Countryside & Small Stock Journal back issues from November 2005:
Address correction.(Country conversation & feedback)(Correction Notice)
Nov 01, 2005 ... There was a mistake in Leona Hanson's address in the July/August issue in her article about milking sheep. People have also been calling another family in the area with the same name--please ...
Burlap bag bat homes.(Country conversation & feedback)
Nov 01, 2005; ... COUNTRYSIDE: This is in reference to Ken Leister's question about uses for burlap bags (March/April 2005). One good and environmentally beneficial use of burlap bags is bat homes. I read about it once, somewhere, and tried it in my small barn and also my carport in the Sierra Nevada Gold ...
Bats do land on heads!(Country conversation & feedback)
Nov 01, 2005; ... COUNTRYSIDE: The idea of a bat landing on people's heads and getting tangled in their hair seems to be considered an old wives' tale by everyone these days, as well as by Amanda P. Boyce, who wrote, "Bats aren't welcomed in this house ..." in the May/June 2005 issue. I have read assurances ...
Get it in writing.(Country conversation & feedback)
Nov 01, 2005; ... COUNTRYSIDE: Concerning Jim Linder's letter, Sept/Oct 2005: I know someone who had a similar situation in that the parents of one had always told them that property they owned "would be theirs someday." Many thousands of dollars in improvements the party in question had made to the ...
Vinegar works on bee stings.(Country conversation & feedback)
Nov 01, 2005; ... COUNTRYSIDE: I have come across a cure for bee stings that works and felt readers will find it useful. We have had more bees than usual this summer, hence many more bee sting injuries too. I've tried baking soda, meat tenderizer, ice packs, even egg ...
Mother of vinegar and bee suit tip.(Country conversation & feedback)
Nov 01, 2005; ... COUNTRYSIDE: I've been a subscriber for only a short time but have gained lots of useful information from the pages of your magazine. A couple of articles in the September/October issue caught my attention as I have some input on these. The first one is in reply to Arena ...
It's hard to destroy this pressure cooker.(Country conversation & feedback)
Nov 01, 2005; ... COUNTRYSIDE: I also have canned for years and have learned plenty via trial and error. We lived on our sailboat in Mexico for four years so we canned everything from veggies to fish because we were offshore for a few weeks on some occasions. Here are my four most important tips: ...
Recipe not recommended; whey block question.(Country conversation & feedback)
Nov 01, 2005; ... COUNTRYSIDE: My husband I have been getting your magazine for years. Before that we were reading his mother's. Needless to say, we love COUNTRYSIDE! I am excited to have finally made the time to write in. First, I have a warning. I have been canning for many years. I have never ...
Find animals in the classifieds.(Country conversation & feedback)
Nov 01, 2005; ... COUNTRYSIDE: Every year around the time of the local county fairs I run an ad in the area papers reading: "Will give home to unwanted livestock. Poultry, rabbits, goats, sheep, donkeys, horses, cattle, etc. Call ...." and my number. There are a surprising amount of 4-H projects ...
Chickens catch mice, but racoons catch chickens.(Country conversation & feedback)
Nov 01, 2005 ... COUNTRYSIDE: In response to Phil Abbot's question about chickens catching mice (July/August 2005). Yes, they do! And trust me, the mouse will not get away. This is not uncommon; chickens are very aggressive when it comes to something running, jumping, crawling or flying into their pen ....
Flaxseed meal adds flavor and nutrition.(Country conversation & feedback)
Nov 01, 2005; ... COUNTRYSIDE: I was so pleased with the response to the letter I wrote on using flaxseed meal. I want to add that it does not take any special recipe to use it, although I have a recipe for the bread that I make with it. The bread is almost a meal in itself. Since I was a child and read the ...
Recommended books for food dehydration ...(Country conversation & feedback)
Nov 01, 2005; ... COUNTRYSIDE: This is in reply to Mrs. Glenn Zimmerman's question on drying foods. Here are four books that I have that you may be able to write or request from the author or publisher. Dry It, You'll Like It! by Gen MacManiman, is a book about dehydrating food, including recipes ...
