!
 
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...when you gather an armful of twigs on every walk to strip and dry their bark for medicine, and take the twigs to dry and use later for basketry.
 
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M Ljin wrote:...when you gather an armful of twigs on every walk to strip and dry their bark for medicine, and take the twigs to dry and use later for basketry.



and then, just as you are wondering why you collect so much honeysuckle bark, you start feeling nasty and decide to make yourself a strong cup of tea, and find that it took a sixth of the big jar you had collected. Time to gather more(?)
 
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... when the neighbor calls and just says "Can you come help me?" so food gets shut off and left on the burner, and I go over.  "Can you get this tree root out?"  Oh fun! Dig dig dig, move some bricks dig dig clip clip, yay!!
When I left I thanked her for "good fun!!"  
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... when you walk through one of the largest shopping malls in the world and can't find a damn thing you need except a cup of coffee.

And then ... you walk through the freecycle zone at the local recycling centre and fill the trunk with all sorts of stuff you DO need.
 
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Douglas Alpenstock wrote:... when you walk through one of the largest shopping malls in the world and can't find a damn thing you need except a cup of coffee.

And then ... you walk through the freecycle zone at the local recycling centre and fill the trunk with all sorts of stuff you DO need.


Hahahaha... yes!  I don't drink coffee, but the rest, yes. nothing interesting at malls. LOTS interesting in free or cheap places!
 
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... when the "baby pictures" your friends send to you, are of baby plants.
 
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When you do a search for organic farming singles website and premises.com pops up! 😊
 
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You know you're a permie when you have a day off and you dreamily look forward to spending it WEEDING!!! (and have plans for the weeds...)
 
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