Duane
Bryers is an esteemed member of the National Academy of Western Art and has
received the Trustee's Gold Medal from the National Cowboy Hall of Fame for
his outstanding contribution to Western art. He has been featured in
numerous magazines, including Art West, Southwest Art, and Arizona Highways.
Rocky Mountain Magazine has named him one of eight leading contemporary
Western painters. His work has appeared in several shows, among them the
Western Heritage Show in Houston and a solo exhibition at the National
Cowboy Hall of Fame.
"Do
not make this mistake. You will need a pick-up truck from the
first day you arrive on your land in the country. The good news is
that you don't need the kind of truck you see towering over you at stop
lights, the kind with sumptuous paint jobs, enormous tires and rumbling
exhausts."
By Neil Shelton
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Ways to Save
Money on Groceries "#16 You’ll be wealthier
and healthier if you buy basic commodities that only have one item in
their list of ingredients - things like potatoes, beans, apples.
Not only will you avoid lots of chemicals and preservatives, but you’ll
save a ton of money. Just remember, if it has a trademark or a
brand name, you’re paying more and probably undermining your health in
the bargain." By Neil Shelton
The Ideal Country Home
"Located amidst chosen natural beauty, the ideal home provides mental
and psychological well-being and it stimulates and nurtures our
spiritual explorations. The ideal home place inspires us to become
more than we are. It elicits light, truth, and joy." By Gene Gerue
Born to be Wild: North American Wild Turkeys
"Although these
wild birds were prolific and abundant in the early pioneer days of North
America, the intensive clearing and settling of woodlands during the
1800’s resulted in a decline and eradication of these beautiful birds in
the United States altogether, and the last sighting of a Wild Turkey in
that century, was in 1844 in the southwestern portion of New York State."
By Victoria Varga
The Economics of Dairy Goats
"Goats are fun, personable and pleasant animals that require very little
in the way of fancy housing, fancy food and fancy surroundings. They
need lots of love, a good buddy, proper diet and good fencing to be
healthy, happy and productive." By Allena Jackson
Seeds
of Control - OMG! It's GMO!
"I can’t control nature, or
neighbors, or GMOs. But I can control my choices, and I know what I
should do. Starting this year, with this garden, I will only use
organic seed from select companies. I will legally and appropriately
save that seed and participate with others who do so. I will ethically
steward my five acres, with a healthy respect for creation and the
Creator. And I will continue the dialogue at every opportunity that
arises. Those are my “seeds of control.” What are yours?" By Zoe Kimmel
Using a Midwife: The Ultimate Do-It-Yourself Project.
Learn why hospitals are mostly superfluous to the birth event,
"My interest in midwives and homebirth that my last OBGYN had sparked
became suddenly extremely relevant upon learning at age 39 and 10 months
that I was to become a mother again." By Sheri Dixon
Got (Real)
Milk?
"On your way to greater self-sufficiency, you have
purchased a dairy cow or goat. You should feel proud that you are
taking responsibility for your family's health and you are doing what's
right for the environment and the economy. However, I would like to
offer even more motivation for your daily trudges to the barn. You
may not be aware of the amazing array of health benefits that raw milk offers." By
Karyn Sweet
Wintering
Bees "This first winter can be daunting for a beekeeper just
beginning. But then, winters are always daunting... that a box of bugs
manages to stay alive, moving, buzzing, raising young, eating,
sleeping... when only inches away it’s cold... too cold for them to
live... is one of those fascinating mysteries beekeepers revel in.
Here’s how it works, and how you can help."
Article and Photos by Kim Flottum, Editor of Bee Culture
Magazine.
A Pansy for Your Thoughts
"To the pre-modern horticulturalist, the
fragrance of the garden was as important as its appearance was as
important as its usefulness. Imbibing fragrance was reckoned to be
healing in itself, an experience we moderns mimic, rather pitifully,
employing electric odor-spritzers to bring pleasaunce into our
stacked and crowded enclaves." by
Barbara Bamberger Scott.
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