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composting

What is Compost?

21 replies 12 8 7

root crops

please share ideas for growing BIG sweet potatoes, several pounds per plant

29 replies 1 37 21

cooking

Multiple items in a crock pot?

9 replies 2 13

propagation

How to keep seeds warm - permie ideas please!

16 replies 3 2

financial strategy

JOMO - Joy of Missing Out

23 replies 1 1 28

lawn

Lawnmower alternatives

27 replies 3 19

meaningless drivel

Do you have a house hippo?

7 replies 3 1 2

cooking

Pancakes... ALL of 'em!

24 replies 6 21

art

Help, my canvas has a hole

8 replies 2 2 1

personal care

Know a good hair cutting scissor brand?

16 replies 1 4

meaningless drivel

New planting zones for canada 2025

14 replies 1 4

meaningless drivel

Goofy weather swings

23 replies 13

cooking

French press

18 replies 1 2 6

gear

Upgrading tractor hydraulics

26 replies 30 19

cooking

What’s That One Indian Dish You Can Eat Daily Without Getting Bored?

14 replies 8 12

tinkering with this site

Welcome New Gardeners!!

16 replies 1 33

organic

Help with non plastic raised bed liner

24 replies 1 9 27

biochar

Why don't more people make biochar?

43 replies [ 1, 2 ] 36

cooking

What kind of Pizza do you like?

30 replies 1 2 16

textile techniques

Making a net

18 replies 2 19 22

toilet alternatives

Experimenting with the willow feeder idea...

17 replies 1 10 14

tiny house

Skiddable Work Shack

26 replies 18 13

meaningless drivel

What would your superpower be? Aannnd GO!

24 replies 15

meaningless drivel

Goofy experiment -- right now, what is straight up?

13 replies 9 9

permaculture singles

A single question to learn so much about the other person?

36 replies 22

art

Avoiding ai Scraping

7 replies 4

natural building

Most cost effective small building technique

25 replies 3 9 11

meaningless drivel

This is my morning so far

7 replies 1 4

peaches

Peaches: An underrated fruit?

32 replies 2 3 17

low tech

Solar chimney thoughts

10 replies 10

rocket mass heaters

Shorty sidewinder, 200 mm (approx. 8") system, lots of mass

27 replies 2 40 34

bugs

Before I do this... Mosquito dunks

10 replies 8

food preservation

Eggs: How do you preserve them?

30 replies 16 12

upcycling

For what would you use these jars?

15 replies 1 3

meaningless drivel

Crazy kitchen mistakes - what are yours?

17 replies 14

paul wheaton's pseudo blog

how to safely heat with green/wet wood in your wood stove when you are desperate

20 replies 1 4 22

repair

The squeaky wheel(barrow) gets the ________?

21 replies 1 12

ducks and geese

Chickens and Ducks

35 replies 1 5

art

Oil paint drying time tests

4 replies 4

personal challenges

Having a very hard time with this

21 replies 2 1 26

art

The perfect drawing pencil?

6 replies

gear

Why do hot water tanks have such a bad rep?

43 replies [ 1, 2 ] 2 6 19

tinkering with this site

February promotions!

18 replies 18

tinkering with this site

clicking on last post of a thread often sends me to first post

11 replies 1 1

homestead

How to wean off Air Conditioning? (AC)

29 replies 1 14

gear

How do you use clothespins, beyond pinning clothes?

18 replies 4

alternative energy

Staying warm in winter (inside)

28 replies 1 1 10

meaningless drivel

How to do 'truck stuff' without a pickup truck?

25 replies 9

nuts

growing peanuts...might have made a mistake...now some success!

20 replies 11 9

meaningless drivel

Show off your 2025 babies!!

11 replies 34 31

personal challenges

What are you waiting for?

14 replies 7 21

personal challenges

experiences with melatonin for sleep?

25 replies 1 4

seeds and breeding

Beans evolutive mix

23 replies 15 5

cooking

How do you brew your coffee?

43 replies [ 1, 2 ] 3 4

homestead

Food self-sufficiency for 9 people on 10 acres, what would you do?

36 replies 24

art

Almond are the first flower of spring - Van Gogh's almond blossoms

6 replies 8 3

gardening for beginners

Growing Food on a Budget

36 replies 4 15

art

Are there good affordable oil paints (or can I make my own with pigment and tung/linseed oil)?

6 replies 1 8

plants

what are you planting or allowing to grow that future owners might consider invasives?

22 replies 2 17

books

Poll: Help Kate choose a sourdough book cover

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