And books on flax.(Country conversation & feedback)
Nov 01, 2005; ... COUNTRYSIDE: For those wanting to know more about the health benefits of flax and how to use it, here are two excellent books: Flax Your Way to Better Health, $12.95 plus $1.50 shipping. IL residents add 92 cents sales tax. The Amazing Flax Cookbook, $17.95 plus $1.75 ...
Alternative ideas on game meat care.(Country conversation & feedback)
Nov 01, 2005; ... COUNTRYSIDE: I want to say how much I appreciated Tom Tabor's article on taking care of game meat (Sept/Oct, 2005). Mr. Tabor is clearly knowledgeable about this topic, and having the benefit of his experience can help us do a better job of making sure that game meat is given the care it ...
Mammoth okra source.(Country conversation & feedback)
Nov 01, 2005 ... We've had several requests for information on purchasing the mammoth okra since the article ran in the May/June 2005 issue so we asked the author where she purchased her okra. Janet replied, "The ...
Weather didn't help bean crop.(Country conversation & feedback)
Nov 01, 2005; ... COUNTRYSIDE: I have a small garden and I raise tomatoes and beans. This year I tried raising pole beans--lima beans. I used poles and strings. The beans got 10 feet tall where my poles were that tall; most were four feet tall. The problem was that there were no pods, all leaves and vines ....
"Garden" is a foreign word in this neighborhood.(Country conversation & feedback)
Nov 01, 2005; ... COUNTRYSIDE: I have been a faithful subscriber to your magazine since the day I found it. As soon as I receive a new issue I'm through itthat day and looking for more. I live off of the stories, and the recipes are an added delight. I commend all those who have made it to their ...
Community or cult?(Country conversation & feedback)
Nov 01, 2005 ... We've had a couple of people voice their concerns over the homesteading community in Missouri mentioned in the Sept./Oct. issue. Here's an excerpt from one person (who will remain anonymous): "COUNTRYSIDE: I am writing this letter out of a great deal of concern ... I pray that ...
Wisconsinites looking for a joint venture.(Country conversation & feedback)
Nov 01, 2005; ... COUNTRYSIDE: We are a Wisconsin family with 10 acres in Owen. We want to become self reliant homesteaders and we would like to share this land with anyone else interested in adventuring with us. The cost would be to help us start crops, solar energy, animals, etc. ($3,000+/- upfront plus ...
Readers share mosquito tips.(Country conversation & feedback)
Nov 01, 2005; ... COUNTRYSIDE: When I was a kid our well water was so hard and full of lime or calcium that everybody had rain barrels to collect water for laundry purposes. Sometimes, if neglected, these barrels also collected mosquito larvae (wrigglers). In order to kill them, a tiny bit of ...
He believes in turmeric.(Country conversation & feedback)
Nov 01, 2005 ... COUNTRYSIDE: I am a recent new subscriber and an 83-year-old retired seaman. I read lots of books, magazines and library papers at the local library. Just today I read Science News Weekly, Time, Newsweek, five newspapers, a couple of catalogs, NC Shellfish Growers Association Newsletter, ...
For her, life began at 50.(Country conversation & feedback)
Nov 01, 2005; ... COUNTRYSIDE: This is in response to Marian Bosch, the frustrated homesteader in July/August 2005 issue of COUNTRYSIDE. Her letter was very interesting and welcome. At age 50 I began my serious, disciplined sojourn back to the country and rural life from the huge, wealthy ...
Heirloom apple source.(Country conversation & feedback)
Nov 01, 2005; ... COUNTRYSIDE: This information is for Barbara asking about the heirloom apple trees. There is a great little company in ...
Homesteading is not all fun and games.(Country conversation & feedback)
Nov 01, 2005; ... COUNTRYSIDE: I am a long-time subscriber, and a reader of this wonderful magazine even longer. Something I believe should be said more often than I see it in your pages is this: Not everybody can make this move. Having said that, I'll admit I still have the dream, even after age 60. My ...
