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Family-Friendly Halloween Activities By Lois Hoffman -
Halloween Lore and Spooky Superstitions
Ancient Celtic harvest festivals have a place in our modern world. -
Halloween Food Ideas for Parties
Craft a menu that encompasses the history of the season. -
A Walk in the October Woods, Just in Time for Halloween
Cindy explores the autumn woods and folklore of the trees that grow there.
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Make-Ahead Dry Meals in a Jar Recipes By Renee Pottle -
Basic Sourdough Bread Recipe
This basic sourdough bread recipe is great for beginners and experienced bakers alike. -
Bunny Therapy Day at the Office
Raising rabbits is not for the weak willed. -
Choctaw Horses
Intelligent, hardworking, and even-tempered with a gentle disposition, colorful Choctaw horses are a strain of the Colonial Spanish horse.
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Do It Yourself
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Metal Casting at Home
Learn metal casting at home without losing your cool (or your fingers), including how to make green sand to create art or tools that don’t exist. -
Winter Sowing Vegetables
Winter sowing vegetables means earlier harvests. Try a milk-jug greenhouse to get started outdoors. -
Widowmaker Branch Identification
Learn widowmaker branch identification to work safely when felling trees and cutting wood in the woodlot. -
What to Do for Chigger Bites
What is a chigger? Get rid of the maddening itch by learning what to do for chigger bites with one of these easy remedies.
Animals
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Fishing for and How to Cook Steelhead Trout
Learn to fly fish for and how to cook steelhead trout recipe; grilled style. Find steelhead in the Idaho Salmon or Clearwater rivers from July to December for the fall spawn and overwintering before they return to the ocean. -
Fur Trapping Animals Humanely
Who traps animals today? Learn about fur-trapping animals, its history, what modern trapping looks like today, and what to consider when capturing them. -
50 Fall Deer Hunting Secrets
Enjoy your best season yet with these fall deer hunting secrets from this guide to hunting deer, turkeys, dove, pheasant, geese, and ducks. -
What is Subsistence Hunting?
What is subsistence hunting? We are migrating towards a subsistent life, sourcing 100 percent of our food from what is provided by the backwoods. Hunting is a necessary part of this lifestyle for us on the homestead.
Farm And Garden
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Living the Gritty Lifestyle
Grit thrives on writers and editors hailing from different areas of the United States. While hunters in in the western U.S. will clamber through the Rockies for mule deer in September and October, those in the South will seek white-tailed deer in November and December. -
Facts About Grapes
Where do grapes grow? From variety selection to ideal growing conditions, learn facts about grapes and get expert advice on cultivating grapevines right in your own backyard. -
How to Make Homemade Wine from Fruit
Use late-season fruit leftovers to learn how to make homemade wine from fruit and what equipment and additives you will need to make it. -
How to Cure Root Rot in Soil
Soil health determines plant health. Learn how to cure root rot in soil and prevent it by adjusting soil nutrients to keep your garden healthy.


