agave
Aphids
apiculture. See beekeeping
apple cider doughnuts
asparagus
baking tips
basketweaving
basket with triple twist
birch bark basket
coiled basket
small reed basket
bath salts and scrubs
beans
bedroom furniture
bed rest
bedroom bookshelves
boot and shoe rack
chest of drawers
linen chest
making a bed rest
oak bedstead
setting out bed rest
shaving cabinet
beech
beekeeping
bee pastures
beeswax
hives
building
making
situating
honey extraction
reasons for
stings, avoiding
swarming
tips
winter, preparing bees for
berry ink
birds, butterflies, and bees plant species for
blackberries
bleeding heart plants
bookbinding
boomerangs
burdock
butter
cakes
applesauce cake
banana layer cake
boiled butterscotch frosting
cherry-nut cake
chocolate cake
Christmas cupcakes
fruit cake
gingerbread
seafoam icing
spice cake
troubles with
yellow layer cake
candles
essential oils for mosquito repellants
floating
gourd votives
jarred soy candles
natural dyes for
rolled beeswax candle
taper candles
canning
altitude
apple butter
apple juice
applesauce
apricots
beans
baked
green
shelled or dried
beets
benefits of
berries
berry syrup
bread-and-butter pickles
canners
boiling-water canners
pressure canners
carrots
controlling headspace
corn
cream style
whole kernel
dill pickles
ensuring high-quality
food acidity and processing methods
fruit purées
glossary
grape juice
hot packing, advantages
how canning preserves food
identifying and handling spoiled canned food
jams, jellies, and other fruit spreads
blueberry-spice jam
grape-plum jelly
jam without added pectin
jellies without added pectin
lemon curd
peach-pineapple spread
pear-apple jam
refrigerated apple spread
refrigerated grape spread
remaking soft jellies
strawberry-rhubarb jelly
jars and lids
cleaning
cooling
lid selection, preparation, and use
seals
sterilization of empty jars
maintaining color and flavor
marinated peppers
meat stock (broth)
mixed vegetables
peaches
pears
peas
piccalilli
pickle relish
pickled horseradish sauce
pickled three-bean salad
pie fillings
apple pie
blueberry pie
cherry pie
mincemeat pie
potatoes, sweet
processing time
pumpkin
rhubarb
sauerkraut
soups
special diets
spiced apple rings
storing canned food
succotash
sweet pickles, quick
sweet pickles, reduced-sodium sliced
syrups
tomatoes
chile salsa (hot tomato-pepper sauce)
crushed
juice
ketchup
sauce
spaghetti sauce without meat
whole or halved, packed in water
what not to do
cattails
cheese
cheddar
cheese press
mozzarella
preparation
queso blanco
ricotta cheese
yogurt cheese
chickens
breed selection
chicks
hatching
eggs from
feeding
free-range
housing
coops
meat from
slaughtering
chicory
co-ops. See food co-ops
community gardens
beginning your own
school gardens
benefits of
things to consider
tools needed
companion planting
composting
barrels used for
Compost Lasagna
making your own
materials to use
preparation of
problems
types of
cold or slow
vermicomposting
uses for
containers
flowers and
herbs and
preserving plants in
things to consider
vegetables and
cookies
brazil nut shortbreads
chocolate brownies
chocolate pinwheel cookies
date bars
German Christmas cookies
ginger cookies
raisin penny-pinchers
Swedish heirloom cookies
corn, heirloom
cornhusk dolls
cows
breeding
breeds
butchering
calf rearing
diseases
feeding and watering
grooming
housing
crackers
cranberry
Cutworms
dandelion
diagrams
dried plants
drying foods
food dehydrators
woodstove dehydrator
fruit leathers
herbs
jerky
procedures
pumpkin leather
tomato leather
vegetable leathers
ducks
breeds
Aylesbury ducks
Black Cayuga ducks
Saxony ducks
diseases
ducklings
caring for
hatching
feeding and watering
slaughtering
eggs
blown
leaf- or flower-stenciled
natural dyes for Easter
elderberry
farmers’ markets
benefits of
getting involved in
feather pens
flour
flowerpots, mosaic
flowers
cutting
digging
planning and
purchasing seeds or plants
small gardens
things to consider
watering
flowers, preserving
natural wax flowers
pressed flowers and leaves
food co-ops
becoming a member
buying club
by state
co-op grocery store
definition of
starting your own
freezing foods
foods that do not freeze well
fruits
meat
vegetables
fruit bushes and trees
blueberries
brambles and bush fruits
currants and gooseberries
fruit growing chart
fruit trees
grapes
strawberries
gardening tools
gardening, choosing a site for
elevation
irrigation
proximity
rain
soil quality
sunlight and
water availability
gates and fences
barways
field gate
hanging field gates
pole fencing
repairing field gates
wicket gates
wood for fencing
geothermal heat pump
germination temperatures
goats
breeds
angora
cheese
diseases
feeding
milk
grains
growing and threshing
grains, milling
granola
hammocks
hams
country-style ham
regular-cut ham
virginia ham
aging
carving
cooking
curing
deboning
pests
preparing
harvesting
hay barns
hazelnut
Heather
heirloom corn
heirloom tomatoes
hemp jewelry
home gardening
Homeschool Hints
microorganisms
Root Vegetable “Magic,”
sprouting seeds
horses
breeding
breeds
diseases
feeding and watering
grooming
housing
houses, runs, and coops for poultry
fowl-house with semicircular roof
hen coop with chicken run
interior arrangements of fowl-house
lean-to poultry house and run
outdoor chicken rearer
portable fowl-house and run
roosting shed of lean-to house
runs for chicken rearer
