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jokes

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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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Talk me out of (or into) a ukulele

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fruit trees

A lot about apples!

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meaningless drivel

Quote of the day

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

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PEPPERS in action

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homestead

The aging homesteader

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Northern Lights alert

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

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Painting the Glorious Revolution (Discworld fan art)

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meaningless drivel

Are hobbies dead?

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

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apples

Growing Apple Trees From Seed Naturally

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

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Permaculture-core: what is the permaculture aesthetic?

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

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

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music

How do I learn to read music?

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The Glorious Revolution - 25th of May - Pratchett and discworld

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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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Creek repair - rock dams

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sepp holzer

New Water Stories video on Sepp Holzer

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Wool bath mat, what are your thoughts?

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the most permaculture solution for replacing laundry detergent

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solar

Solar Panel Installation: An Advanced Solution For Higher Utility Bills

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ergonomics

What do you wish your home had, and what do you love in your home?

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Revive Rose Garden

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permaculture design

How do we Make Permaculture Work Inside the Home?

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Permaculture rocks - no, I mean actual rocks

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homestead

Homestead Maple sugaring, for aesthetics,. economy and ecology

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maslin (mixed grain polyculture)

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berries

Berries next to Fruit Trees?

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vines

How do Air Potatoes Taste?

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polyculture

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Gradual Terracing

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eastern usa

Asheville/Black Mountain NC

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gear

Wonder Mill Junior hand crank mill research

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Frugal or just being smug...have you scored a real deal recently?

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How Much of the World's Knowledge is Readily Available on the Internet?

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Permies singles success stories

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From the Spring Foraging Cookbook: River Beauty and Rushes

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Did I succeed in spreading colonized wheat?

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gardening for beginners

Permies Poll: What is your preferred transplant technique?

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Materials list help please PvdB

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Potato Towers

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composting

Pond Muck - Additive to Compost or Biochar?

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solar

Solar panel angle for grid tie vs. summer offgrid vs. yearround offgrid

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wattle gabions for stabilization of banks and hillsides

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Surviving this big world with wonky hearing...

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

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PEP Badge: Oddball

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great white north

Long-term Post about Retreat opportunity

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earthworks

foundation drainage system

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earth bag

Building a round timber framed structure, approx 3m x 3m into a steep slope using Earthbags

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Meanwhile in Montana

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

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PEP Plumbing - Sand Badge

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Check a Game Cam - PEP BB homesteading.sand.little.cam

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How to Grow Aloe Vera

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pep commerce

Perform some sort of labor over the internet and get paid - PEP BB commerce.sand.internet

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tropical climate

Permaculture property in the mountains of Puerto Rico, still looking for farm co-caretaker/manager

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