Countryside September/October 2026

Countryside & Small Stock Journal
September/October 2026

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Homesteading

• How We Bought Land to Live a Rural Lifestyle, and So Can You!
• The Homestead Junk Pile
• Ash Ain’t Trash!
• Giving Back to the Environment

Growing

• Why I Don’t Can (Much)

Beekeeping

• Rendering Beeswax in Small Batches

Animals & Livestock

• New World Screwworm
• Pox in the Burrow: Unmasking Myxomatosis
• A Crash Course for Goat Breeding Season
• Draft Horses: Still Pulling Their Weight

Farm to Fork

• Stracotto: Italian Stew
• Salt, Smoke, and Sausage

The Great Outdoors

• Smoked Venison Jerky

Holiday Gift Guide

• Handpicked Treasures for Every Corner of Your Homestead

IN EVERY ISSUE

• Editor’s Letter
• I Am Countryside: A Simple Farm Life
• Country Conversation
• Recommended Products
• Just for Fun
• Breeders Directory/Classifieds
• Capture Your Countryside

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