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Rutherford County cotton farmer

March 2009

Click the cover above to read the magazine as a flip book in full screen mode. Or download a copy in PDF format (4.8 MB).

Features

Solar Electric Systems

A homeowner’s guide to how they work, what they cost, what they save.

CAROLINA COUNTRY GARDENS:
YOUR ANNUAL GUIDE

Get Ready for Gardening

Carla Burgess plants some ideas for healthy, happy North Carolina gardens this year.

Yard Art

Your photos of strange but truly amazing yard ornaments.

The Green, Green Grass of Home

Looking for a low-input, sustainable, environmentally friendly way to care for your lawn?

Prune Properly

Pruning plants can be an exercise in self doubt.

Seeds of the Future

More and more farmers and gardeners interested in preserving heirloom varieties and in protecting the genetic diversity of food and fiber crops are saving and sharing seeds.

Straw Bale Gardening

Kent Rogers of Wake Forest has successfully cultivated a vegetable garden in bales of straw.

Departments

Carolina Kitchen

Five Star Coconut Cake, Lazy Man’s Ribs, Pretzel Crusted Chicken, Blueberry Crumble.

You’re From Carolina Country

...if you picked turnip and mustard greens for some pot likker.PDF

Joyner's Corner

Mind-bending puzzles, jokes and more fun. PDF only.PDF
Check your answers with this PDF.PDF