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jokes

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Game - Picture Association

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You know you're a permie when...

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

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SEPP to Boot: Stephen's Experience (BEL)

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Music of the Moment

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fruit trees

A lot about apples!

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Quote of the day

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PEPPERS in action

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

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The official permies.com Book Review Grid with more than 100 books listed

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Paul Wheaton's hugelkultur article thread

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The aging homesteader

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Caleb's Bootcamp Experience (BRK)

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Smaugust 2025 art challenge (there are dragons)

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art

Painting the Glorious Revolution (Discworld fan art)

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paul wheaton's pseudo blog

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

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

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

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

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What's for Dinner?

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Are hobbies dead?

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art

Permaculture-core: what is the permaculture aesthetic?

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art

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

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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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art

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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art

'French box easel' - can it really work for painting out and about?

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

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crowdfunding

Gardening playing cards for gardeners and homesteaders Kickstarter

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permaculture singles

this forum is for gardeners, homesteaders and permaculture people

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

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Anyone got a good burn treatment?

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personal care

under arm Deodorant alternative

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Random cool maps

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soil

What made the biggest difference in your soil over the long run?

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Winter Gloves - Favorite Style?

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My cost of living is only 200$/month and I live in paradise

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permies might be down for a bit wednesday afternoon

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From the Spring Foraging Cookbook: Oregon Grape

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CEB Composition & Sourcing Materials

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Permies Poll: What kind of soil do you have at your homestead?

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Starting with bare land vs converting orchard to food forest vs land with house

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How do you dress for the outdoors in winter?

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survival

Blizzard survival story--does anyone have a good story surviving a blizzard?

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paul wheaton's pseudo blog

wildfire, burning brush in the fall, permaculture and community, i am just too weird

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plants

Bracken Fern - our deadly enemy (or is it?)

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Clean an Area Rug - PEP BB nest.sand.cleanrug

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Kees' cottage rocket

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jobs wanted

Experienced homesteader looking for home

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Making Valazquez medium for solvent-free oil painting

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permaculture singles

28F, been wandering the Ozarks and am ready to plant roots with someone special :)

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permaculture singles

38M looking for Female partner to start or join a homestead/ecovillage with

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plants

Maypop in the north? Anyone? Anyone?

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propagation

How to keep seeds warm - permie ideas please!

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bugs

Post Cool Bug Pics

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PEM Philosophy

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fruit trees

Avocados

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fruit trees

Banana Not Fruiting After 2 Years

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Sew a feminine pad - PEP BB textile.straw.sew.femininepad

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Goofy weather swings

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Gaines County Texas-Greening my part of the Seminole Draw.

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homestead

Permaculture Smackdown: Keeping Yourself Motivated as a Homesteader

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Dressing up the Dragons for the holidays

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homestead

What’s your favorite tractor/ machinery for building your homestead.

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12 steps to sewing

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seeds and breeding

Australian Seed Sources

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PEP 2 Certification - Apply, Boast, and Certify Here

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soil

wood chips: optimum depth over bare soil? over grasses?

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soil

Do weeds rob soil of nutrients?

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Amendment of Soil

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