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Music of the Moment

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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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Quote of the day

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fruit trees

A lot about apples!

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The aging homesteader

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Northern Lights alert

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

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

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PEPPERS in action

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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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Painting the Glorious Revolution (Discworld fan art)

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Are hobbies dead?

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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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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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music

Cigar box guitar and variations

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wofati and earth berm

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art

Oil paint as wood stain?

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victory gardens, 2026 version: what are your plans?

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Expedient insulation

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Integrating permaculture into an existing garden

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removing black mold from canvas

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goats and sheep

Sheep nomenclature

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Stairs and ladders inspiration

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What size Breaker in your AC Panel fed from Solar Inverter

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Controversial Opinions - What are yours?

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Growing your own chicken food.

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cooking

Permies Poll: Do you wash your rice?

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plants

Backyard Food pump plants !!!!

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financial strategy

Personal life goal: to change/broaden the modern definition of wealth/prosperity

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Plants in my house make me happy! Mental well-being through rewilding the house

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Are these slug eggs?

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My city farm

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Help needed at our farm in Bosnia

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Are seedlings as delicate as we are told?

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a Heather Cox Richardson essay about 'Mothers' Day'

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

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Baggie & rubber band "air lock" seal on fermenting jars

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rocket mass heaters

rocket mass heater: water as a thermal mass

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Ways to combat higher fertilizer prices and sustaining ourselves in the long run.

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biochar

Making biochar with oyster and coconut shells

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I tested this millet bread recipe.

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preserving foods in oil

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Year of the volunteers

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Kitchen garden plot on Skye

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Quote on indigenous food systems by Lyla June Johnston + commentary

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Mulberry leaves as a vegetable

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Making Valazquez medium for solvent-free oil painting

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Vic, Australia 46f w a 4yr old seeks local life partner

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Fatalistic Fennel?

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horses, donkeys and mules

How to deal with a uncastrated stubborn mini donkey that isn't mine

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Building 100 AH LiFePo4 Battery Box

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rabbits

Is rabbit meat too lean?

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Advice needed on weeding and cover cropping, garden bed maintenance

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Some Week!!

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Zone 3 Orchard - Who Survived the Winter

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pep rocket

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And today seniors pranked my room

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fermentation

Homemade Xanthan Gum?

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Words or phrases that permaculture really needs!

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