Mother Earth News is featuring this design and plans for a built in bed. A great space saver, the plans look to be versatile and adaptable to almost any space. Steve Maxwell writes:
Success with a built-in bed involves three main phases: creating a rough framework, establishing a mattress support surface, then adding decorative details and
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NPR’s Megan Verlee reports on All Things Considered about a new kind of urban farmer.
City Folk Flock To Raise Small Livestock At Home : NPR.
If you wonder how to do this and keep the neighbors content, consider this:
But backyard farmers seem to have one ace in the hole for answering any local objections: bribery. Plenty
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The people who work for the rural water association that supplies water to the area around Two Mile Ranch have had a rough beginning to the new year.
December 31, some of their equipment which helps purify water failed. Since then, they’ve placed a boil water advisory, and I imagine they have been working some long
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What’s the best way to prolong the life of my Christmas cactus?
When the buds of a Christmas cactus look as if they’re about to open, make sure you water the plant regularly and keep it cool.
From The Old Farmer’s Almanac.
I am a fan of the writing of William Paul Winchester and his book A Very Small Farm.
In it, he writes:
Coming home to the farm was itself the end of a journey. What is “home” if not that place? And the best evidence of having arrived is that I do not feel compelled to always
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According to folklore, the Janaury moon gets its name from the month whe wolves howled outside of villages in hunger during January’s cold lean hunting season.
