| Section I. The newsletter |
| The calm before the storm | 8 |
| 01/01/00 isn't the critical day | 8 |
| Y2K preparations in Canada | 9 |
| "Fixed" computer isn't | 9 |
| Another oops | 10 |
| The problem with hushing up the problem | 10 |
| Insurance won't cover the legal bills | 11 |
| An unawareness chuckle | 11 |
| The bright side of Y2K | 12 |
| Not enough cash to go around | 13 |
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| Section II. The magazine |
| Departments: |
| Country conversation | |
| Countryside has it right - and another programmer agrees; Preparing, in town; Prefers Texas to Arkansas (and a cream separator question); Communications; Concerns in an affluent community; Good news to share; Concerned about the future; Fascinated by the old ways; Ready then, and ready now; The coming adventure; Ideas on nutrition, health, and more; Opportunities in the days ahead; Y2K tidbits & gleanings; Teen prefers countryside |
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| Special feature: Grain on the Homestead |
| How to grow your own, and how to use it |
| A homestead guide to wheat | 34 |
| The basics of "basic bread | 37 |
| Lesser-known grains | 40 |
| Make a grain cradle | 40 |
| Kinds of wheat | 40 |
| White bread: A symbol of our lost roots | 41 |
| Breads from around the world | 41 |
| The Fab Four: How to survive on wheat, dry milk, honey and salt | 42 |
| Meat from wheat: Using gluten | 44 |
| Baking with a wood cookstove | 46 |
| Bread baker's guide to trouble-shooting | 46 |
| How to choose a grain mill | 48 |
| A homestead guide to corn | 50 |
| What can you do with corn? | 53 |
| A homestead guide to sprouting | 56 |
| Easy alfalfa sprouts | 56 |
| Check stored grain | 57 |
| Secret of that ugly corn fungus: It's a delicacy! | 57 |
| Make bread from weeds | 58 |
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| The garden | |
| The art of winter gardening | 59 |
| Set up your greenhouse for maximum production | 60 |
| Many ways to build a greenhouse | 62 |
| Frost in the orchard: When to worry, when not to | 63 |
| Extending the growing season without a greenhouse | 64 |
| A tarp is useful in the garden | 66 |
| How to grow tobacco | 67 |
| Advice on saving seeds | 70 |
| Soil blocks for germination and transplanting | 72 |
| The secret of starting peach trees from seed | 72 |
| Animal gardening: Growing feed on a small plot | 73 |
| Small-scale Community Supported Agriculture | 78 |
| The beehive | |
| A primer for beginning beekeepers | 80 |
| A beekeeper's year | 81 |
| The hen house | |
| Cleaning and disinfecting of poultry houses | 82 |
| The rubbery yolk problem | 82 |
| The home dairy | |
| An unusual milking method | 83 |
| Old cattle breeds can take the heat | 83 |
| Special 11-page livestock feature: |
| Raising rabbits on the homestead |
| Easy, cheap, and delicious! | 84 |
| Country neighbors | |
| Wyoming | 95 |
| Missouri | 96 |
| Water | |
| Recycled kerosene pump now waters the garden | 99 |
| Personal finance | |
| A sensible debt-reduction strategy | 100 |
| Homestead expenses are not "average" | 101 |
| Home health | |
| The homestead medicine chest | 102 |
| The medicinal garden | 104 |
| Info sources on birthing, herbs, and more | 106 |
| Don't give microbes a chance | 109 |
| Homestead science | |
| Basic physics for homesteaders | 112 |
| Using mechanical movements | 115 |
| Alternative energy | |
| How to determine your power requirements | 116 |
| The 21st century | |
| How to make a living on a REALLY small farm | 126 |
| Y2K and community | 129 |
| Homestead becomes a learning center | 130 |
| All around the homestead: | |
| The webs of ecology: Cattle weights and flood control | 119 |
| Book reviews | 120 |
| The Intentional Peasant: We've always done it that way | 124 |
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| Coming events | 131 |
| News from Spaceship Earth | 132 |
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| Charts: Normal root depths of some mature plants, 67; Nutrient content of some fertilizer materials, 79; Seeds required to sow 100 yards of row, 79; How to measure the wind, 11.9; Wind chill chart, 119 | |
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