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    Converting a Gasoline-Powered Rototiller to Electric

    By Glenn Willis, Jr. Issue #87 • May/June, 2004 Several years ago my sister and her husband had an 8-horse gas-powered rototiller that went belly up. They fussed with it a bit, but couldn't get it...
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    Animals

    Switch your family to goat’s milk

    By Tanya Kelley Issue #128 • March/April, 2011 If you milk goats, there's no doubt you've heard it—"Eww! Goat's milk! Gross!" To be perfectly honest, goat...

    Forget the dog, chicken is man’s best friend

    By Richard Blunt Issue #49 • January/February, 1998 The domestic chicken, or Gallus domesticus as the Romans called it, has lived with humans for centuries. It...

    Raising Rabbits

    Raising cattle on your own place

    Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

    Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

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    Farm and Garden

    Growing the Eternal Tomato

    By Leonard Trebor Issue #57 • May/June, 1999 It's an old story to longtime gardeners (and a new story to novices): each spring you buy some superb tomato plants, set them out on May 1 (or...
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    Growing Productive Strawberries

    By Edna Manning Issue #86 • March/April, 2004 Here on the Canadian prairies, I have found strawberries to be perhaps one of the most delicious, least-demanding and productive fruits I can grow in our Zone 2...
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