Pastoral Life Step by Step

A PASTORAL LIFE STEP BY STEP: Sharing articles culled from magazines over the course of many years in anticipation of living a self-sustainable life in the country. It isn't self-sustainable but it sure has been fun! I hope you find something useful, interesting or tempting!

Monday, May 30, 2016

Quarters for a Family Cow



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Labels: barn, carpentry, cows, livestock

Thursday, May 19, 2016

Stud Framing


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Labels: carpentry

Sunday, May 8, 2016

Minimum Housing Requirements For Animals


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Labels: barn, livestock

Thursday, April 28, 2016

An Octagonal Barn



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Labels: barn, carpentry, woodworking

Sunday, April 17, 2016

Pole Construction


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Labels: carpentry

Sunday, March 27, 2016

A Practical Woodshed




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Labels: carpentry, Firewood, shed, woodworking

Thursday, March 17, 2016

The Ideal Chicken Coop




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Labels: carpentry, Chickens, coop, poultry

Sunday, March 6, 2016

An Easy-to-Build Toolshed




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Labels: carpentry, shed

Wednesday, February 24, 2016

The All-Season Harvest






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Labels: Gardening, Vegetables

Sunday, February 14, 2016

Planting Square By Square





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Labels: Gardening

Wednesday, February 3, 2016

Greenhouses for Fun and Profit





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Labels: carpentry, Gardening, greenhouse

Monday, January 25, 2016

Building Cold Frames





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Labels: cold frame, Gardening, winter

Friday, January 15, 2016

Eat Your Seed Sprouts!



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Labels: food, Seeds

Monday, January 4, 2016

It's Fun Growing Trees From Seeds




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Labels: forestry, Gardening, Seeds, tree

Monday, December 14, 2015

Do You Save Seeds? Watch It!



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Labels: Gardening, Seeds

Friday, December 4, 2015

Insect-Resistant Varieties: Tools for Organic Gardeners







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Labels: Gardening, organic

Sunday, November 22, 2015

Equatorial Sundial


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Labels: woodworking

Friday, November 13, 2015

Grow Onions to Keep




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Labels: bulbs, food, Gardening, onions, Vegetables

Friday, November 6, 2015

Making a Birdhouse


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Labels: birds, carpentry, woodworking

Thursday, October 22, 2015

Get the Most From Flower Seeds




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Labels: flowers, Gardening, Seeds
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FYI

These articles are in no particular order ... I'm just working my way down the stack. If I took the time to put them in seasonal order, I'd never get around to it!

The articles can be viewed better by clicking on the photo. If anyone wants a copy of a particular article, let me know and I'll be happy to send you a paper copy.

Articles to Share

We collected these articles before we even moved here ... scouring rural magazines for articles of interest, things to do, build, raise, you name it, we read it! I had actually forgotten about these articles until I found them in the back of a desk drawer recently while looking for other things and it brought back a flood of memories and high hopes. They aren't doing any good in the back of a desk drawer so I'm posting them here in the hopes that someone will get hooked on a new project!

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