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A lot about apples!

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The aging homesteader

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Northern Lights alert

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2026 - arting - quick art share

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

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Are hobbies dead?

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Growing Apple Trees From Seed Naturally

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Cigar box guitar and variations

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Oil paint as wood stain?

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victory gardens, 2026 version: what are your plans?

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frugality

Expedient insulation

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Repairing an acoustic guitar that sinks in at the bridge (saddle)

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Favorite Elderberry Cultivars?

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How would you build a bathroom?

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Building 100 AH LiFePo4 Battery Box

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Strawbale for a jungle greenhouse in a cold climate?

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prairie dog removal?

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Junkpole Fences at Basecamp

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Smoke …visual

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Music of the Moment

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grains and pseudograins

Geoff Lawton says grain is not really worth the while - what are your thoughts?

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Earthquake safe ways to hang mirrors, pictures and other heavy objects?

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house plants

Dragon fruit experiment ( pitaya )

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Smoke on the Wind! - A Connoisseur's Guide

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Lets talk about Skirret!

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PEP Badge: Oddball

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Takao Furuno, author of 'The One Duck Revolution' and 'The Power of Duck'

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What are good plants to grow for edible sprouting seeds?

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Spain or other sunny European locations for off-grid living?

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Which YouTube channels do you like?

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Noisy new ducks, waking up the neighbours

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Very early start on potatoes, hopefully not a mistake

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

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What is your favorite type of campfire?

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Off-Grid Permaculture Regenerative Farm For Sale on Isla Solarte, Panama

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Digging a Ramp for a Tractor

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My version of Elizabeth Cotten's "Freight Train"

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Talk me out of (or into) a ukulele

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Tadpoles, mosquito larva and alternatives

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Podcast 742 - Basecamp Walkies

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New part failure!

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Advice for building a cob structure for first time builder

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Oikos Neosinte -- sweet corn + teosinte hybrid

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What is my Welsh Onion flower doing?

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Technology in permaculture

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intentional community

Anarchy in the Four Corners

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fungi

Growing wine cap mushrooms in a black walnut area

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potatoes

Permies' Potato experiments

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

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chickens

Chicken garden bed rotation

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cooking

What is your most controversial pizza topping?

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perennial vegetables

a rhubarb harvest technique to get more rhubarb per year

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Stump removal, which is lesser evil?

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