Countryside January/February 2013

Countryside & Small Stock Journal
January/February 2013 • 97/1

TABLE OF CONTENTS

FEATURE ARTICLES
• Energy, Economics, Peak Oil, and Population: Part II
• Debunking the Over-population Myth
• Instant Jobs & Bartering in Challenging Times

HOMESTEAD BUSINESS
• Succeeding in an Offline Business
• Fools for Profit

CROPS & SOILS
• Soil 101: Know Your Dirt
• Soil Health

THE GARDEN
• Planting an “Appliance” Garden
• Let’s Talk Tomatoes

THE HOMESTEAD KITCHEN
• Caring for Carrots
• 10 Foods That Keep Us Healthy
• Preserve Rosemary & Parsley By Drying

THE HORSE BARN
• The 10 Most Commonly Asked Farrier Questions

THE COW BARN
• What is a crossbreed or composite?

THE HENHOUSE
• Breeding Meat Chickens

APIARY
• What’s happening to the honeybees?
• Monoculture farming can’t support honeybees

THE SHEEP SHED
• Urban sheep rearing adventures

THE HAPLESS HOMESTEADER
• Once a Marine

COUNTRY NEIGHBORS
• When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Make Bacon
• A Practical Environmentalist

IN EVERY ISSUE
• Country Conversation & Feedback
• Capture Your Countryside
• Bookstore
• Almanack
• Marketplace
• Breeders Directory/Classifieds

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