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Send your listing to: COUNTRYSIDE CONTACTS, W11564 Hwy. 64, Withee, WI 54498; e-mail: csymag@tds.net; Fax: (715) 785-7414. Learn how to construct a house and barn Experience constructing an A-Frame house An A-frame is a style of house with steeply-angled sides that meet at the top in the shape of the letter A. Although the triangle shape of the A-frame has been present throughout history, it saw a surge in its popularity around the world in the post-World War II era, roughly from and barn utilizing low-cost polebarn/timberframe construction techniques on a Southern Ohio cattle/hay farm. Modern bunkhouse bunk·house n. A building providing sleeping quarters on a ranch or in a camp. lodging, meals and small salary provided. Provide labor input, offer suggestions, advice and information on design, timber source, etc. Can also assist with haying, fencing, cattle, farm chores if desired. Start in April, 2001 timeframe. Write with ideas to Jackson Furnace Farm, 1453 Jackson Furnace Road, Oak Hill, Ohio Oak Hill is a village in Jackson County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,685 at the 2000 census. History Oak Hill was also a stop on Morgan's Raid, led by Confederate Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan during the American Civil War. 45656 (740)-286-1247 or E-mail to homerosk @bright.net Looking for puddin' meat recipe This dish is reportedly a very delicious breakfast item served with pancakes by the Pennsylvania Deutsch people. Courntey Rivers, PO Box 4024, St. Charles, IL 60174 Seeking farmstead I am a 50-year-old widow with two small children seeking a small farmstead to rent or lease/option. I am especially interested in relocating to West Virginia West Virginia, E central state of the United States. It is bordered by Pennsylvania and Maryland (N), Virginia (E and S), and Kentucky and, across the Ohio R., Ohio (W). Facts and Figures Area, 24,181 sq mi (62,629 sq km). Pop. , Virginia, Missouri, Arkansas, Kentucky, North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. or Tennessee, but will consider any wooded area. I have a log homestead in Colorado, but need to relocate prior to placing it on the market. Would like to relocate this summer. Would consider a trade. Would also consider a caretaker position, or caring for someone in their home (I am an RN) in exchange for a small farm to live on. Sarabeth, c/o Freida, 250 Comanche Lane, Lake Havasu City, AZ 84603. Caretaking job wanted I am looking for a caretaking job and/or farm work. The last 15 years I've been busy being an artist. I also want to buy a little land near a national forest. Greg Kiefer, 89 Royce Way, Daly City Daly City, city (1990 pop. 92,311), San Mateo co., W Calif., a suburb of San Francisco; inc. 1911. Daly City is primarily residential, its population having grown significantly since the 1970s. , CA 94014 Growing berries I recently acquired an organic 40-acre farm with a beautifully landscaped 15 acre lake. It is on a good blacktop road and was once a recreational facility Noun 1. recreational facility - a public facility for recreation recreation facility facility, installation - a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry; "the assembly plant is an enormous facility" . My idea is to make the 32' x 50' recreation building into a comfortable home and raise organic quick cash crops, and maybe use the two older 12' wide mobile homes for storage. I would like to hear from anyone who has suggestions or positive experiences of growing bush cherries, berries or other quick cash crops. Also, has anyone tried growing crops by what is called the "Sonic boom" method? I'm open to any suggestions and/or help. Kevin D. Kearney, 9871 Bessie Rd., Benton, IL 62812 Share farm I am looking for others who would like to homestead but can't afford it alone and would like to share the expenses and responsibilities of a piece of property, animals and gardening with others who appreciate a wholesome family atmosphere and platonic friendships. Please contact: Arlene Wauer, 9897 NE Benton, Newport, OR 97365; amwauer@todbbs.com Mystery flower When we lived in Florida I was given some seeds of a lovely yellow flower that was a perennial and bloomed at Thanksgiving time. I always had a large bouquet for our Thanksgiving decoration. It had lobed lobed adj. Having a lobe or lobes: lobed leaves. Adj. 1. lobed - having deeply indented margins but with lobes not entirely separate from each other lobate rather rough leaves, grew about six-to-eight feet tall and the flowers were about eight inches across with the center about two inches. It had about 13 petals. The center turned into a rather prickly prickly many sharp spines protrude. prickly black rolypoly sclerolaenamuricata. prickly jack emex australis. prickly