Countryside May/June 2021
Countryside & Small Stock Journal
May/June 2021 • 105/3
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
HOMESTEADING
• Homesteading After Retirement (Part 3): Market Gardening
• Are You Stumped?
• Brown Recluse: Facts Over Myths
• 3 Dog Sleeping Positions: What They Mean
BEEKEEPING
• A Shortlist for Long-term Beekeeping Success
• What’s in Your Beehive Smoker?
• Ask the Expert: Can I Feed Bees Honey from Another Hive?
• Ask the Expert: Ankle-Biter Bees
• Ask the Expert: Can Beehives Open Toward a Fence?
GROWING
• How to Plant and Grow Sweet Potatoes
• Hügelkultur Raised Bed
• Why That Homemade Insecticidal Soap Might Kill Your Garden
POULTRY
• Chickens and Compost
• Efficiently Hatching Eggs with a Broody Hen
• Flock Files: Plants Toxic to Chickens
ANIMALS & LIVESTOCK
• Idaho Pasture Pigs
• Artisanal Sheep Cheese from Shepherds Manor Creamery: Part 2 of 2
• Importance of Colostrum for Dairy Calves
• Goat Notes: Introducing New Goats
FARM TO FORK
• Make Garlic Powder by Dehydrating Garlic
• The Perfect Blueberry Muffin Recipe
SOAPMAKING
• Tips for Selling Soap
• Jewelweed Soap: An Effective Poison Ivy Remedy
HOMESTEAD HACKS
• Natural Hacks for Fleas and Ticks
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• I Am Countryside
• Editor’s Letter
• Country Conversation & Feedback
• Bookstore
• Capture Your Countryside
• Just for Fun
• Almanack
• Marketplace
• Breeders Directory/Classifieds
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