The Deliberate Agrarian

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Herrick Kimball's Apple Cider Essays

If you are interested in making your own apple cider, you will find a wealth of valuable information and cider inspiration in the following essays:

Cider Making 2006 (Introducing My New Whizbang Apple Crusher)

Introducing My Homemade Whizbang Apple Cider Press

Whizbang Cider Pressin' In The Kitchen

Pressing Cider in a Bucket (An Experiment)

Cider Pressin’ 2005

When Me & Ed Made Apple Cider

Making Apple Cider In The Old Days

My Vinegar & Hard Cider Experiment

My Cider Vinegar Experiment: The Remarkable Final Report
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About The Deliberate Agrarian.

I (Herrick KImball) have been blogging here about Faith, Family & Livin' The Good Life since 2005. Browse down this column and you will discover a rich resource of contra-industrial thought, down-to-earth inspiration & useful how-to information.

CLICK HERE to view the archive of links to past Deliberate Agrarian monthly "blogazines."

My Stewardculture Magazine Interview
(Part 1)

My Stewardculture Magazine Interview<br>(Part 1)
Click The Picture For Details

Delmar Ain't So Stupid...

Delmar Ain't So Stupid...
Click on Delmar and read why I think he's the smartest of the three characters in the "Oh Brother Where Art Thou" movie

Aphorisms Of The Fathers...

Aphorisms Of The Fathers...
And The Mothers (click the picture)

My New York Times Op-Ed Article

My New York Times Op-Ed Article
The Jeffersonian Solution (click the man and read the article)

Check Out My New Whizbang Gardening Facebook Page...

Check Out My New Whizbang Gardening Facebook Page...
(click the picture to get there)

Reestablishing The Family Economy—Part 1

Reestablishing The Family Economy—Part 1
It's A Biblical Imperative
(click the picture)

Reestablishing The Family Economy—Part 2

Reestablishing The Family Economy—Part 2
We Are Not Called To Be Slaves (click the picture)

Reestablishing The Family Economy—Part 3

Reestablishing The Family Economy—Part 3
Profile of a Free Man
(click the picture)

Reestablishing The Family Economy—Part 4

Reestablishing The Family Economy—Part 4
Sage Advice For Would-Be Farmers
(click the picture)

Corporationism vs Independent Patriarchal Units

Corporationism vs Independent Patriarchal Units
Lyberty Hyde Bailey (1927)
Read it and weep.
(click the picture)

Read The Book—
Writings Of A Deliberate Agrarian

Read The Book—<br>Writings Of A Deliberate Agrarian
…Now available as a PDF download for only $4.50 (click the picture for details)

Farming 1.5 Acres...

Farming 1.5 Acres...
…And Making A Good Living. (click the picture)

Goodness, Beauty & Loving The Earth

Goodness, Beauty & Loving The Earth
A Christian-Agrarian Missive on God's Creation

Reading Agriphemera

Reading Agriphemera
We can learn a lot from the old agricultural writings (Click the picture for more details)

This Man, Now Deceased, Predicted The Economic Decline of America Back in The 1950's.

This Man, Now Deceased, Predicted The Economic Decline of America Back in The 1950's.
Click the picture to read about Professor Walter Prescott Webb's Boom Hypothesis of Modern History, and where we are headed from here

Agrarian-Style Economic Self Defense...

Agrarian-Style Economic Self Defense...
I posted this to the internet in early 2008. It is still the most practical advice you'll get for dealing with the harsh economic realities that we face now and will face even more in the years ahead. (click the picture to read the essay)

Modern Banking is An Evil System of Economic Oppression

Modern Banking is An Evil System of Economic Oppression
Click the picture for details

The Coming Pension Crisis...

The Coming Pension Crisis...
...And what you can do about it. (click the picture)

How To Get Through The Coming Hyperinflation

How To Get Through The Coming Hyperinflation
click the picture to read the 6-part series

Have You Considered Deflation?

