Grit

Grit Magazine has celebrated rural American lifestyles since 1882. Each bimonthly issue combines practical articles, product reviews, do-it-yourself building plans, beautiful photos, reader advice, humor and a healthy dose of fresh attitude to offer a complete guide to life beyond the city limits.

PLANTING GOALS AND GROWING DREAMS

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READER TIPS FROM RURAL AMERICA

WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT THE NEW ANTIBIOTICS RESTRICTION • The sale of over-the-counter livestock antibiotics will end soon. Learn more about how you can keep your animals healthy.

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ABUNDANT WILDLIFE

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Catching Up • With Our Social Circle

Beautiful Breads • Share your visual perspective with the GRIT community. Post your photos at www.Facebook.com/GritMagazine, tag us on Instagram (@Grit1882). We chose several of the images you see here from those platforms, and you can find more photos on our website. Share your best shots, and we just might select one of your photos for a future issue of the magazine.

WINTER POTATO PRESERVATION • Employ this unique preservation method to keep your potatoes edible for winters to come.

OFFAL — FAR FROM AWFUL • Some eaters may turn up their noses at organ meats, but thrifty cooks know offal is inexpensive, easy to find, and delicious.

Build Your Own Brooder • Nurture your nascent covey in this nifty hand-built box.

QUALITY QUINCE • These flowering, fruiting shrubs can bring both beauty and bounty to your garden. Let’s start a quince resurgence!

Quince Cultivars

HUNT AND GATHER Across the Winter Landscape • From small-game hunting to mushroom foraging, there are plenty of ways to find food when the temperatures drop.

SCRUMPTIOUS SALT-RISING BREAD A Unique Appalachian Fermentation • This infamously pungent Appalachian bread might just become your new favorite.

GRAFT YOUR OWN Apple Trees • Expand your apple orchard with whip-and-tongue grafting, which will allow you to inexpensively produce as many trees as you’d like, or grow multiple types of apple on a single tree.

My ‘Niedzwetzkyana‘: A Handy Solution to a Frustrating Problem

AVIAN INFLUENZA One Poultry Owner’s Experience • After avian flu decimated her flock, a poultry owner shares her experience and answers some common questions associated with this highly contagious virus.

Squeaky Cheese • Take your cheesemaking to the next level by turning farm-fresh milk into flavorful cheese curds.

sow success in STONY SOIL • If your gardening goals are stuck between a rock and a hard place, don’t despair! Learn how to grow a bounty of crops despite rocky conditions.

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RAISING RABBITS in Colonies • Learn how to keep your rabbit colony safe and healthy, even in cold weather.

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