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Contents: Cover Story – From The Ground Up (Cob, a natural building material made of sand, clay and straw, requires no machinery, little money, and more patience than strength – enabling most anyone to build his or her dream structure from the ground up, handful by handful. Molly Miller reports from Arkansas, where she recently helped to build a cob hermitage in the Ozarks) Country Skills – A Real Thanksgiving Bird (Despite umpteen Thanksgivings and Christmases past, how many of us can honestly say we have tasted a truly good gobbler? Precious few, says homesteader and small turkey farmer, M.H. Salmon…unless we’re raising our own. Here’s how to bring up healthy poults, how to house and feed them, even how to dress them when the time comes) Mother’s Mason – Bricklaying For The Do-It-Yourselfer (What could be simpler than laying bricks? Plenty. The plain and elegant beauty of a brick wall has led more that a few novice builders to wrongly conclude there’s nothin to it – till they’re left looking at a pile of bricks and mortar where their wall should have been. Master Mason Richard T. Mallory offers a primer on the art and science of wall building) Garden & Yard – Indoor Gardening With Modern Hydroponics (Forget the hyped-up promises of “magic” indoor gardens you;ve seen advertised in the back of magazines. As John Vivian reveals, there’s no magic to modern hydroponics. All you need is an elementary understanding of plant science, some simple-to-set-up-and-use equipment,and a thumb that’s at least a touch green) Woodstove Update – The End Of The Woodstove? (Against the backdrop of America’s dwindling market for wood heat, and on the heels of the recent wood, gas and pellet stove manufacturers’ convention in St. Louis. Mother talks with industry gadfly Dan Melcon about the not-so-brightly-burning future of woodstoves Regular Columns – News From Mother (Finding community in cob); Dear Mother (Beware toxic flowers, horizontal stovepipes, and parraffin seals); Country Lore (Building flower barrels and bargain birdhouses); Mother‘s Photo Club (Mother‘s second photo harvest produces quite a crop); Bits & Pieces (Ancient logs discovered at the bottom of Lake Superior have become prospectors (and woodworkers) gold); Herbal Remedies (Sniff your way to a healthier body, mind and spirit); Energy And Environment (Sizing up your solar system); Seed Swap (It’s hard to beat getting something for nothing); Country Vet (Why even pets need a low-fat, well-balanced diet); Mother‘s Natural Kitchen (A back-to-basics feast that leaves plenty of time for Thanksgiving); Seasons (This November, watch for the “sight of a lifetime” in a sky near you); Mother‘s Bookshelf (A wealth of wisdom, from cordwood masonry to growing better corn); Classifieds (Buy it, sell it, trade it, and a million folks will see it); Last Laugh (Dew worms get an ego boost, just north of the border
Issue: November 1998
Condition: Very Good