sitting box for broody hens
hydroponics
aggregate culture
benefits and drawbacks of
nutrient solutions
plant nutrient deficiencies
pre-mixed chemicals
water culture
ice cream
insects. See pests
Japanese Beetles
Junior Homesteader
bread in a bag
compost lasagna
composting
family taste celebration
foods we eat
garden parties
gardens
grain game
how soap works
plant playhouses
starting a mini garden
treehouses
juniper
kitchen furniture
cupboard pantry door
cupboard pantry interior
fitting together pantry safe
gate-legged kitchen table
household tidy
kitchen corner cupboard
outer frame of corner cupboard
pantry safe or cupboard pantry
spice box with drawers
kites
butterfly kite
fish kite
frog kite
Japanese square kite
shield kite
knots
bowline
clove hitch
halter
sheepshank knot
slip knot
square/reef knot
timber hitch
two half hitches
labeling rows
lamp shades
lima beans
llamas
cria
diseases
feeding
fibers from
housing
shearing
toenail trimming
locally grown food
log huts or cabins
lotus
maple syrup
marsh marigold
mint
mulberry
mulch
applying
benefits of using
where to find
wood chips
mushrooms (wild)
chanterelles
coral fungi
coral mushrooms
morels
pufballs
shaggy mane mushrooms
nettle
oak
open sheds
organic gardens
how to start your own
saving seeds
things to consider
what it entails
palmetto palm
paper, handcrafted
Periwinkle
persimmon
pests and disease management
disease identification
powdery mildew leaf disease
identifying the problem
insects and mites
Aphids
beneficial insects
Cutworms
Japanese Beetles
worm-eaten apples
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
natural repellants
practices
pies
apple crumb pie
blueberry pie (no bake)
chocolate chiffon pie
coconut bavarian pie
lemon meringue pie
peach chiffon pie
pie crust, easy
pie crusts, prebaking
pumpkin chiffon honey pie
pigs
breeds
butchering
diseases
feeding
housing
terminology
pine
pine cone bird feeder
plant a row for the hungry (PAR) program
plant nutrients
management of
testing
plantain
planters
barrel plant holder
rustic plant stand
wooden window box
plants
basic needs of
cold
heat
length of day
light
soil pH
temperature
water
for decorative use
glossary of
shade-loving
bleeding heart plants
flowering plants
vegetable plants
pokeweed
portable workshop
with slant roof
with span-roof
potpourri
rose potpourri
sachet potpourri
“you choose” potpourri
pottery
basic vase
basics of
bowls
candlesticks
decorating
embellishments
firing
glazing
jars
vases
wheel-working
prickly pear cactus
propogation rack
quick breads
basic quick bread recipe
cinnamon bread
cranberry coffee cake
date muffins
date-orange bread
one-hour brown bread
pineapple nut bread
quilting
rabbits
breeding
breeds
feeding
health concerns
housing
raised beds
how to make
things to consider
raspberries
raw milk
reindeer moss
rooftop gardens
how to make
suitable roofs for
things to consider
water leakage and
root beer
rugs, rag
sachets
sassafras
sausage making
beef sausage
bratwurst, cooked
important considerations in
polish sausage (kielbasa)
pork sausage
saving seeds
hybrid vs. heirloom seeds
scrapbooking
seedlings
sheep
breeds
butchering
diseases
feeding
housing
milk
shearing
wool
carding
spinning
soaps
cold-pressed soap
natural dyes for
soap oils for
soil
enriching
with compost
with fertilizers
nutrients
macronutrients
management of
micronutrients
testing
pH
quality of
types of
clay
loam
sandy
watering
solar thermal energy
spatterdock
springtime wreath
sprouting seeds
strawberry
sundials
temperature zone map
terracing
building your own
making use of slopes and
materials needed for
walls and
terrariums
thistle
toboggans
tomatoes, heirloom
tools
classifying
geometrical
bevels
combination shooting board
compasses, dividers, and calipers
crenellated squares
dividing a board with rules
marking and cutting gauges
marking and scribing
marking work for sawing
miter blocks
miter box
miter templates
rules
spirit level
squares and bevels
testing surfaces with straight-edges
try squares
whitworth method of testing straight-edges
holding tools
bench stops
benches
common bench screw vice
cramping floor boards
cramps
pincers
rope and block cramp
sawing stools or trestles
screw vice for kitchen table
trees for shade or shelter
choosing
maintenance of
placement of
planting
pruning
turkeys
breed selection
chicks (“poults”)
hatching
raising
diseases
feeding
housing
slaughtering
vegetables
hoophouses
making your own
things to consider
venison or game sausage
violets
walnut
water
conserving
choosing plants for low water use
rain barrels
trickle irrigation systems
water lily
weddings
bouquets
cake
centerpieces
edible flowers
hanging flower pomander
napkins
programs for the ceremony
sachets
wild grapevine
wild onion and garlic
wild rose
windmills
wood sealers
workshop furniture
bench with side and tail vices
fixel sawing horse
inside fittings of tool chest
packing tool chest for transit
portable folding bench
portable sawing horses
racks for saws and chisels
sawing horse
sawing stools and workshop trestles
small tool chest with drawers
strong stool or work bench
tool cabinet
tool chest partitions
tool chest tills
utilizing tool chest lids
woodworker’s tool chest
worms
yeast bread
biscuits
gluten-free bread
making your own
multigrain bread
oatmeal bread
raised buns (brioche)
tips for making
wheat and
yeast and
yogurt