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    Publisher’s Note – Issue #179 Jan/Feb/Mar 2020

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    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...

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    Help your home survive in the path of a wildfire

    Advice from second-time homesteaders

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    Farm and Garden

    Rotten Luck: The Skinny on Composting

    By Patrice Lewis Issue #141 • May/June, 2013 For much of human history, people have tried to prevent things from rotting. Literally every food preservation method we've come up with in the past few thousand years...
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    Use Old Newspapers to Make Your Starter Pots

    By Darlene Polachic Issue #49 • January/February, 1998 Why spend money buying plant starter packs when you can make all you need from old newspapers? The added benefit of these newspaper pots is that they can...
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