Thirst promotes ingenuity.(Country conversation & feedback)
Nov 01, 2005; ... COUNTRYSIDE: Your magazine is the only one we subscribe to. We are both in our 50s and my husband is retired. We don't live off-grid like some of the readers do but we live a simple life in rural Kentucky on four-plus acres with room for chickens, a garden, fruit and nut trees, and enough ...
Country living calls for respect of others.(Country conversation & feedback)
Nov 01, 2005; ... COUNTRYSIDE: This is a big "thank you" to Ginnie Baker for her letter in the July/August 2005 issue titled Life in the country isn't glamorous. I live in the small township of Corona De Tucson, 21 miles southeast of Tucson, Arizona. The two towns on each side of me are building ...
Free land available--with conditions.(Country conversation & feedback)
Nov 01, 2005; ... COUNTRYSIDE: I'm sure you've probably heard of this, but I copied the following article for you anyway. I found this AP story on my "Netscape News" homepage. I won't be taking advantage of this offer, but other readers may find it of interest.--Robin Falk According to a recent ...
Son gives dad birthday garden story.(Country conversation & feedback)
Nov 01, 2005; ... COUNTRYSIDE: Today I celebrated my birthday. For the last five and a half months, we have begun living our dream to be more self-sufficient. We started a garden and ... well, I'll let my eight-year old son tell the story (this was my birthday present from him): "Once upon a ...
Where can they buy coal?(Country conversation & feedback)
Nov 01, 2005; ... COUNTRYSIDE: We have been subscribers to your magazine for a few years and really enjoy reading it. We have a question either to your staff or to your readers. We have recently purchased a wood and coal-burning stove. We also purchased two bags of coal from the place that we bought the ...
What's wrong with their corn stove?(Country conversation & feedback)
Nov 01, 2005; ... COUNTRYSIDE: We're having problems with our corn-burning stove. The problem with my stove is it burns dirty and will sometimes go out, normally when I first light it. It has some major design problems. The ash pan is not big enough and when you open the ash door it falls out on the floor, ...
Looking for pea/bean sheller plans.(Country conversation & feedback)
Nov 01, 2005; ... COUNTRYSIDE: I'm looking for plans on how to ...
Will there be problems with Boer/Nubian births?(Country conversation & feedback)
Nov 01, 2005; ... COUNTRYSIDE: We've been raising Nubian goats for four years. We want to use a Boer buck on our Nubian does but a friend said that will give us nothing but trouble ....
Anyone have earth home plans?(Country conversation & feedback)
Nov 01, 2005; ... COUNTRYSIDE: I would like to ask readers if they have any ideas, blueprints, etc. on earth or berm homes. After 12 years of marriage my husband decided to leave me for a "city girl" ...
Looking for special fried chicken recipe.(Country conversation & feedback)
Nov 01, 2005; ... COUNTRYSIDE: Years ago I was privileged to partake in chicken that was fried on a rack above the oil in a pressure canner. It was sort of like the process the Broasteraunt chain used to fry their wonderful chicken. In these days of refraining from excessive intake of deep fat ...
Know anything about cutting wood with an axe?(Country conversation & feedback)
Nov 01, 2005; ... COUNTRYSIDE: I would like to learn about woodcutting the old fashioned way, using an axe. I wondered if anybody could give me any information on different types of axes and where to find them. I've looked online and see all types and qualities are offered. In ...
How do you make a fireplace insert?(Country conversation & feedback)
Nov 01, 2005; ... COUNTRYSIDE: I was wondering if any COUNTRYSIDERS knew how to make a fireplace insert (yup, one of those black, thick metal inserts they call a fireplace these days) work more efficiently. My husband does not want to take it out, as our house is only four years old, so I was ...
Where to recycle batteries? What about kitty litter?(Country conversation & feedback)
Nov 01, 2005; ... COUNTRYSIDE: I'd like to know two things: Where can the large square 6-volt batteries go to be recycled and how do folks with indoor cats like me get rid of ...
Special request: solider wants letters.(Country conversation & feedback)
Nov 01, 2005 ... COUNTRYSIDE: I have enjoyed your magazine now for many years. I am in the Tennessee National Guard and my unit has been sent to Iraq. I will be here for the next year. I would like to hear from other ...
