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permaculture advocate in Zimbabwe - too little/too much rain

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seeds and breeding

Fava Beans - more than just beans

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plants

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beans

Cooking with Dry Beans and Peas

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Free Seeds! How to harvest seeds from your groceries

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keyhole garden in summer drought

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beans

Simple trellis for green beans

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What is a fair price per acre for land?

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seeds and breeding

Profoundly Promiscuous and Totally Tasty Tomato Project

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forest garden

Reforestation - Growing trees in arid, barren lands - by Seeds and Clay cubes (no watering)

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propagation

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fruit trees

Sea Buckthorn (Sea berries) A Super food

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gardening for beginners

Is growing your own food a waste of time?

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gardening for beginners

Three Sisters Garden year 3, 2025

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fruit trees

My city farm

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root crops

Lets talk about Skirret!

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What new plant will you try in 2025?

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How did medieval peasants do it?

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fruit trees

Sprouting seeds for peach trees

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flowers

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small farm

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gamcod

GAMCOD 2025: 200 square feet; Zero degrees F or colder; calories cheap and easy

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berries

American Elderberry, cut to the ground every year? Biomass bonanza?

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gardening for beginners

How could a Permie deal with Voles?

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seeds and breeding

I ordered my 'Going to Seed' seeds! Joseph Lofthouse's Landrace Seed Share group

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gardening for beginners

Do you 'refresh' your garden every year?

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lawn

Lawnmower alternatives

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biochar

Why don't more people make biochar?

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root crops

Welcome to the new root crops forum!!

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cover crops

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perennial vegetables

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market garden

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berries

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seeds and breeding

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fruit trees

Susan Poizner's Fruit Tree Care Online Courses

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grains and pseudograins

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mulch

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