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Homesteading and living off the land

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The aging homesteader

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women peeing outdoors

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Dave Burton's Boot Adventures at Wheaton Labs and Basecamp

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What is a fair price per acre for land?

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Brandon and Nikki's Homestead

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the solutions are embarrassingly simple

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Garden on Corliss Homestead Journal

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Landrace Gardening

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Small, easy projects that make a big difference

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Ways to cope with thick wildfire smoke

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Crypto-permie homesteaders on Nat Geo TV show "Live Free Or Die"

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Easiest Vegetable to Grow

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Using a cast iron skillet ain't so hard!

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I thought I had prepared - turns out sickness whacked my perfect world

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Air Well - collecting water from the air

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what is a willow feeder

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Ergonomics of making cattle panel arches

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National Preparedness Month: What are you doing/have done to prepare?

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Farm For All - A Journal Of Sorts

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How to time growing a family and starting a homestead?

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My city farm

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ACCURATE fire prevention advice please!

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The House of Riona: Micro Homesteading 2025

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Lawnmower alternatives

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How to wean off Air Conditioning? (AC)

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Riona's micro-homesteading thread

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What were your biggest misconceptions of off-grid living?

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planting comfrey in front yard

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Do you collect/scrounge available free items for your homestead?

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Anyone here close to being self sufficient and “living off the land” to a significant degree?

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Ways to be more self sufficient with little to no land

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Permaculture Smackdown: Keeping Yourself Motivated as a Homesteader

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How do you know your water is clean?

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Solutions for vehicle access on soft ground?

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Overwhelmed by Permaculture at home? Small Changes are what is needed

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Boggy vehicle path

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Hard Lessons

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Pros and Cons Of Homesteading in Northern vs Southern Climates

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Raised beds with french drains under the paths between?

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Our 2025 garden

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Women homesteading ALONE?

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Heat Pump Conversions for Energy Savings

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Permaculture Smackdown: Keeping Yourself Motivated as a Homesteader

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I really want to have a homestead lifestyle, any advise for newbies?

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The aging homesteader

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Fall Leaves! Uses?

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Anyone got a good burn treatment?

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Mold growth in my bathroom

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What’s your favorite tractor/ machinery for building your homestead.

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Has anyone here worked with insulated underground PEX pipe for water lines or heating projects?

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Garden on Corliss Homestead Journal

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Easiest Vegetable to Grow

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Goat Herd Partner – Under the Hoof Farm (NW Florida)

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Does keeping chickens actually save money?

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I thought I had prepared - turns out sickness whacked my perfect world

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Wood Ash - An Overview

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Zero inputs

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The House of Riona: Micro Homesteading 2025

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The banana farm in Puebla

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Free rent on a farm in Fresno County California

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My advice when it comes to homesteading...

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Southern California Homestead stories

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What were your biggest misconceptions of off-grid living?

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Obsessed with these beautiful English hedges (1940s England)

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Food self-sufficiency for 9 people on 10 acres, what would you do?

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Operations management and protecting suppliers

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Is designing your 1-acre homestead the most fun part?

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Resilient Homestead in Oregon

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seeds and breeding

Easiest and Hardest Seeds to Save

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What water systems are on your homesteads?

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Using the clouds to predict rain.

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earthworks

Permies Poll: Do you own heavy equipment for your homestead?

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Harvesting The Cold: An Ice House

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rainwater catchment

benefits of rainfall collection

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designing a homestead to "battle inflation"

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Giving up (sort of, but not really)

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wood burning stoves

Permies Poll: How many cords of wood do you burn a year?

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Does homesteading actually save you money?

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My city farm

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Cutting down leaning trees

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Most used Fall tools

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What to do when Snowed In

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Transforming 20 Acres of Timber Lot Into a Hedged Homestead

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How do I clean this up!

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