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Hilarious, rib tickling memes

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SEPP to Boot: Stephen's Experience (BEL)

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fruit trees

A lot about apples!

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Talk me out of (or into) a ukulele

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Quote of the day

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

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PEPPERS in action

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The aging homesteader

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Northern Lights alert

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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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ethics and philosophy

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

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a college degree in 2025/2026/2027 ... don't

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Painting the Glorious Revolution (Discworld fan art)

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Are hobbies dead?

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

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apples

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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Permaculture-core: what is the permaculture aesthetic?

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

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wofati and earth berm

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

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music

How do I learn to read music?

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

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art

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

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

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art

'French box easel' - can it really work for painting out and about?

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Baby talk that's been promoted to real talk?

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solar

Solar Energy for pond pump

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hedges

Best Edible Perennial Hedging?

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Boot problem question

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chickens

a unique chicken coop

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grains and pseudograins

Oikos Neosinte -- sweet corn + teosinte hybrid

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Single best book that helped you with gardening?

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flowers

Revive Rose Garden

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rocket mass heaters

Rocket mass heater ideas wanted

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tiny house

Help Get Tiny Houses on Wheels Into Building Codes!

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earth bag

Building a round timber framed structure, approx 3m x 3m into a steep slope using Earthbags

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How can I further reduce chicken feed consumption

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Harry the boot (BEL)

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Advice on renting land

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cooking

What are your favourite bone broth recipes?

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clothing

the most permaculture solution for replacing laundry detergent

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pep food prep

Cook Grain on a Stove Top - PEP BB food.sand.grain.stove

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cooking

spring rolls

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Excited to play in love, grow together

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Daylight Saving Time

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alliums

Willing to trade "Marge" elderberry cuttings for Onion sets

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fruit trees

Anyone want to trade my "Marge" Elderberry cuttings for Onion sets, long day or intermediate

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2026 - arting - quick art share

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Looking for a long term partner (a soulmate)

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Magic Mill Dehydrator Repair?

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Natural stump removal

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plants

Safe disposal of ricin, Ricinus Communis, seeds

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composting

eggshells revisited...GRINDING...

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Any Cool Permaculture Sites In The Yucatan?

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

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homestead

Alice and Patricia’s Permaculture Homestead

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fencing

Simple fence of black locust with beans to break wind

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south america / central america / mexico

F Baby Boomer with 20 years of homesteads looking for a friend on my farm in Ecuador.

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Surviving this big world with wonky hearing...

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The history of the guitar

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Conjoined apples

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berries

Wind Blocks and Bird Deterrent

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seeds and breeding

Free Sunflower Seeds - Will you help my son increase genetics?

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jokes

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Many dream it, few actually do it

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passive solar

Sundials- A Passive Solar Timekeeping Device (Why and How)

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goats and sheep

A dairy goat’s place in the backyard ecosystem

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PEP Badge: Oddball

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