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Article: Computers and crafts put change in their pockets. (Question of the month: how do you generate income on your homestead?).
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- Countryside & Small Stock Journal
- Article date:
- January 1, 2003
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As I sit here writing this my husband is walking around our little nine acre homestead carrying a five gallon plastic pail of grain. As he goes around feeding our assorted animals, they all honk, cluck, crow or thump their pleasure upon seeing him and that pail coming their way. Most of the animals are now pets, as they are getting too old to be good for too much else. Oh, the chickens are young and lay nice fresh eggs, and the geese are still good watchdogs and can still hold their own at the county fair, but they are around 20 years old now. It is a real pleasure to have them all here and making their voices heard.
While I won't say that we are experts at making ...