Have You Considered Deflation?
Martin Armstrong seems pretty sure of himself (click the sign for details)

The Christian Doctrine of Work

The Christian Doctrine of Work
Something's Missing in The 10 Commandmants as it is commonly known. (click the picture)

Scott Nearing's "Horse Chow"

Scott Nearing's "Horse Chow"
A Four Part Series
(click on any of the raisins in the bowl)

Mr. Tesoro's Story

Mr. Tesoro's Story
(click the picture)

Blessed is the Man...

Blessed is the Man...
Reflections on "tax day." (click the old paper)

City Living?

City Living?
Some Thoughts on Christian-Agrarian Community (click the picture)

A Herod Nation

A Herod Nation
Is that What America Has Become? (click the picture)

How To Remember (And Teach Your Children) The 10 Commandments

How To Remember (And Teach Your Children) The 10 Commandments
click the sad bath

Light in Our Dwellings...

Light in Our Dwellings...
Christianity + Agrarianism = Hope In the midst of a dying industrial culture (click the light)

Have You Seen My Whizbang Gardening Book?

Have You Seen My Whizbang Gardening Book?
5 stars at Amazon. Click the cover to learn more.

New From Planet Whizbang...
The Old-Timer's Poultry Library

New From Planet Whizbang...<br>The Old-Timer's Poultry Library
A rare and fascinating resource for the poultry lover (click the picture for details)

Take A Short Tour Of My Garden...

Strawberries From My Garden!

Strawberries From My Garden!
Grown the "E.P. Roe Way" (click the picture to learn more)

Rural Americans: Cannon Fodder For The New World Order

Rural Americans: Cannon Fodder For The New World Order
Click on Sergeant York to read the story.

Freedom Isn't Free (And Other Propoganda)

Freedom Isn't Free (And Other Propoganda)
(click the picture)

Esther Stermer Was A Conspiracy Theorist!

Esther Stermer Was A Conspiracy Theorist!
Obviously the woman was a little crazy.… Right? (click the picture for the story)

How Free Men Become Slaves...

How Free Men Become Slaves...
A Contra-Industrial Parable From The Okefenokee Swamp (click the pigs)

I Make Classic American Clothespins

I Make Classic American Clothespins
click the clothespin and learn all about them.

Have You been to The Agrarian Foundation Article Archives?

Have You been to The Agrarian Foundation Article Archives?
(click the picture and go)

What Would an Agrarian Monetary System Look Like?

What Would an Agrarian Monetary System Look Like?
Well, for one thing, it would NOT be based on paper money. Click Andy Jackson for some details.

Thomas Jefferson's Warnings About Government Debt (Then and Now)

Thomas Jefferson's Warnings About Government Debt (Then and Now)
Read it and weep (click the president)

How Farmers Became Slaves To The Corporate Masters

How Farmers Became Slaves To The Corporate Masters
Click on the mostly forgotton 1937 book by Professor Walter Prescott Webb and learn the sad story

Why Food?

Why Food?
A Christian-Agrarian perspective (click the picture to read the essay)

The Puritan Theology of Suffering...

The Puritan Theology of Suffering...
An excellent treatise on a difficult subject. (click the picture to learn more)

A Missive On The Prosperity-Driven Life

A Missive On The Prosperity-Driven Life
"The desire to be rich, to have an abundance of possessions and money, is the keystone of our modern, neo-Babylonian culture." (click the picture for my perspective)

Prosperity Gospel/ Prosperity Idolatry

Prosperity Gospel/ Prosperity Idolatry
Click the picture to hear John Piper's powerful 2.5 minute condemnation of the modern prosperity gospel

Homo-Tyranny

Homo-Tyranny
... And Me (click the trap)

Agrarian Nation

Agrarian Nation
Another of my online projects (click the picture)

Have You Been To Planet Whizbang?

