Country Journal 1993 - Abstracts

Country Journal 1993
TitleSubjectAuthors
A $20 steam house. (inexpensive outdoor steam bath structure) (includes sources for fiberglass rods)Home and gardenJohn Leonard
A basic guide to bird identification. (includes related articles on buying binoculars, birdseeds and spotting scopes) (Birding: Effective Ways to Attract, Feed, Photograph, and Identify Wild Birds.) (Cover Story)Home and gardenAlan Pistorius
A field guide to weeds: not all weeds are created equal, and a gardener's best defense is recognizing their differences. (includes related article on wheel hoe cultivation)Home and gardenEliot Coleman, Kathy Kellogg
A low-cost, driven well. (augmenting water supply for a garden and farm)Home and gardenFred Dungan
Andrew Wyeth's favorite farm. (artist Karl Kuerner Jr.'s farm in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania)Home and gardenGene Logsdon
An easy-to-build toolshed. (includes information on building a foundation) (Special Section: Barns, Sheds, and Outbuildings)Home and gardenJohn Vara
A new ancient grain. (popularity of Teff, an Ethiopian cereal grain, in the US)Home and gardenRachel O'Neal
An octagonal barn. (includes information on stud framing) (Special Section: Barns, Sheds, and Outbuildings)Home and gardenTed Tucker
A portable chair to build. (do-it-yourself project for making a buckskinner chair)Home and gardenTom Moates
Apple picking tips.Home and gardenMichael Phillips
A simple greenhouse. (construction tips; includes list of materials for 10-by-20 foot greenhouse)Home and gardenJon Vara
A sparrow-free bluebird box. (nesting box construction tips)Home and gardenAnn Borman
A very small farm. (personal narrative of farm operations)Home and gardenWilliam Paul Winchester
Backyard grape growing. (includes related articles on grape cultivars and how to prune grape trees)Home and gardenLewis Hill, Nancy Hill, John Rezelman
Barn from a kit. (includes information on building a pole barn) (Special Section: Barns, Sheds, and Outbuildings)Home and gardenMichael Durham
Buying farmland: if you're interested in small-scale farming, here's what you need to know before you buy your dream farm. (includes property description terms and farm purchasing information resources)Home and gardenMichael Hofferber
Cooking with flowers.Home and gardenPat Haley
Gardening for victory: timely lessons from the World War II victory gardens of 50 years ago.Home and gardenR.E. Gough
Hearty and healthy winter soups. (includes recipes and related article on freezing soup)Home and gardenPatti Bess
Homemade cheese. (includes related article on cheese making at Brier Run Farm, Birch River, West Virginia; includes list of cheese making suppliers)Home and gardenL. Peat O'Neil
How about a screen porch? Rediscovering a summertime classic. (includes screen porch construction terminology)Home and gardenJohn Nehring
Hunting by ear: the barn owl, with its unmatched predatory skills, is going the way of old dairy farms. (includes related article on constructing a barn owl box)Home and gardenCharles Fergus
Ideal gardens for the smallholding: a compendium of plans and growing advice for nine specialty gardens from the editors of Country Journal. (includes information on moving stones, digging up boulders and commercial nurseries)Home and garden 
Jewels in the garden: using nectar plants to attract hummingbirds. (includes related article on hummingbird feeders and a list of flowers favored by the birds)Home and gardenMaryanne Newsom-Brighton
Main street. (the demise of small communities) (Illustration)Home and gardenDavid PLowden
Making tax time easier: filing your returns can be almost painless if you follow these tips. (includes list of possible tax credits)Home and gardenJohn Nehring
On haying: may you always have hard workers, good equipment, and four days of sunshine. (working hayfields) (Cover Story)Home and gardenJonathan Vincent
Pickling the harvest. (beets, cucumbers and peppers)Home and gardenMargaret A. Haapoja
Plants that attract birds. (includes related article on sunflowers) (Birding: Effective Ways to Attract, Feed, Photograph, and Identify Wild Birds.) (Cover Story)Home and gardenNancy Bubel, Audrey Medina
Quarters for a family cow. (Special Section: Barns, Sheds, and Outbuildings)Home and gardenJohn C. Page
Raising ducks. (breeding and maintenance tips)Home and gardenGail Damerow
Restoring a derelict pasture. (includes related article on land stewardship)Home and gardenRichard M. Ketchum
Rug braiding: waste not, want not is the rule for making a functional rug from closet scraps.Home and gardenNancy L. Dole
Small-town bankers: in this rural area, the only collateral you need is your reputation and integrity. (Highland County, Virginia)Home and gardenDonald McCaig
Summer delights. (two recommended cookbooks; includes a recipe from each book for summer menus)Home and garden 
Swing into summer the easy way. (how to make a monkey swing for a tree)Home and gardenTom Moates
The $1,800 saltbox shed. (construction tips) (includes related article on joining timbers)Home and gardenNathaniel Tripp
The best hay: a guide to meadow grasses. (Cover Story)Home and gardenJacqueline Sletto
The brown creeper. (song bird's strange tree-climbing motion)Home and gardenAnn Pistorius
The sugarhouse. (Special Section: Barns, Sheds, and Outbuildings)Home and gardenLeonard Faria
Turn your stored clutter into found money with this yard sale primer. (includes lists of items that sell and do not sell well at garage sales)Home and gardenSherry Ballou Hanson
Wild birds on film: how to excel in bird-feeder photography. (Birding: Effective Ways to Attract, Feed, Photograph, and Identify Wild Birds.) (Cover Story)Home and gardenStephen R. Swinburne
Working dogs for the small farm. (includes resources)Home and gardenDonald McCaig
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