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Monthly Archives: August 2010

Free building plans for farmers

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

A granary The web site of North Dakota State University has a large set of free plans available online as PDFs. There are plans for houses, outbuildings, and all sorts of interesting devices such as solar dryers for fruit. Be sure to look through the miscellaneous category. Speaking of roadside farm stands, I saw them […]

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Two books on Thomas Jefferson

Sunday, August 1, 2010

Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello As a Southerner (not to mention as an American) I have long been curious about Thomas Jefferson. The excellent HBO series on John Adams (available from Netflix) greatly increased my interest in Jefferson, and I resolved to read a bit about Jefferson as soon as I could get my hands on the […]

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