Have You Been To Planet Whizbang?
It's my deliberate agrarian home business. Click the beet and check it out.

NEW….
Whizbang Notes

NEW….<br>Whizbang Notes
These delightful little notebooks are a great down-to-earth tool. Click the beet to learn more.

Have You Seen The Planet Whizbang Wheel Hoe I Invented?

Have You Seen The Planet Whizbang Wheel Hoe I Invented?
Click The Picture For Details about the hoe and the inexpensive wheel hoe kits I sell

I Invite You To Read My Online Gardening Essays

I Invite You To Read My Online Gardening Essays
Click on that beautiful handful of sifted compost.

The Wife
Of My Youth...

The Wife<br>Of My Youth...
A Blessed Man's Reflections on Young Love (click the happy faces)

Eulogy For Evelyn

Eulogy For Evelyn
She was my mother-in-law. (click the picture)

Ken Badman's Good Example

Ken Badman's Good Example
Actions Speak Louder Than Words. (click the picture)

Backyard Sugaring

Backyard Sugaring
We make our own maple syrup. Click on the picture for complete how-to details.

Have You Seen Leo Sprauer's Handcrafted Hop Hoe?

Have You Seen Leo Sprauer's Handcrafted Hop Hoe?
Click the picture to learn more.

Learn About Whizbang Bucket Irrigation...

Learn About Whizbang Bucket Irrigation...
(click the trickle valve)

Have You Read Roe?

Have You Read Roe?
E.P. Roe, that is. Click on his picture to read some excerpts from this remarkable Christian-agrarian author of the 1800s.

Have You Been To My New Instructional Web Site?

Have You Been To My New Instructional Web Site?
It's for people who garden (click the picture)

Some Deliberate Agrarian Archives

  • Faith
  • Christian Agrarianism
  • Family
  • Livin' The Good Life
  • Economics & The Economy
  • Agriculture
  • Whizbang Apple Cider Essays
  • Rural How-To
  • Community
  • My Younger Days
  • My Older Days
  • Rural Enterprise
  • Raising & Processing Poultry
  • Everything Garlic
  • Odds & Ends

"It is not necessary to make men, foolish or serious, agree with me, no matter what the principle is. They may have different faculties."

Stark Young

Two Kinds of Men

Two Kinds of Men
There are only two kinds of men in this world. Click the picture to learn more.

They Are Not Human...

They Are Not Human...
Don't ever forget it (click the skull)

Links to my other blogs...

  • Diary of an 1892 Farmer's Wife
  • How To Butcher A Chicken
  • The Whizbang Garden Cart
  • The Whizbang Row Cover Hoop System
  • Whizbang Books Online
  • Whizbang Cider Press Plans
  • Whizbang Gardening

Agrarian Books I've Written

  • Writings of a Deliberate Agrarian
  • Whizbang Apple Cider Plan Book
  • The Whizbang Plucker Plan Book
  • The Whizbang Garden Cart Plan Book
  • The Whizbang Chicken Scalder Plan Book
  • The Complete Guide to Making Great Garlic Powder
  • A Garlic Powder Profits Report

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A Stable of Agrarian Bloggers

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    3 weeks ago
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    4 weeks ago
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    Where to begin....? - I really don't even know where to begin with all that has happened in the last month...the last year really I suppose... As we all know if we lived any tim...
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    Encapsulated - I think this is the right word. If we were playing Taboo or Catch Phrase, I'd say, *"It's that thing when you've thrown yourself so far into taking care o...
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    The Trashing of Robert E. Lee - A friend and Southern Gentleman (interesting how those often seem to go together) sent me this link to an article titled The Myth of the Kindly General L...
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    Early Bird Discount Through this Weekend! - We are offering a 10% early bird discount for people who register for our upcoming Christian Agricultural Classes. The code is RTD10 and is only good throu...
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I Invented Granola Bars....

I Invented Granola Bars....
...And I Can Prove It
(click on the bar)

Get The Peppermint Zing!

