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    A salvaged oak floor for $5

    By Robert L. Williams Issue #59 • September/October, 1999 Several months ago we decided we did not want to install a traditional bedroom floor of plywood and carpet. We had several reasons, but the major ones...
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    Doesn’t anyone remember Tom Paine

    By Robert L. Williams Issue #19 • January/February, 1993 Many years ago, before I came to my senses and left public education for good, I was teaching on a college campus when one of the administrators...
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    Animals

    Build a poultry killing cone

    By Allen Easterly Issue #135 • May/June, 2012 You've worked hard and spent many hours raising your pretty flock of meat chickens from eggs or chicks...

    Raising your own beef

    By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #175 • January/February/March, 2019 Every time I sit down to enjoy a wonderful beef roast or perfectly grilled steak, I am so...

    Hog butchering — Using everything but the squeal

    Bovine basics for beginners

    Animal disease traceability

    Llamas guarding sheep? — Not such a far-fetched idea

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    Farm and Garden

    Build an Old-Fashioned Hotbed and Start Your Seeds in Style

    By Roy Martin Issue #104 • March/April, 2007 A hotbed is a miniature greenhouse that is heated to protect new seedlings from cold. The hotbed differs from a cold frame in that it has an internal...
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    Put Your Garden to Bed for the Winter

    By Jackie Clay Issue #95 • September/October, 2005 During the crispy fall afternoons, we listen often and intently to the weather forecasts. "It's going to be clear tonight," I'd tell my late husband, Bob, and my...
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