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

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    By Kristina Seleshanko Issue #177 • July/August/September, 2019 Something we heard a lot when we first started raising chickens in the suburbs was, “For the cost...

    Shearing, carding, spinning, weaving and creating with Margaret Boos

    By Annie Duffy Issue #52 • July/August, 1998 "If you're going to make something that you want to last, why not start with good quality material,"...

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    Are aliens stealing our honeybees?

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    A guide to buying silver and gold

    New yarn from old sweaters

    The art of living in small spaces

    Farm and Garden

    You Can Make Your Own Fertilizers

    By Christopher and Dolores Lynn Nyerges Issue #44 • March/April, 1997 For some people, home gardening is an expensive pursuit, which seems a bit backward to us. At one time, people gardened because home-grown produce was...
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    Grow Your Own Dishrags

    By Alice B. Yeager Photos by James O. Yeager Issue #85 • January/February, 2004 Some of us are thrifty beyond measure, even growing our own dishrags. None of those flimsy, store bought cotton things for us. Our...
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