lettuce lactuca serriola. seed head with no discernible seeds. I would just crush it and plant the whole thing. I thought I had saved some seeds when we moved but they must have been lost. The new owners completely redid re·did v. Past tense of redo. the landscaping and got rid of them. The plants themselves are not much to look at, but oh those flowers! I have searched all my seed catalogs and can't find them. Hope someone out there (maybe a Floridian) might help me. I would love to see how they do here in Tennessee and when they would bloom. Thanks so much. Rita Glyn-Jones, 238 Memory Lane, Monterey, TN 38574 Trade knowledge for help I am homesteading Broadly defined, homesteading is a lifestyle of simple, agrarian self-sufficiency. History North America In the United States, the Homestead Act (1862) allowed anyone to claim up to 160 acres (64.7 hm²) of land. 20 acres in north central Arkansas. I will trade my knowledge for your help. I am a disabled vet, 53 years old. Old fashioned n. 1. A cocktail consisting of whiskey, bitters, and sugar, garnished with with fruit slices and often a cherry. Noun 1. old fashioned - a cocktail made of whiskey and bitters and sugar with fruit slices apprentice-type trade. I was a self-sustained farmer my whole life. Stone Ages Farm, 2104 Trace Ridge Rd., Leslie, AR 72645 Berries & apricots Can anyone give us a source for seeds or starts for Wine berries and Manchurian Vine apricots? Karl and Elaine Phillipps, 663 CR 3129, Center, TX 75935; pkildeer@qzip.net Working vacation Would you like "hands on" experience building agricultural systems for a self-sustained small farm environment in the Ozarks? Retired farmer/educator/herbalist is implementing: a gravity flow irrigation irrigation, in agriculture, artificial watering of the land. Although used chiefly in regions with annual rainfall of less than 20 in. (51 cm), it is also used in wetter areas to grow certain crops, e.g., rice. system for 3 acres of gardens, orchards, & vineyards; a home water system; soil building methods; bee colonies; carpentry; masonry; and much more. I will schedule a coordinated time. Stone Ages Farm, 2104 Trace Ridge Rd., Leslie, AR 72645 Outhouse/Wash clothes My son and I will be moving back to our homestead in Idaho this summer and would like plans on how to properly build and maintain an outhouse. I would also like to hear from other ladies on how they go about washing their clothes at home without electricity. Bonnie bon·ny also bon·nie adj. bon·ni·er, bon·ni·est Scots 1. Physically attractive or appealing; pretty. 2. Excellent. L. Nicholson, 208 NE Third Ave., Hillsboro, OR 97124 Old time broom corn As a family project we would like to learn how to make corn brooms. We are looking for someone who can tell us how, or does anyone have book suggestions? Nemmers Family, Rt. 1 Box 38A, Cyrus, MN 56323 Getting started I've decided that it's time It's Time was a successful political campaign run by the Australian Labor Party (ALP) under Gough Whitlam at the 1972 election in Australia. Campaigning on the perceived need for change after 23 years of conservative (Liberal Party of Australia) government, Labor put forward a to indulge a long-standing dream of country living and some kind of self-sustainability. I'm not sure how to start such a project, or how wise that is for a 57-year-old female who is marginally "handy." I'd like to know if any of you have faced a similar challenge and how you got started. I'm looking for some good advice about land, types of homes, community, reality checks and inspirations. Joan Berry, 3 Bryant Ct., Great Barrington Great Barrington is the name of more than one place:
Soap making, etc. I am looking for information on soap making without lye, tips on raising chickens & geese, almond trees, cooking with cornmeal corn·meal also corn meal n. Meal made from corn, used in a wide variety of foods. Also called Indian meal. Noun 1. , lilac lilac, any plant of the genus Syringa, deciduous Old World shrubs or small trees of the family Oleaceae (olive family), widely cultivated as ornamentals. bushes, pygmy goat A pygmy goat is a small breed of domestic goat; females weigh about 23 to 34 kg (35 to 50 lbs) and males about 27 to 39 kg (40 to 60 lb). Pygmy goats originated in the Cameroon Valley of West Africa. care & housing, how to build an old-fashioned child's swing, and any other homestead helpers. Would love to hear from other poultry lovers, too. Michele Rae Padgett, Melody Farm, PO Box 531, Mill Rift, PA 18340-0531 Looking for North Idaho Countrysiders We'll be homesteading in the panhandle region near Lake Pend Oreille Lake Pend Oreille is a lake in northern Idaho, with an area of 148 square miles. It is 65 miles long, and 1,150 feet deep in some regions (5th in the US). It is one of the deepest lakes in the world. shortly. Would