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Enjoy the sweet rewards of beekeeping. Here’s what you need to know to keep bees — using natural methods — and harvest fresh, delicious honey from your own back yard.
Readers share the books that have changed their lives in the quest for wiser living.

A Maine couple goes back to the land and makes a business of homemade foods and craft.

Save time and labor by adding modern horsepower to your homestead.


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Is there a homemade, environmentally safe recipe for coating or sealing the outside of a woodstove once I’ve removed the rust with steel wool?
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