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The magazine of modern homesteading & Small Stock Journal Volume 97 • Number 1 January/February 2013 10 Foods That Keep Us Healthy Know Your Dirt Secrets to Healthy Soil Plant an “Appliance” Garden Plus: • Tomatoes 101 • Benefits of crossbreed cattle • 10 common farrier questions • Honeybee hazards and much, much, more inside... 2 Countryside & Small Stock Journal,The January/February economy 2013 is in a shambles. 3 Government is a mess. The American Dream is dying. NOW what? You don’t have to follow the news closely to realize that these are tumultuous times. Be aware of how the chaos affects your life, no matter who or where you are... and find out what you can do about it! - Author J.D. Belanger — homestead er, former newspaper reporter, NEW! TIMELY! PROVOCATIVE! COUNTRYSIDE ’S founder and editor And the only account of how capitalism, democracy, emeritus, and one of the godfathers and consumers form a system that entraps of modern homesteading — builds his case for the coming challenges every one of us and controls our lives! we all face. In nearly 300 wide-ranging but fast-read- ing pages ENOUGH! investigates capitalism and democracy with unusual candor by linking to- 24 chapters, including: gether many often-neglected webs that make up • The Crash of 2008 • Understanding the a complex system. You’ll gain a new perspective on history, economics, industrial agribusiness, Capitalist Democratic System • Accounting for plastic shopping bags, cigarettes and sugar, 1918 homesteaders: a stacked deck • Understand- War Gardens and much more... ing needs, wants, luxuries, and the concept of This is a serious yet entertaining analysis of what has happened to America’s dreams in the “enough” • Working for a living, or a life? • The past 65 years as observed by a homesteading industrialization of food • The economics and journalist who pursued simple living throughout politics of sugar • The fascinating history of or- that period, allowing you to see these topics in a way never considered in school or the mass me- ganic gardening • In pursuit of creative leisure... dia. Gain new insight into the Crash of 2008, an appreciation for how the capitalist democracy and housing, transportation, system controls us (making it difficult even for education, health, global warming, and homesteaders to escape) and a much better un- derstanding of what lies ahead in the New Nor- much, much more! mal. It will give new meaning and purpose to your homestead aspirations! What has happened to the American Dream and why won’t you achieve it? What does the New Frugality mean for you? How does homesteading fit in? Find the answers here! Every homesteader, every American r3 Yes, send my copy of Enough! for $14.95 plus $4 S&H ($18.95). should read this book because it will help them realize that they have far Name: _____________________________________________________________________________ more “stuff” than they need for hap- piness and well-being; how acquir- Address: ___________________________________________________________________________ ing all that stuff messes up their lives and the planet; and most impor- City, State, Zip _____________________________________________________________________ tantly, why it’s nearly impossible to Payment enclosed Charge my credit card escape from the economic system that m m demands their participation! Visa/MC #________________________________________________Exp._______ Order your copy now! mail to: Countryside Bookstore • 145 Industrial Drive • Medford, WI 54451 Or order toll free: 1-800-551-5691 or visit www.countrysidemag.com 4 Our Philosophy It’s not a single idea, but many ideas and attitudes, including a rever- ence for nature and a preference for In this issue country life; a desire for maximum Vol. 97 No. 1, January/February 2013 personal self-reliance and creative leisure; a concern for family nurture and community cohesion; a belief What’s happening this month on your Countryside homestead… that the primary reward of work should be well-being rather than money; a certain nostalgia for the Departments: supposed simplicities of the past and Country conversation ............................................................................... 8 an anxiety about the technological Coming events .........................................................................................31 and bureaucratic complexities of the present and the future; and a taste for Features: the plain and functional. Energy, economics, peak oil, and population: Part II ...............................28 Debunking the over-population myth .....................................................36 Countryside reflects and supports Instant jobs & bartering in challenging times .........................................40 the simple life, and calls its practitioners homesteaders. Homestead business: Succeeding in an offline business .............................................................42 COUNTRYSIDE & SMALL STO C K JOURNAL Fools for profit .........................................................................................47 Includes Small Stock Magazine Founded 1917 by Wallace Blair and Countryside Magazine Crops & soils: Founded 1969 by Jd Belanger Soil 101: Know your dirt .........................................................................51 Send your manuscript to: COUNTRYSIDE Editorial (or [email protected]). The editors reserve the right to Soil health ...............................................................................................52 select and edit letters/articles/photos to be printed. The opinions and advice given here are not necessarily those of the Publisher. The garden: Managing Editor: Planting an “appliance” garden ................................................................54 Anne-marie Belanger Ida Let’s talk tomatoes ...................................................................................55 Editorial assistants: Jerri Cook Elaine Belanger, Samantha Ingersoll Fulfillment:Chris Barkley, Laura Ching, The homestead kitchen: Ann Tom, Ellen Soper, Kelly Weiler Caring for carrots ....................................................................................63 Advertising office: 1-800-551-5691 10 Foods that keep us healthy .................................................................64 Classified ads: Gary Christopherson: [email protected] Preserve rosemary & parsley by drying ....................................................67 Display advertising: Alicia Komanec: [email protected] The horse barn: Printed in the U.S.A. The 10 most commonly asked farrier questions .......................................68 COUNTRYSIDE & SMALL STO C K JOURNAL (ISSN 8750-7595; USPS 498-940) is published bi-monthly by Country- side Publications, Ltd., 145 Industrial Dr., Medford, WI 54451. Periodicals postage paid at Medford, WI The cow barn: and additional mailing offices. ©2013 Countryside What is a crossbreed or composite? .........................................................72 Publications, Ltd. Editorial office: 145 Industrial Dr., Medford, WI 54451. (715) 785-7979, [email protected]. Subscriptions (US funds): $18 per year; two years, $30: Countryside Subscriptions, 145 Industrial Dr., The henhouse: Medford, WI 54451. Breeding meat chickens ...........................................................................80 POSTMASTER: “POSTMASTER: Send all UAA to CFS. 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