Richard Langer explains how to preserve your harvest for winter by drying fruits, fermenting sauerkraut, building root cellars and churning homemade butter. Originally published in the January/February 1974 issue of MOTHER EARTH NEWS as “Grow It! The Larder.”
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When you’re preparing soil for planting, there are several ways to go about it. In this excerpt, discover the pros and cons of garden tractors, tillers and horse-drawn plows Learn about feeding cows, breeding cattle, calving and raising calves in this excerpt from John and Sally Seymour’s book detailing their experience on a self-sufficient smallholding. This chapter excerpt was originally published as “Farming for Self-Sufficiency: Independence on a 5-Acre Farm” in the May/June 1974 issue of MOTHER EARTH NEWS. The text is copyright 1973 by John and Sally Seymour. The Milking Shorthorn is a breed of dairy cattle that complements the similar Beef Shorthorn breed, a divide which sprouted from Shorthorn breeders stressing importance on milk production. Its population is relatively low, but its traits include self-sufficient calving and producing milk high in protein. |
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