| Departments: |
| Country conversation | 9 |
| Countryside contacts | 30 |
| Coming events | 31 |
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| The garden |
| Concrete block, compost and wood chips | 32 |
| A country gardenhouse | 35 |
| Grow bamboo in the midwest | 38 |
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| Notes from the Northwoods |
| Sifters | 40 |
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| Foraging |
| Wild onions—punchy, pungent, perfect | 42 |
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| The herb garden |
| Treat yourself to a kitchen garden | 43 |
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| The Solar Cowboy |
| A solar greenhouse | 46 |
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| The blacksmith shop |
| Make an e-z log poker | 49 |
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| The machine shop |
| A traveling reed comber | 51 |
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| The cow barn |
| Cows can make you sick, but not with BLV | 54 |
| Earn extra income raising calves | 55 |
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| The goat barn |
| True success comes with planning | 56 |
| She takes her goat raising tips from nature | 57 |
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| The hog pen |
| Hog butchering time | 62 |
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| The homestead donkey | 62 |
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| The henhouse |
| Raising chicks without electricity | 63 |
| Chicken tractors make raising meat a breeze | 64 |
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| The poultry yard |
| Your turkey eggs won't hatch? This may be why | 65 |
| Game breeds span history | 67 |
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| The pigeon coop |
| The Modena, A new, old hobby | 68 |
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| The rabbitry |
| Gleanings from Woodland Rabbitry | 69 |
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| The country kitchen |
| Mead: Gift of the gods | 70 |
| Use that Y2K stash with these wheatberry recipes | 71 |
| Wheat would work for muffins, too | 73 |
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| Question of the month |
| Homeschooling | 74 |
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| World events & homesteading | 92 |
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| Homestead finances |
| Money: It's only a tool | 95 |
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| Alternative housing |
| Little cabin in the north | 96 |
| A small space | 97 |
| An old trailer metamorphs into a new ranch | 98 |
| Their "country cottage" | 99 |
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| Alternative energy |
| Solar hot water and heat | 100 |
| The virtues of 12 volts | 101 |
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| Poor Will's Almanac |
| Early Spring 2004 | 102 |
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| Country neighbors |
| Where are all the homestaders? | 113 |
| A positive attitude keeps them going | 114 |
| The end of the Rhode Island Red gang | 118 |
| Foraging in Germany | 119 |
| A new life in Montana | 122 |
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| After Chores: |
| The lighter side of deer hunting | 130 |
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