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| Country conversation | |
| Leaking Mirro lids; wood burner and cola tip; primitive cisterns weren’t without bacteria; peat filters; Feta cheese recipe; an easier way to get "hard-boiled" eggs; alternative power water distiller and potato hint; winter in Missouri; cheese making sources; natural ingredients can be powerful; poor health changes plans; another use for flower pots; any advice for bartering skills for land?; can tires be used as a heat source?; get online cheaply; web site for septic system technology; makestuff.com; tips on squirrels, bees, lamps; and more | 8 |
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| Coming events | 29 |
| Countryside contacts | 30 |
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| Special feature: |
| Make bio-diesel from used kitchen grease | 32 |
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| Are the oil wells drying up? | 38 |
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| The solar cowboy |
| Renewable system payback | 42 |
| Batteries vs. coal power | 42 |
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| Free hot water | 43 |
| Truly an unconventional structure | 45 |
| Harnessing the wind | 48 |
| The affordable underground house | 52 |
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| Preventing hypothermia | 58 |
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Maple syrup — Mother Nature’s candy | 61 |
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| Small-scale grain raising | 64 |
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| Notes from the northwoods |
| Mid-winter gardening thoughts | 66 |
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| The garden |
| Effect of double-digging | 69 |
| Gardening lingo 101 | 71 |
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| Steve’s Workshop |
| Make a handy tool holder | 72 |
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| Homestead bits & pieces | 73 |
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| Livestock health alert |
| Be on the lookout for deadly screwworm infestations | 74 |
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| The sheep shed |
| Let the lambing season begin | 75 |
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| The cow barn |
| Highland cattle are making a comeback | 78 |
| Johne’s disease threatens dairies | 79 |
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| The goat barn |
| Pneumonia treatment | 80 |
| Do goats get lonely? | 81 |
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| The horse barn |
| Oat hay for older horses | 82 |
| Weigh anmials without a scale | 82 |
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| The poultry yard |
| Endangered domestic waterfowl | 83 |
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| Ask Countryside |
| Carpenter bees can be a real nuisance | 85 |
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| The homestead kitchen |
| Three-minute bean soups | 86 |
| Easy-does-it cheese | 87 |
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| Regluing your wood chairs | 88 |
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| The Dollar Saver |
| Don’t throw money out the window | 91 |
| Saving for retirement | 92 |
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| Country neighbors |
| A hole in the forest | 93 |
| First harvest | 96 |
| Real food — only for real people? | 101 |
| A few things that I know for sure | 103 |
| Life is good in Missouri | 105 |
| The Homestead Act of 1862 | 106 |
| News from spaceship Earth | 108 |
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| New products |
| Pond aerator | 111 |
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