Get The Peppermint Zing!
A sinus sauna how-to
(click photo for details)

Yeoman Furniture & My New Wood Box

Yeoman Furniture & My New Wood Box
Yeomen don't buy furniture.
They make their own. (click the picture)

Yeoman Furniture
(Part 2)

Yeoman Furniture<br> (Part 2)
Waste Not, Want Not (click the picture for the story)

My Amazing Whizbang Apple Grinder

My Amazing Whizbang Apple Grinder
You can make awesome apple mash, ready for pressing, in no time with this homemade device. Click on the picture to learn more

We Make Apple Cider

We Make Apple Cider
You can too
(click on the picture to learn how)

Twelve Years Old Today

Twelve Years Old Today
He's actually 22 now, but my prayer is the same

This is William Kimball
(Him An Me Is Kin)

This is William Kimball<br>(Him An Me Is Kin)
Click on the picture for William's Story

Homegrown Poultry

Homegrown Poultry
Click on the picture and I'll show you how to butcher a chicken

The Lovely Marlene With A Homemade Whizbang Garden Cart

The Lovely Marlene With A Homemade Whizbang Garden Cart
Anyone can make a Whizbang Garden Cart. Click on the picture to learn how.

My Whizbang Row Cover Hoop System

My Whizbang Row Cover Hoop System
Finally Online as of 1/29/10
(click the pic)

Have You Seen Jax Hamlin's Chickens?

Have You Seen Jax Hamlin's Chickens?
Click The Chicken!

This Blog Promotes Personal Responsibility And Traditional Concepts of American Liberty

This Blog Promotes Personal Responsibility And Traditional Concepts of American Liberty
—:::—
"If a community, or a section, or a race, or an age, is groaning under industrialism, and well aware that it is an evil dispensation, it must find a way to throw it off. To think that this cannot be done is pusillanimous. And if the whole community, section, race, or age thinks it cannot be done, then... it has doomed itself to impotence."
—Twelve Southerners
—:::—

The Christian-Agrarian Exodus of 1620

The Christian-Agrarian Exodus of 1620
The Pligrims did NOT come to America for religious freedom.
(click the picture)

Vacuum Bottle Thermos Cooking

Vacuum Bottle Thermos Cooking
Learn how to prepare and cook simple, inexpensive, wholesome meals (click the thermos bottle to read)

The Sermon I'll Never Forget

The Sermon I'll Never Forget
Pastor West was at Iwo Jima
(click Mt. Suribachi)

Planting Potatoes With A Little Girl

Planting Potatoes With A Little Girl
"I must admit that four year old girls were once something like aliens to me." (click the pic)

Boys Will Be…. Warriors

Boys Will Be…. Warriors
Swinging homemade maces at each other can be great fun!
(click the warriors)

Benny's Grandfather Was A Ditch Digger

Benny's Grandfather Was A Ditch Digger
And He Grew Tomatoes
(click the Big Boy)

Backyard Poultry Processing With My 11-Year-Old Son

Backyard Poultry Processing With My 11-Year-Old Son
If he can do it, so can you.
(click on the smiley face)

Another Summer Evening's Meal

Another Summer Evening's Meal
This is the kind of food we dream about in the depths of winter.
(click on the picture)

Pickled Garlic Scapes

Pickled Garlic Scapes
Click on the silly boy's nose for a pickled scape tutorial

"Every Bean's A Blessing, Boys"

"Every Bean's A Blessing, Boys"
Dried beans present an opportunity to teach important things to my children (click the beans)

Hay Hooks

Hay Hooks
I bought my sons hay hooks, and they have gotten a lot of use since I wrote this essay

When Me & Ed Made Apple Cider

When Me & Ed Made Apple Cider
The Year Was 1976
(click the old press)

The Fun, Fast Way To Skin A Deer

The Fun, Fast Way To Skin A Deer
Seeing is believing



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