Countryside March/April 2013

Countryside & Small Stock Journal
March/April 2013 • 97/2

TABLE OF CONTENTS

FEATURE ARTICLES
• Growing Old in the New Normal Will Present Some Special Problems

THE GARDEN
• Gardening and Foraging With the Ancient Mimbres
• Hybrid vs. Heirloom Seeds
• Soil Health Can be Improved with Cattle
• Tart & Tangy Rhubarb

THE ORCHARD
• Grow Fruit Trees Without Spraying

THE HOMESTEAD KITCHEN
• Tapping into the Sweetest Resource
• Corncob “Maple” Syrup
• Delicious Uses for Elderberry Juice
• You Can Glean a Lot From Old-Fashioned Cookbooks
• Sustainability in the Kitchen
• The History of the Apron

THE LIVESTOCK BARN
• From the Start: Keeping Baby Animals Healthy on the Homestead
• Meet the Kunekune

THE COW BARN
• Safely Castrating Calves

THE GOAT BARN
• Goats 101

FEEDS & FEEDING
• Grain Alternatives
• Reap the Benefits of Added Roughage

THE MACHINE SHED
• An Australian-Built Hay Press
• Advice for Buying an Old Tractor

THE WOODLOT
• Sawdust in Your Veins?

HOMESTEAD POLITICS
• Raw Milk and the 4th Amendment: What You Don’t Know Could Destroy You

COUNTRY NEIGHBORS
• I Must Be a Misfit
• Ignorance is Not Bliss: My First Day as a Chicken Farmer
• Mrs. Ford, the Anonymous Neighbor and the Naked Scarecrow
• Growing Organic in Belize

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

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