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what kind of frame to get for an oil painting on canvas stretcher?

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goats and sheep

Dry cough: Icelandic Dorper Yearling Ram

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Standing Stubble vs Chop and Drop

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Heavy Maple Pollen/Seeds Year in Southern Missouri

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How do you know your water is clean?

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dogs and cats

What breed of dog do you think is good for a family dog?

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"willow feeder in my house? Zero chance"

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wells and springs

Can someone tell me about my well?

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solar

Keeping snow off solar panels

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Review not showing up in movie review grid

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potatoes

Are these TPS seedlings? - eggplant? physalis?

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trees

Planting 24,000 trees in Ireland

10 replies 8

meaningless drivel

What is your favorite hometown event?

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food preservation

Can you pressure can in an instant pot?

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wells and springs

Deep well questions

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alliums

Can a walking onion make a baby chive?

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Designing zone 1 - the kitchen garden

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meaningless drivel

No Clothes Dryer, No problem?

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plants

is this hollyhock?

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soil

A stupid fear getting in my way

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cooking

How do you get scorched food off the bottom of a pan?

13 replies 1 5

cooking

What do you think about food mills?

20 replies 3 1

plants

Is this nettle?

25 replies 11 5

food choices

Your favorite meals

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meaningless drivel

Trees down & Clean up

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alternative energy

Building 100 AH LiFePo4 Battery Box

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art

To draw a garden when I'm not an artist

12 replies 6 8

dyeing

Can ashes be used as a mordant?

5 replies 4

trees

Weeping Pussy Willow

23 replies 1 10 8

tinkering with this site

Loving the new email style

10 replies 8

projects

DIY ceiling lampshade/light bulb cover

9 replies 3 6

fungi

Podcast on King Stropharia and soil building

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animal fibers

What is "skirting" a fleece?

7 replies 15

wells and springs

Please Advise: Low Pressure in Extensive Well Water and Hydrant System

14 replies 1 3

homestead

Self-doubt about future plans for land & house

16 replies 15

rocket mass heaters

Brick or cob

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earthworks

Capturing 100% of precipitation

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gamcod

Spud Brothers crop and calorie totals from GAMCOD 2025

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tiny house

Looking for land ideas

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dogs and cats

What to put on Dog Food to make it more appetizing? (To dogs)

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natural building

Can drystacked block have a seat at this table?

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chickens

If you didn't know chickens, you'd think I was lying - Comedy

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meaningless drivel

Would you rather have have opera music in the garden or have to dance in the garden?

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rocket mass heaters

Is there such a thing as a hybrid RMH?

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berries

Strawberries - An underrated fruit?

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paul wheaton's pseudo blog

portland, oregon september 6 (and 7) 2025

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rocket mass heaters

Cast Refractor Failure?

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meaningless drivel

The Cats Opinion

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meaningless drivel

Would you rather tons of mishapen veggies or a few perfect specimens?

11 replies 4

projects

I want to build a tall wood cabin, but I need a "foundations for smarter dummies."

18 replies 6

food preservation

Help - my pressure canner is shrieking at me!

7 replies 1 1

goats and sheep

favorite goat breeds

13 replies 19

composting

Hot compost dreams

22 replies 11 5

cooking

Extracting starch from bracken - an experiment

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gardening for beginners

What in the world is this? - lamb's quarters

12 replies 6 6

wild harvesting

Developing A Lifestyle Of Learning The "Wild Grocery Store"

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sewing

Joann Fabrics -- all stores closing

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personal care

Healthy Urine color

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