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Pressure Cooker Safety Tips

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Using a pressure cooker isn’t as scary today as for previous generations. Use these 10 tips to ensure safe cooking.

Weird Broccoli

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Whenever we return from a trip somewhere, my family and I come home with two kinds of souvenirs: the real, hold-in-your-hands kind that you pick up along the way (from polished stones gathered for free on a beach in Wales to that expensive Mickey sweatshirt bought from a Disneyland tourist shop) and the intangible kind.

Masked Visitors

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The morning's peace and quiet is shattered by my (suspected) Coonhound-mix Pippin howl-barking and lunging at the living room window.

Pioneer for the Afternoon

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The log cabin, dimly lit by oil lamps and a few small windows, bustles with activity: girls dressed in matching aprons and bonnets (and a few boys, definitely not in aprons and bonnets) kneading bread dough, churning cream and grinding corn.

Apple Harvest

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When Brett and I moved to the country two decades ago, we envisioned having a sunny little orchard where we would harvest bushels of apples, pears and other delicious tree treasure each year.

Wild Country Discovery

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I’m sorry to have been out of touch for so long, but several weeks ago my husband and I decided to unplug from our computers, TV and coffee-maker (oh, the agony) to embark on an off-farm backpacking adventure.

Preparing for Holiday Houseguests

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Beat holiday fatigue by preparing for holiday houseguests with this 12-day countdown guide.

Recipe Cards

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Keep your cookbook in order with our downloadable recipe cards.

Market Your Craft Class Online

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Take advantage of online sites to promote your farm craft class or workshop.

Farm Biodiversity, Conclusion

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This four-part celebration of biodiversity on my farm wouldn’t be complete without mentioning the heritage livestock breeds and heirloom plants that live and grow here.

Farm Biodiversity, Part 3

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Last summer, after much squinting to make out the smaller print in magazines and books, and much denial about how the ruthless passage of time was again messing with my once-accute vision, it finally dawned on me: I needed new glasses.

Garden Philosophy

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Photo by Jessica Walliser I’ve adopted a new gardening philosophy.  It stems from all my friends who have become brand new gardeners in the last year or two.  This whole gardening thing is so exciting for them and, since I’ve been doing it professionally since I was 15, I have kind of forgotten how thrilling […]

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