like to hear from like-minded Countrysiders about their experience in the area. Thank you. Peter Goubeaud, PO Box 880, Sewanee, TN 37375; juddcut@united.net Old Countrysides I have in my possession Countryside magazines from 1974, vol. 58 to 2000 vol. 84. Within these 26 years eleven issues are missing. These are vol. 58 numbers 10, 11 12: vol.59 no. 1: vol.60 no.6: vol. 61 no. 3, 4. :vol. 70 no. 10, 11, 12 (this was the final year for 12 issues): vol. 81 no. 2.1 would like to give these magazines to anyone who would enjoy reading them. They contain such a wealth of knowledge and good reading. However, I am not prepared to pay for the shipping. Marjorie Warburton, RR #1, Belle River Belle River may refer to the following communities:
Walking onions Does someone have extra walking onion (Egyptian onion) bulbs? Several years ago a cold winter killed our plants and all the stored bulbs had been used. We have tried to order from catalogs but no stock has been available. We have iris tubers to trade for the bulbs. Laurie Samuel, 6378 127th Ave., Fennville, MI 49408 Bird suet suet /su·et/ (soo´et) the fat from the abdominal cavity of ruminants, especially the sheep, used in preparing cerates and ointments and as an emollient. suet hard, raw fat from a beef carcass sold for cooking. recipe wanted I am looking for a recipe for bird suet. I have recently butchered two 500 lb. hogs and have a lot of leftover fat. I would like to use this to make wild bird suet. Since I have never done anything like this before I need basic instructions and suggestions as to what would be good for a mold, etc. Julianna Yukon, Comp 3 Site P RR#1, Hazelton, BC Canada V0J 1Y0; <denali31@hotmail.com> Alcohol fuel production Being somewhat interested in the idea of alcohol fuel production (on a local/farm type scale), I went to the library to do a little research. There were numerous books, articles, etc. listed. But, they all dated from the '70s. When I wrote to approximately 30 of the contact points listed, I received only one reply. And that one indicated that they weren't currently operating in that realm, but were "looking into it". So, does anyone out there have knowledge of self or others that are actually, practically, economically producing alcohol fuel for use in vehicles, generators, stoves, etc? If so, please contact me. Email - alex_dunnette@hp.com, or snail mail Mail sent via a country's government-regulated postal system. (messaging) snail mail - (Or "snailmail", "smail" from "US Mail" via "USnail"; "paper mail"). Bits of dead tree sent via the postal service as opposed to electronic mail. : Rob Wesson, 5100 NW Scenic Dr., Albany, OR 97321; ph (541) 928-7923. Re-inking ribbons Does anyone know a method for re-inking a cloth typewriter ribbon? If so, please write: Phyllis Hordin, 5125 35th St., San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. , CA 92116 Exchange for labor Sample the homesteading life in the mountains of West Virginia for a week. We provide room and board in exchange for four hours daily labor on homestead chores. No children or pets. e-mail: info@trfarm.com or call (304) 567-2683. Relocating We are relocating to the Deming, NM area to homestead. Anyone with information on reasonable land or helpful information about that area, please contact us. D. Warner, 815 N. Homestead Blvd. #324A, Homestead, FL 33030 I'm a 37-year-old female, living in Muskegon, MI. I'd like to find about five acres to move my home to. I'm looking for a land contract. I would be willing to work off the down payment by caretaking, home repairs, building, painting, gardening. I'm a Jack (Jane) of all trades. D. Zak, 2900 Whitehall Rd. #90, N. Muskegon, MI 49445. I hope to move to the Great Smoky Mountain Smoky Mountain may refer to:
I was born and raised a country girl. My life's goal is to own a homestead with some acreage, where my children can run and play and grow up learning the values and benefits of hard work that comes with country living. I work full-time and would like to buy a homestead with about 20 acres by also doing farm and/or domestic work. I would prefer to stay within 50 miles of where I live now, but would consider all options. If you can help, contact: Laurie Hoff, 173 N Baker, Winona, MN, 55987 or Laurie@hbci.com. New Hampshire New Hampshire, one of the New England states of the NE United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts (S), Vermont, with the Connecticut R. forming the boundary (W), the Canadian province of Quebec (NW), and Maine and a short strip of the Atlantic Ocean (E). info needed We are exploring relocating to New Hampshire within a 45 minute commuting distance of Peabody, MA. I am seeking information on farms in desirable areas within that distance to include zoning laws, farms for sale, weather conditions and general impressions. We currently raise diary goats, chickens, keep horses and do extensive gardening. I don't want to make a decision without hearing from my fellow Countrysiders. Any information will be helpful and appreciated. D. Waddell, Box 379, Houston, MO 65483; docwaddell@hotmail.com. Pen pals--Youth I am 12-year-old Clare Wiesbrook. I have a wether WETHER. A castrated ram, at least one year old in ark indictment it may be called a sheep. 