Countryside March/April 2014

Countryside & Small Stock Journal
March/April 2014 • 98/2

TABLE OF CONTENTS

HOMESTEAD BUSINESS
• Starting An Online Information-Based Business

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
• Battery Banks: The Heart of the System

THE MACHINE SHED
• A Big Truck For a Small Property
• Paint Your House or Barn in Three Days

THE WOODLOT
• Plant Trees: They’re Energizing, Sustainable, and Profitable
• A Straight Line to Community Wellness

THE GARDEN
• WWOOFing Across America
• 12 of the Most Overrated Garden Selections
• More High Desert Gardening Techniques
• Grow Better Lettuce

FOOD SAFETY
• While You Were Celebrating

THE HOMESTEAD KITCHEN
• Purslane: The Gourmet Delights of an Annoying Weed
• The Traditional Way to Make Crispy Plums in Taiwan
• Readers Recipes: Grape Hull Pie, Syrup, Dog Biscuits, and More
• Thinking Outside the Carton

BOOK REVIEW
• Butchering Guides for the Novice

THE HEN HOUSE
• A Homemade Brooder
• Raising Backgarden Chickens

THE GOAT BARN
• Meet the Nigora Goat

THE SHEEP SHED
• Lamb Health
• Pregnancy Tests For Ewes

THE COW BARN
• Training Oxen, Part III: Working a Team
• Scottish Highlands in the North

THE HORSE BARN
• Planning a Future Horse Facility?

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

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