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03/10/10, 11:31 PM
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Harrowsmith Country Life
Picked up a library book last week, full of articles from Harrowsmith Country Life. Figured they were old, as I remembered HCL ceased publishing a long time ago. Hmmm, articles were not that old, so I checked it out. HCL is still going strong. Think I'll subscribe again. What do you think of it? Worth the price ($5 USD per copy six times/yr?
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03/11/10, 01:02 AM
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there was a time that harrowsmith was yuppiefied, quite good now!
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03/11/10, 06:41 AM
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I used to get HCL but my problem is climate. Being in the lower south, things are very different from canada and the information is just not applicable to me. We have a garden writer in the Mobile newspaper who is so very knowledgeable and I wish he would write a book for our area.
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03/11/10, 07:09 AM
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I took out my first subscription to Harrowsmith in 1983. Only missed a few years since.
It got pretty awful for a while, but it is okay now. The articles arent as in depth as I'd like but they are staring to get more into the food security crisis/ eat local/ grow your own bandwagon so it is interesting to me.
It is Canadian based, but for me thats not a bad thing at all.
Small Farm Canada and Acres are also good mags.
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03/11/10, 08:54 AM
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there was a time that harrowsmith was yuppiefied, quite good now!
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I subscribed to it years ago and loved it but I lost track of it over the years.
Is it back to what I remember twenty (or more) years ago?
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03/11/10, 09:58 AM
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I landed a whole bunch of back issues from the late 70's and early 80's. They are excellent and full of content; some really great stuff in them. Anything from the 90's seems pretty lame though, more like a decorating and cooking magazine.
The latest one's from the last few years are not too bad, but same beef I have with most magazines is that there is way too little content versus advertising. I browse it occasionally at my parents' place, but I don't think I would buy it myself.
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03/11/10, 10:23 AM
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Well, I just subscribed for a year.
A head's up, tho.' The $19.98 for one year is Canadian currency; when I was finished putting in my information, I was momentarily shocked when I saw I was charged $30.00 (U.S.).
I've never purchased something on-line before that was anything other than U.S. currency and I wasn't paying very close attention, so........
Anyway, it is a very expensive magazine (by my standards) and I hope it is worth the cost. 
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03/11/10, 10:55 AM
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Janis, it's pretty clear right on the form that it's $30 for US orders. Not clear if that's supposed to be US or Canadian dollars but it doesn't make much difference. It isn't the currency, which is almost identical right now, it's the extra postage that really eats up the extra money.
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03/11/10, 11:02 AM
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Janis, it's pretty clear right on the form that it's $30 for US orders. Not clear if that's supposed to be US or Canadian dollars but it doesn't make much difference. It isn't the currency, which is almost identical right now, it's the extra postage that really eats up the extra money.
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No biggie.
I wasn't paying attention obviously. Lesson learned.
I will look forward to my upcoming issues; I'm just not sure I'll re-subscribe at that price.
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03/11/10, 05:57 PM
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Harrowsmith has been up and down over the years. It's very well put together these days, but it is slick and while it covers food issues, I still think of it as a magazine for city transplants with lots of money...I still borrow it from the library, though!
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03/11/10, 06:23 PM
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Originally Posted by geo in mi
Picked up a library book last week, full of articles from Harrowsmith Country Life. Figured they were old, as I remembered HCL ceased publishing a long time ago. Hmmm, articles were not that old, so I checked it out. HCL is still going strong. Think I'll subscribe again. What do you think of it? Worth the price ($5 USD per copy six times/yr?
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Our public library carries it and I think it's great. The magazine is well written with an attractive layout. They have real 'how-to' articles and lots of helpful tips on gardening and homesteading. Not long ago they had an in-depth article on baking bread. They've had articles on heirloom chickens and turkeys...oh, lots of good stuff. Even for those who are into the more serious aspects of homesteading, such as land management and horses and cows.
And from a conservative Christian's point of view, they even mention things like "Christmas" and "Easter", words most pc American publications find anathema. (which is why they won't get my dollars...but that's another subject  )
It's not as good as Backwoods Home or Countryside, but better than the current Mother Earth News, which in itsef, is better than it was.
stef
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