| Departments: |
| Country conversation | 8 |
| Neighbors in need | 29 |
| Coming events | 29 |
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| Feature article: |
| Milking sheep offer a new small farm alternative | 30 |
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| The sheep shed: |
| Texas White Dall sheep as companion grazers | 37 |
| Raise Soay sheep, naturally | 39 |
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| The goat barn: |
| Meat goat prices on the rise | 41 |
| Make goat milk mozzarella | 41 |
| Make your own rennet | 41 |
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| The cow barn: |
| Here's how to feed a cow, 1910-style | 42 |
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| The smithy |
| E-z blacksmithing coal forge | 46 |
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| The wood carver: |
| Carve a wooden bird | 48 |
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| Homestead firearms: |
| Is it time you started reloading your own ammo? | 51 |
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| Notes from the Northwoods: |
| Grapes in the north | 55 |
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| The garden: |
| Garden planning starts by asking questions | 60 |
| Just what are 'exotic' fruits and vegetables? | 61 |
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| Country kitchen: |
| Cast iron in the country kitchen | 64 |
| Why eat whole foods? | 65 |
| This cheese soup is fun to make | 67 |
| Memories of making maple syrup | 68 |
| Here's a tasty, healthful, inexpensive snack | 70 |
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| Homestead health: |
| Soy and health | 71 |
| Charcoal...a new look at an old medicinal | 72 |
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| The poultry yard: |
| Raise heritage turkeys as seasonal income? | 76 |
| Tips from a chicken lover | 76 |
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| Livestock: |
| Affordable alpacas do exist | 77 |
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| Homestead finances: |
| Keeping the books, Part II | 78 |
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| Question of the month: |
| Can you really 'just leave it all behind?' | 82 |
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| Poor Will's Almanac: |
| Deep Winter 2005 | 98 |
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| Country neighbors: |
| Home on the (Texas) range | 105 |
| Are we still homesteading? | 108 |
| A cabin story | 114 |
| Ricardo ropes a pig | 118 |
| Making lemonade (from unintentional lemons) | 120 |
| Tips for 'fitting in' on a Missouri homestead | 122 |
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| After Chores: |
| The mysterious evening lights | 130 |
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