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Best “Green Gifts” for the Modern Homesteaders and Eco-Conscious on Your List

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When you live in a rural area, your personal Christmas gift list tends to be a lot different than when you live in the city. Since moving onto our 6 acres two years ago, my gift list has changed a lot.  Last year, it included an Ecofan for the woodstove, a wood carving kit so [...]

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Things That Go Bump, er, Splash in the Night…

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There’s a funny thing about living in the country.  You really don’t need Hallowe’en decorations. Between the cobwebs that reappear five minutes after you’ve vacuumed (sadly, I’m not kidding), the ravens and vultures that live somewhere nearby and cluck and circle over us daily, and the palm-sized, hairy hunting spiders that freak us out when [...]

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