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What is it.... the game! Post unknown objects to ID... and to stump others!

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wheaton laboratories

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Talk me out of (or into) a ukulele

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Quote of the day

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fruit trees

A lot about apples!

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The aging homesteader

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meaningless drivel

Northern Lights alert

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wheaton laboratories

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

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

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hugelkultur

Paul Wheaton's hugelkultur article thread

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Talk me out of (or into) a ukulele

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wheaton laboratories

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

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Someone lent me a guitar - how do I learn classical guitar

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2026 - arting - quick art share

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art

Best (foodsafe) paper mache paste recipe? And other advice.

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paul wheaton's pseudo blog

what if the cost of food goes up 10x?

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paul wheaton's pseudo blog

a college degree in 2025/2026/2027 ... don't

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meaningless drivel

Are hobbies dead?

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rocket mass heaters

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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frugality

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tinkering with this site

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

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music

Cigar box guitar and variations

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wofati and earth berm

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

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art

Oil paint as wood stain?

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victory gardens, 2026 version: what are your plans?

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frugality

Expedient insulation

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repair

Repairing an acoustic guitar that sinks in at the bridge (saddle)

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grains and pseudograins

Geoff Lawton says grain is not really worth the while - what are your thoughts?

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composting

Has anyone built a Trommel for sifting compost?

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propagation

Looking for best practices for sowing milkweed

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rocket mass heaters

rocket mass heater: water as a thermal mass

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gardening for beginners

Planting asparagus berries

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nomadic housing

How difficult are RVs to work on? What makes them so bad?

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alternative energy

Building 100 AH LiFePo4 Battery Box

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hugelkultur

I did it wrong. How can I fix it?

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perennial vegetables

a rhubarb harvest technique to get more rhubarb per year

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natural building

Help figuring out terrain type with jar test

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ethics and philosophy

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

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permaculture singles

29M Sweden. Looking for likeminded woman preferably around my age.

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recycling

How to repurpose a beer keg?

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potatoes

Permies' Potato experiments

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plants

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

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kids

leeks/garlic instead of daffodils in fruit tree guilds

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wheaton laboratories

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

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natural building

Advice for building a Cob structure for First Time Builder

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books

Single best book that helped you with gardening?

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plants

Will Bermuda grass spout through landscape fabric?

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plants

Plants where all of it is edible

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market garden

Reducing weed pressure without poisons, tillage, or tarps

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frugality

Packed Lunch?

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music

Someone lent me a guitar - how do I learn classical guitar

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seeds and breeding

Photos of Joseph Lofthouse's Garden

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Change a letter game

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personal challenges

Kinda just lost on a realistic career path in sustainability for the short, medium and long term

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village

Looking for a male who loves the lifestyle

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plants

Domesticating Wild Plants

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wheaton laboratories

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

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Permies is the best social media platform on the internet

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web sites

how did you find out about permies.com?

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chickens

How often do you add new hens to the flock?

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transportation

Bad Boy Buggy has been Very Naughty...Please HELP our Wheaton Lab Boots!

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Moss art

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workshops

Salvaging Abundance Together: A 4-part Community Permaculture Workshop Series starting 4/4/26

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gardening for beginners

Painted Mountain in a three sisters garden

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repair

My fourth attempt to salvage this drill press has failed

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sewing

What can I make out of this dress?

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digital market

Start Your Farm Now - sales and marketing for farmers course

$65.00

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chickens

Chicken garden bed rotation

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art

What happens when you soak charcoal in oil?

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sewing

making your own clothes?

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alternative energy

Rethinking Lithium Batteries

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