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

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You know you're a permie when...

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Hilarious, rib tickling memes

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SEPP to Boot: Stephen's Experience (BEL)

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Music of the Moment

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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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organic

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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meaningless drivel

Quote of the day

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PEPPERS in action

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fruit trees

A lot about apples!

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meaningless drivel

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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Paul Wheaton's hugelkultur article thread

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music

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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music

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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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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apples

Growing Apple Trees From Seed Naturally

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tinkering with this site

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

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frugality

How to save fuel when driving?

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music

Cigar box guitar and variations

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art

Oil paint as wood stain?

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paul wheaton's pseudo blog

Automatic Backyard Food Pump

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Victory gardens, 2026 version: what are your plans?

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frugality

Expedient insulation

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skills to inherit property

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

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What do you do for work?

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BREAKING WORLD NEWS! VERY IMPORTANT!

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Some days, it's just necessary

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music

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

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butchery

Animal Rennet Making at home - WARNING: some photos may be disturbing to some readers

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cooking

looking for recipes - pumpkin seeds

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cooking

Meal Planning for the Unplannable

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fungi

Growing Lions Mane on Douglas fir, hawthorne or other non-traditional wood?

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uk and ireland

Tell us about your allotment!

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fungi

Show me your fungus. (Mushroom Photos)

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roundwood and timber framing

insulating a stairwell

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toilet alternatives

Composting Toilets

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wofati and earth berm

Hobbit Home Progress.

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meaningless drivel

Change a letter game

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rocket mass heaters

Design help for a cabin RMH/Cookstove

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cooking

the best oil/grease to use for seasoning cast iron

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wood burning stoves

Matt Walker continental stove build

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plants

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

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art

Antique materials to make new art (Good Omens fanart)

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food as medicine

Seeking foods that help heal nerve and spinal cord damage

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greenhouses

Monitor Barn with Greenhouse - worrying about snow breaking the greenhouse roof

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wildfire

Wildfireproofing the Permies way.

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honey bees

Australian beekeeper building a smart hive monitor (and a varroa card game)

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cooking

if you're buying cookware....

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flowers

What flowers do Bees love to pollinate?

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cover crops

how to design a cover crop for large containers

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toilet alternatives

Indoor Composting Toilet Systems

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cooking

From The Omnivore's Guide to Home Cooking: Essential equipment, the Towel and the Bowl

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rocket stoves

Emergency need for dummies-level brick stove that burns charcoal

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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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flowers

Hairy Beardtongue - Penstemon hirsutus

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fruit trees

Growing large-seeded trees from seed (flowering quince in this case)

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cooking

Recipe: Butter Swim Biscuits

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ethics and philosophy

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

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Total Isolation

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medicinal herbs

Getting ready for rose hip season - drying lessons from last fall (and one itchy mistake)

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seeds and breeding

Tanacetum annuum (blue tansy) Seeds

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organic

Permaculture advocate in Zimbabwe - too little/too much rain

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trees

Russian Almond (Prunus tenella)

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forest garden

How to start ginseng?

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propagation

Grafting Chestnut to Oak - Northern Red Oak inspired by Sober Paragon Chestnuts

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rocket mass heaters

Video Database (Rocket Mass Heaters)

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wood burning stoves

time-lapse of russian rocket build

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recycling

This rack needs its own thread

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permaculture singles

Looking for My Homesteading Partner

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australasia

any permies here from australia.????

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