Purchasing and using a masonry stove.
Nov 01, 2005; ... Some things are too difficult to build yourself. You are stuck with buying them. Once you decide to buy rather than build you enter what I call a purchased product life cycle. The life cycle for a product you buy includes selecting the product, using it, and then discarding it as waste if ...
Reduce energy use with this "cut back" thermometer.
Nov 01, 2005; ... For decades my wife Ronna and I conserved fuel (and money) by turning the heat low at night. It's real patriotism to reduce profligate human demands on the Earth's resources, and adding blankets makes winter nights cozier. It's not cozy jumping out to turn up the heat in the ...
Solar tax credits available through 2007.
Nov 01, 2005 ... "For anybody who has ever considered installing a solar system, Washington is telling you to do it now," says Rhone Resch, president of the Solar Energy Industries Association in Washington, D.C. The new law increases tax credits for commercial solar installations and offers ...
Selling the sun: solar and wind options for grid-tied homes.(Life on the sunny side)
Nov 01, 2005; ... Personally, I'm an off-grid guy. This is not because I have any particular gripe with the ugly, pollution-belching, coal-devouring power plant down the road; it's just that my wife and I happen to have built our house two miles from the closest power line. So for us anyway, the ...
Build a fieldstone smokehouse.
Nov 01, 2005; ... Smoked meat and cheese are something a lot of us enjoy, and we decided building a smokehouse would be a good fall project. Since there is no lack of fieldstone in our neck of the woods, we decided to incorporate it into the design to save on cement costs and give the smokehouse a rustic ...
How we went from $42,000 to $6,500 and lived to tell about it!
Nov 01, 2005; ... As middle class American, it's been difficult for me to understand how we are supposed to make a living when there are so many things working against us. How can we go on day after day with the rising cost of food, fuel, utilities, car insurance, taxes and health care, while dealing with ...
Moving beyond the power lines, one step at a time.
Nov 01, 2005; ... A little more than 10 years ago, my wife Gloria and I bought a house that needed quite a bit of work to bring the value up to what other houses of the same square footage were selling for. We hoped that building materials and sweat equity would give us the finances we needed to get our ...
Living deliberately: how to approach simplification.
Nov 01, 2005; ... Simplify, simplify, simplify! Perhaps trying to identify the owner of these words, you are drawn back into an old wooden desk in a high school classroom ... English 3, American literature class. "Your research paper's topic cries for simplification," stated Mrs. Woods as she returned the ...
Starting your own business.(Question of the month)(Reprint)
Nov 01, 2005; ... "I'd like some advice on starting a home business. What can I do to make a little money for necessary expenses without leaving my homestead?" Homesteaders have always asked this question, but most approach it from, the wrong angle. The basic idea shouldn't be What can I do to ...
The pleasures and pitfalls of a homestead business.(Question of the month)
Nov 01, 2005; ... Whether you're contemplating operating one or more enterprises off your land (or out of your home), or have already set the wheels in motion, you may want to give some consideration to these four topics: * Be careful what you wish for; * Don't take it so personally; ...
The home craft business: how to succeed by really, really trying.(Question of the month)
Nov 01, 2005; ... How We Got Started In 1990, after my husband and I were married, we lived in Sacramento. We were doing okay in California: double income, no kids, little debt. We were renting a nice house in a nice section of town. We had a huge yard for our two dogs. Our jobs were challenging ...
Make a living with your computer.
Nov 01, 2005; ... What started out as website for my husband s music CD has evolved into a shopping website that has become my business, Peaceful Forest. On the Internet, it does not pay to get a new website for something if you already have an existing site. The older, the better, for search engine ...
Novelty items sell well at festivals.
Nov 01, 2005; ... For the four years I've lived in the country, I've been trying to develop a business that would keep me closer to home. Even though my endeavor has been a hit and miss effort, there might be something in my experience that would be helpful to others. I have been a vendor at ...
