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Healthy Homemade Fruit Roll-Ups Recipe

February 8, 2023 · Rita Heikenfeld · Canning & Kitchen, Recipes

Skirt artificial ingredients, high-fructose corn syrup, and high prices by choosing your own favorite fruits and making your own fruit roll-ups recipe.

A Garden Vegetables List for Weight Loss

February 8, 2023 · Rhonda Crank · Growing

This garden vegetables list is packed full of easy-to-grow vegetables to help you reach and maintain a healthy weight.

Winter Hoof Care for Horses

December 20, 2022 · Countryside Magazine Contributor · Homesteading, Horses-Donkeys

Hoof care is important any time of year, but particularly so in winter when conditions are the wettest and most worrisome.

“No-Peek” Beef Stew for a Winter Warm Up

December 8, 2022 · Rita Heikenfeld · Canning & Kitchen, Recipes

Is there anything better to chase away the bone-chilling cold of winter than old-fashioned beef stew?

3 Chill-Chasing Soup Recipes and 2 Quick Breads

November 8, 2022 · Rita Heikenfeld · Canning & Kitchen, Recipes

Need a meal that matches the autumn weather? Here are three soup recipes and two quick breads.

Potatoes Offer Healthy Sustainability

October 25, 2022 · Countryside Magazine Contributor · Growing

Most of us enjoy eating potatoes, but only a small number of us grow our own. And yet, planting and harvesting potatoes is one of the simplest and highest-yielding crops to grow.

Preserve Recipes Turn a Bountiful Harvest into Holiday Gifts in a Jar

October 14, 2022 · Rita Heikenfeld · Canning & Kitchen, Holiday, Recipes

You could have a pantry full of superior edibles made from preserve recipes that make convenient, thoughtful gifts in a jar from your pantry or freezer.

Create Your Own DIY Cookbook

October 8, 2022 · Erin Phillips · Canning & Kitchen

One day as I was looking through my grandmother’s cookbook, I got the idea to make a DIY cookbook to preserve our family recipes.

How to Make Bath Bombs: An Easy DIY Gift

October 8, 2022 · Marissa Ames · Soapmaking

If you’re just starting your soapmaking journey, learning how to make diy bath bombs is a good first step.

Safely Limbing and Bucking Trees

September 28, 2022 · Countryside Magazine Contributor · Self-Reliance

Bucking trees isn’t as easy as it looks. Learn how to limb a tree and buck wood safely.

Know Your Firewood Moisture Content

September 28, 2022 · Countryside Magazine Contributor · Self-Reliance

Knowing firewood moisture content can make the difference between creating steam or heat. Most folks agree that water doesn’t burn, not unless you break H2O down into H and O, both of which are highly flammable, and that doesn’t happen in your stove or furnace.

Beef Composites and Breed Definition

September 12, 2022 · Countryside Magazine Contributor · Cattle

We frequently hear the terms crossbred, hybrid, composite, or synthetic when referring to breed definition, and we often wonder exactly what these terms mean.

Starting a Petting Zoo Business

September 9, 2022 · Countryside Magazine Contributor · Homesteading

Why not make use of the resources you already have on hand — farm animals, land, and a love of sharing them with others — and try starting a petting zoo business?