| Departments: |
| Country conversation | 8 |
| Neighbors in need | 32 |
| Coming events | 33 |
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| Life on the sunny side: |
| Piecing together a spanking new $600 solar-electric system | 34 |
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| Feature articles: |
| Cooking with the sun | 36 |
| An entertainment center that runs on a marine battery | 40 |
| Biodeisel availability is increasing | 41 |
| A wind turbine built from scrap | 42 |
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| The country kitchen: |
| Stocking your emergency food pantry | 43 |
| A homemade clay oven and naturally fermented sourdough bread | 45 |
| The great grain robbery: the whiter the bread, the quicker you're dead | 47 |
| Sheep cheese recipes are hard to find | 49 |
| Bottling cheese | 50 |
| Watermelon pickles are delicious! | 50 |
| Zucchini recipes to pass on | 50 |
| Don't let your wheat go to waste! | 52 |
| 10 easy ways to recycle leftovers | 53 |
| Chill out this summer with these refreshing treats | 54 |
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| Notes from the Northwoods: |
| Keeping the pests out | 55 |
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| The garden: |
| Kale in the fall garden | 59 |
| Make a cold frame from your scrap pile | 61 |
| Midsummer: time to start your cold-weather garden | 65 |
| Update on those concrete block beds | 66 |
| Getting along in the garden | 67 |
| Useful gardening tips | 68 |
| Feeding a family of four from the garden | 69 |
| How much wheat does the average family need? | 70 |
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| The henhouse: |
| Raising chickens on the homestead | 71 |
| Butchering day is almost pleasant with a mechanical plucker | 73 |
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| Livestock health: |
| Your horses aren't going anywhere without a Coggens test | 74 |
| Tips for keeping stock tanks ice-free | 76 |
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| The goat barn: |
| Miniature Nubians find a new home in the south | 75 |
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| Feeds & feeding: |
| Research animals' feed needs before bringing them home | 77 |
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| The machine shed: |
| Looking for the ideal used tractor? Tips to keep in mind | 78 |
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| The wood carver: |
| The carver's workshop | 83 |
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| The woodlot: |
| A continuing discussion on wood cutting safety | 83 |
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| Homestead housing: |
| Paid for in 4 years | 84 |
| Remodeling homes takes patience: Don't give up now! | 85 |
| How lumber dealers grade wood | 86 |
| A cabin made of wood pallets | 91 |
| The first year is the hardest | 92 |
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| Question of the month: |
| What's in your picnic basket? | 94 |
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| Looking back: |
| Growing up in the Depression | 98 |
| My boyhood on a farm | 101 |
| After 45 years, she knows she made the right decision | 101 |
| The wandering homesteader | 102 |
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| Poor Will's Almanack | 104 |
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| Country neighbors: |
| Our homestead exercise program | 110 |
| Expensive oil doesn't phase Old Order Amish | 111 |
| Life on a homestead with eight kids needs to be balanced | 112 |
| A simple life | 113 |
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| Homestead finances: |
| Investment clubs aren't for everybody | 114 |
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| After Chores: |
| Everyday endeavor | 122 |
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