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Smaugust 2025 art challenge (there are dragons)

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Are hobbies dead?

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art

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Glazing and underpainting - for the frugal oil painter (grisaille, brunaille, verdaille, etc)

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

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

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

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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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Americans with recent experience buying from Canada? (Summer-fall 2025)

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Gardening playing cards for gardeners and homesteaders Kickstarter

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permaculture singles

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How do you dress for the outdoors in winter?

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how to safely heat with green/wet wood in your wood stove when you are desperate

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Garden on Corliss Homestead Journal

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