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OK – since it was on the schedule to write for the January 2012 edition of the “Farm And Livestock Directory” the week of Thanksgiving, let’s assume Christmas is now over and even if you were really careful with your...

Christmas is my favorite time of year.  I truly love getting things ready for the holidays. Decorating the house with natural findings from the fields and pastures, and making most of my gifts. Living in the country (we are...

Dear readers:  I would like to share with you a very special and thoughtful essay written by a friend of mine some time ago. Her words are timeless, and speak volumes. MONEY versus LOVE Lord, Help us remember that the jerk who...

Years ago, I discovered that the cheapest and easiest (well, sort of–canning is hot, hard work) way to have a full pantry was to raise/grow and can, dry or freeze as much food as possible for my family so that we were...

The unemployment rate in this country is officially almost 10%, and is probably double that if you count all the folks that have just flat-out “quit looking”. Yet, I so often hear from small business owners that they...