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Magdalene’s Bootcamp Experience

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Photos of Joseph Lofthouse's Garden

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Talk me out of (or into) a ukulele

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PEPPERS in action

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meaningless drivel

Quote of the day

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Permaculture advocate in Zimbabwe - too little/too much rain

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

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fruit trees

A lot about apples!

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Northern Lights alert

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The aging homesteader

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The simple pleasures of the day (please add your own)

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hugelkultur

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Are you interested in building a rocket mass heater? What is holding you back?

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How do I learn to read music?

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Growing Apple Trees From Seed Naturally

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How to save fuel when driving?

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Americans, please don't use 2 letter abbreviations for your state!

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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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Expedient insulation

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Alexandra Malecki made it to PEP2! Follow my family SKIP to homestead!

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Mike's passive solar greenhouse design/build

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

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Strawberry Obelisk - Design Feedback

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I'm a Pepper You're a Pepper Wouldn't You Like To Be a Pepper Too???

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7 foot tall hugelkultur with a fifth of the effort

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greenhouses

Small Greenhouse Thermal Losses:

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conservation

Cool the person not the space: methods of doing it

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Show me your rainwater irrigation setups!

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greenhouses

Greenhouses where it is cold for a long time...

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Eliminating edge cases

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solar

Running solar wires long distance

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Change a letter game

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food preservation

Has anyone here pressure canned ground poultry?

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trees

growing Dwarf Moringa in pots

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tiny house

Micro Quonset hut

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plants

India's 'blue gold' Agave harvest

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Neat Idea for a Fountain

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fermentation

Is my kombucha dead or not

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stone work

Spring house input

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food as medicine

Refreshing homemade summer drinks for working outside

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wood burning stoves

Firewood Tracker

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Lots of food in a small RV kitchen?

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greenhouses

Climate-Battery re-imagined:

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Grocery Shopping?

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Magnesium - alternatives to Epsom salts

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Solar Station Construction Plans by Ben Peterson -- ebook

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Fish sauce fertilizer?

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From the Spring Foraging Cookbook: Wintergreen, Wisteria and Yucca

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

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wanted recipes for overgrown zucchini and crook neck

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straw bale house

Straw Bale House WITHOUT COB (or plaster)??

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sewing

an old quilt: how much effort to make it usable and do I want to?

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cooking

Cast Iron: To Keep Cooking or To Reseason

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textile techniques

Mending things that are not clothes

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Slow Looking

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

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low tech

Permies Poll - Have you made candles before?

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beans

Fava bean cover crop

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