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UGP Countryside Ad 03,04/13.indd 1 2012-12-20 7:00 PM 4 Our Philosophy It’s not a single idea, but many ideas and attitudes, including a rever- ence for nature and a preference for country life; a desire for maximum In this issue personal self-reliance and creative Vol. 97 No. 2, March/April 2013 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 supposed simplicities of the past and Departments: an anxiety about the technological Country conversation ............................................................................... 8 and bureaucratic complexities of the Coming events .........................................................................................26 present and the future; and a taste for the plain and functional. Growing Old in the New Normal Will Present Some Special Problems .....................................................................................28 Countryside reflects and supports the simple life, and calls its The garden: practitioners homesteaders. Gardening and Foraging With the Ancient Mimbres .............................32 Soil Health Can be Improved with Cattle...............................................36 Hybrid vs. Heirloom Seeds .....................................................................39 COUNTRYSIDE & SMALL STO C K JOURNAL Tart & Tangy Rhubarb ............................................................................43 Includes Small Stock Magazine Founded 1917 by Wallace Blair and Countryside Magazine The orchard: Founded 1969 by Jd Belanger Grow Fruit Trees Without Spraying .......................................................45 Send your manuscript to: COUNTRYSIDE Editorial (or [email protected]). The editors reserve the right to select and edit letters/articles/photos to be printed. The opinions and advice given here are not necessarily The homestead kitchen: those of the Publisher. Tapping into the Sweetest Resource ........................................................52 Publisher: Bart Smith Corncob “Maple” Syrup ...........................................................................53 Managing Editor: Anne-marie Belanger Ida 3 Delicious Uses for Elderberry Juice ......................................................54 Editorial assistants: Jerri Cook You Can Glean a Lot From Old-Fashioned Cookbooks .........................55 Elaine Belanger, Samantha Ingersoll Sustainability in the Kitchen ...................................................................60 Fulfillment:Chris Barkley, Laura Ching, Ann Tom, Ellen Soper, Kelly Weiler The History of the Apron ........................................................................62 Advertising office: 1-800-551-5691 Classified ads: Gary Christopherson: The livestock barn: [email protected] Display advertising: Alicia Komanec: From the Start: Keeping Baby Animals Healthy on the Homestead .......64 [email protected] Meet the Kunekune .................................................................................65 Printed in the U.S.A. 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