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PEPPERS in action

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Smaugust 2025 art challenge (there are dragons)

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Painting the Glorious Revolution (Discworld fan art)

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garden plans, records, results, hopes.....

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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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Mistborn score - any good?

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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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JP and The Eternal Now (BEL)

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How can I put a shade on this lamp?

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In the quiet hours of the bootcamp grind, I found myself: Esteban's Bootcamp Experience

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Make a bark basket - PEM BB traditional.straw.barkbasket

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Delicious Dahlias

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wood burning stoves

Stove for a bomb shelter

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toilet alternatives

earth auger style toilet

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Chicken Counting

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dyeing

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honey bees

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Show 263: Blueberry

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30F | Ready to Build an Off-Grid Life | VA but open to relocate

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crowdfunding

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WORST that could happen? Soil/water contamination risks (and remedies)

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Wildfire Resilience Online Course (7 months of content, 2 hours a week+ weekly Q&A)

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biogas

Home Biogas Systems

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Did Medieval fabric last longer?

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Spon's Mechanic's own book

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From plant to flour “Cassava roots”

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tiny house

Skiddable Work Shack

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fungi

I found these 2 beauties

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gardening for beginners

To amend or not to amend soil

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composting

Non-stinky compost bucket

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cooking

Bulk beef: how do you like it cut up? What do you struggle to cook with?

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ethics and philosophy

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

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toxic gick

Straw bale gardening adventures continued

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