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Rural Country Living
Apr 30, 2001
Two year-old, Pepper, has surgery to correct an umbilical hernia sustained at birth. Step by step equine surgical procedure with photos!
Apr 30, 2001
Update on the events in my life on the mountain.
Mar 28, 2001
Build a compost bin and learn from an expert, just how easy it can be to have rich compost for your garden, houseplants and starts.
Mar 13, 2001
Preparing your Garden for Planting
Preparing your soil to support a bountiful harvest. Wood ashes are great for cleaning and enriching your garden soil.
Mar 5, 2001
Vermiculture or worm farming is getting increasingly more popular with permaculturalists and eco-concious people of the world. Worms can literally save the earth!
Feb 25, 2001
Ways in which to turn those unwanted eyesores in your yard, into attractive, practical enhancements for your garden; raised beds--pamper your plants!
Feb 18, 2001
Different ways to obtain water in my area. Catching roof runoff and using a cistern. Recycling water to save our precious resources.
Feb 5, 2001
Giving up smoking. It's never easy--until one gets so sick, that the body says, "No!" A positive, from a negative--that's what life's all about!
Dec 17, 2000
Country Economics--The Barter System
The barter system is alive and thriving in rural communities around the globe, as it has been for thousands of years since the existence of personkind.
Dec 7, 2000
The importance of installing your woodstove correctly, with approved stovepipe and triple wall sections. Pinon--the wood NOT to burn; how I learned the hard way! Slow cooking hearty meals on your woodstove.
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Rural Country Living
A Root Cellar for your Homestead: Part 1 (8 msgs)
Quitting the Rat Race (12 msgs)
Save Our Forests--Build with Straw Bales! (11 msgs)
Peppers' First Surgery (5 msgs)
Back, at last! (4 msgs)
Composting the Easy Way (2 msgs)
Apologies (1 msgs)
Preparing your Garden for Planting (8 msgs)
Vermiculture (4 msgs)
Recycle those Tires! (4 msgs)