Hauling scrap metal provided unexpected rewards.(Question of the month)
Nov 01, 2005; ... My self-employment" adventure" began with unemployment. I was working in a restaurant as a steak and seafood chef and I got laid off when the place closed down. It was a good paying job and I also received a free meal every day that I worked. That was a help on the budget, sort ...
Landscaping business gets him out of traffic.
Nov 01, 2005; ... I live in the country on five acres in Tennessee, about 30 miles outside of Nashville. I used to make that 30-mile drive through the traffic and construction each day, so that I could sit in a little 6' x 6' cubicle and be a part of the corporate world. Everything was always about money, ...
Website design grabs her attention.(Question of the month)
Nov 01, 2005; ... I am self-employed and while my profession is not usually associated with country life, it gives me the freedom to pursue my dream of country living. In fact, by this time next year I hope to have turned the dream into a reality. After college I moved from my native Montana to ...
Sometimes a separate office works better than a spare room.
Nov 01, 2005; ... In 1996 I was divorced after having been married for 36 years during which time I stayed home and took care of the farm/homestead. At that point I had to make a living for myself so I started an insurance agency. I was lucky to have the opportunity to be appointed by an outstanding ...
Income tax preparation business increases by word of mouth.(Question of the month)
Nov 01, 2005; ... I haven't written an article in quite some time but self-employment is right up my alley. As I finally retired on social security I have been trying to increase the number of customers I have for my home income tax service. I have been preparing income taxes for about 40 years off and on, ...
Organic fertilizer business is booming.
Nov 01, 2005; ... Having a passion that lets me know that I am contributing something of value to human life, to the good health of our earth, and earns a little extra money (in that order), is very gratifying. The business I was entrusted with in November, 2004 is to package and sell superb organic ...
Starting over as a massage therapist.
Nov 01, 2005; ... Over a dozen years ago, after much thought and planning, I chose to leave my job and go to trade school for massage therapy. At that time I was able to get a loan through the school to cover costs for classes. I had already purchased the equipment I would need, and had studied through ...
Internet marketing works for a lot of people.(Question of the month)
Nov 01, 2005; ... When I moved to the Ozarks about five years ago I decided that I never wanted to work for anyone else again, so I've been self employed this whole time. I don't believe in putting all my eggs in one basket so I have a few different money-making ventures going at all times and I'm always ...
Carving Christmas ornaments.(The wood carver)
Nov 01, 2005; ... This issue of COUNTRYSIDE will reach you in plenty of time for you to do some carving of gifts for friends and loved ones for Christmas. I always set aside some nice carvings for friends and relatives. Each of our children, grandchildren, sisters and brothers receive a carving for ...
The greater gift.
Nov 01, 2005; ... Winter is approaching; the great slumber, a time to rest, revitalize our relationships, and to celebrate what we have accomplished. People the world over revere this season of reflection and thanksgiving. All across the globe gifts are exchanged and celebrations attended. The spirit of ...
The joys of soap making.
Nov 01, 2005; ... In past years I've shared some soap making secrets with COUNTRYSIDE readers and received wonderful correspondence in return. In 2001 my husband and I moved from southern Wisconsin to our beautiful north country home near Phillips, Wisconsin. Shortly after we moved up here I met a ...
Make a homemade boot scraper!
Nov 01, 2005; ... Are you tired of dragging dirt, dust, mud, and even snow into the house? Keep it all outside where it belongs with this rugged homemade boot brush/scraper The steel brushes (like those you would use to scrape paint) make this boot brush extra sturdy compared to the softer brushes which can ...
Don't throw it out! Repair your garden hose!
Nov 01, 2005; ... There are three areas where a garden hose can give you leaking problems; the female end, the male end, and points in-between. To start, always make sure that the faucet is not the source of the problem. Let's start with the female end, or the end you fasten to the faucet. If you ...
Turnips from start to finish.(The garden)
Nov 01, 2005; ... We start early to plan for our fall garden, in order to have earlier crops vacate the rows we want for fall/winter production. To have turnips through most of the winter, we plant a pinch of seed as early as late August, following with another planting at two to three week intervals, ...