Departments
Note from the publisher
Letters
Editorial:
 The tax problem
Columns:
Where I live:
Caught in the ‘Net
Homesteading on the electronic frontier:
Harvesting the Internet for gardening information
Original poems
Olive L. Sullivan
Wilma Hinman
John Silveira
Ben Sizemore
Book Reviews
The Orchard Almanac
Independent Energy Guide
Evolution of an Independent Home
A country moment
Recipes:
Eating crow that isn’t bad
From humble stew to curried root soup, root vegetables are an overlooked delight
Make these hot drinks for liquid comfort
Contents
Farm/Garden
- It’s cheap and easy to multiply plants by using these propagation techniques
- Soil pH is the secret of a good garden
- Protect those young trees from frost and vermin
- Don’t have a cow! (Get a steer instead)
- Try these organic controls for garden pests
- Stop bugs Nature’s way
- Combat aphids by planting garlic
- You definately want to grow your own asparagus
- The Ichiban Hybrid eggplant is a real producer
- For something different in your garden, try ground cherries
- High altitude gardening it’s a challenge but these helpful tips can get you started
- Goats don’t eat zucchini
- Grow horehound for the health of it
- Blueberries are an affordable luxury
- The duck dilemma: they’re a lot of fun, and theydoeat those slugs but…
- Scrap poly pipe can be transformed into “training wheels for trees”
- Lilacs can provide a reliable “thermometer” for planting
- When you’re laying out your farm, careful planning pays big dividends
- Follow these eight easy steps to a successful eggplant harvest
- Whose garden is this anyway?
- For some surprises in your garden, grow potatoes from seed
Self Sufficiency
- Tobacco has some uses that might surprise you
Homeschooling
- What you do on one side of an equation, you do to the other to keep it balanced
Country living
Making the move
- Here are some thoughts about finding your dream place garden and all
Independent energy
- PV pioneer describes his successful solar home
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