4 Car. & Payne, 216; 19 Eng. Com. Law Rep. 351. goat to pull a cart. I am looking for help on how to train and would also like to know where I could purchase a cart and harness for a reasonable price. Any help is appreciated. Clare Wiesbrook, 775 Hwy. DDD DDD Direct Distance Dialing DDD Digital/Digital/Digital (audio CD format, recording/mixing/mastering) DDD Degenerative Disc Disease DDD Domain Driven Design DDD Data Display Debugger (GNU Project) , Mineral Point, WI 53565 I'm living with my dad. I go to my mom's in the summer and every other weekend. I like cats, books, drawing, music (my favorite My Favorite is an independent synthpop band from Long Island, New York. They released two CDs: Love at Absolute Zero and Happiest Days of Our Lives. My Favorite broke up on September 14, 2005, when singer Andrea Vaughn left the band. is Pop), and more. I would like to hear from anyone, it doesn't matter what age or sex. Sarah Jones Sarah Jones may refer to:
I am an 11-year-old girl living in Vermont. I love homes and riding, dance and art. I am homeschooled and my family is moving off the grid this summer. My address is: Averie Sherburne, PO Box 291, West Burke, VT 05871 We are a homeschooled family of 4 brothers looking for conservative, born-again pen pals Pen Pals or penpals may refer to:
I am a 10-year-old girl on a Virginia farm. We have pygmy goats, chickens, cats and 2 dogs who like to play but won't behave. My mom grows fruits and vegetables. My 15-year-old brother and I are looking for ways to make money at home. My brother is starting a honey and produce stand. I make soap. Write to me and I'll write you back. Zofie, 4415 Courtney's Corner Rd., Bealeton, VA 22712 I would like to hear from other families who enjoy country living. My interests include gardening, sewing, crocheting, hunting, fishing, wood crafts and painting. I like log cabins (don't have one), animals, and kids (I have 5). Joanne Keller, 637420 Mile Rd., Barryton, MI 49305 Pen pals--Adult I am a 32 year old homesteader home·stead n. 1. A house, especially a farmhouse, with adjoining buildings and land. 2. Law Property designated by a householder as the householder's home and protected by law from forced sale to meet debts. 3. . I like to raise chickens, grow flowers and am hoping to acquire a windmill windmill, apparatus that harnesses wind power for a variety of uses, e.g., pumping water, grinding corn, driving small sawmills, and driving electrical generators. Windmills were probably not known in Europe before the 12th cent. in the coming year. I would like to have a female penpal who likes the same things, or someone who raises toulouse geese so I can learn about them. I'll answer all. Michele Rae Padgett, Melody Farm, PO Box 531, Mill Rift, PA 18340-0531 I am a single grandmother who is interested in homestead do-it-yourself type projects. I believe in stocking up, being prepared for "whatever," and living a calm, sane, simple life. I'm looking to buy inexpensive property in an area of like-minded folks. I crochet and do crafts. I have an extensive "do-it-yourself" library and thousands of craft patterns that I'm willing to share. I hope to build a simple home, possibly underground, within the next five years. I like old vans--I have two 1978 Chevys that are "works in progress." I'll answer anyone who cares to write. Let's share ideas and info. Jewellann Friend, PO Box 131, Palmer, TX 75152 Upbeat music and old-car lover; likes to cook, grow fruit and vegetables; chickens, rabbits, ducks, geese and homestead lifestyle. Would like to correspond with similar country folks from everywhere, USA. Frank Pozzi, PO Box 543, Upland, CA 91785-0543 I am a 45-year-old Christian lady, widowed, looking for some like-minded country folks to correspond with. I like walking, nature, good movies, horses, rural living, log cabins and a self-sufficient life-style. Brenda G. Southard, PO Box 621, Edmonton, KY 42129 I would like to correspond with other country minded people. My husband and I homestead on two acres, no hydro or running water. I would like to share info on rabbits, goats, chickens sheep, gardening, canning, etc. Will answer all letters. Kim Mills, RR 1, Proton Station, Ontario, Canada N0C 1L0 Would like pen pals. Will answer all--I love to get mail. Stormy Nightwings, PO Box 271982, Ft. Collins, CO 80527-1982 |
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