| Departments: |
| Country conversation | 9 |
| Countryside contacts | 26 |
| Coming events | 28 |
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| Special features: |
| Construct a straw bale greenhouse | 30 |
| Radiant floor heating provides comfort and efficiency | 34 |
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| Notes from the northwoods |
| Homestead sledding | 38 |
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| Put your dog to work: Make him a PVC cart | 41 |
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| The homestead kitchen |
| "Why do you eat acorns?" | 44 |
| Burghul: A nutritional alternative to rice and corn | 46 |
| The best butcherin' recipes | 49 |
| Rolling in the dough | 51 |
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| Question of the month |
| How cheaply can you feed your family? | 53 |
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| Buying organic is not as expensive as you may think | 62 |
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| Homestead health |
| A natural head lice treatment | 64 |
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| Homestead kids |
| Homeschooling: A natural | 65 |
| Cloth diapers save money and the Earth | 67 |
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| Everyday plants make extraordinary dyes | 68 |
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| The garden |
| Prelude to winter | 69 |
| Organic pest management | 71 |
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| The herb garden |
| Grow herbs in winter | 73 |
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| The cow barn |
| Feeding sweet corn stalks | 76 |
| Let someone else grow your corn for silage | 77 |
| Croatians raise beef both humanely and organically | 78 |
| Understanding cow psychology to avoid injury | 80 |
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| The goat barn |
| A year in the life of Cuesta Farm | 81 |
| The medicinal benefits of goat milk | 84 |
| Goats and sheep are utilized around the world | 85 |
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| The sheep shed |
| Early imprinting | 86 |
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| The duck pen |
| Raising ducklings by the K.I.S.S. principle | 88 |
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| Grow your own feed and reduce your bill by 25% | 90 |
| Chicken flavor depends on breeding and management | 91 |
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| The rabbit barn |
| Twenty do's and don'ts for raising rabbits | 92 |
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| The horse barn |
| Winter horse care | 97 |
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| Feeds & feeding |
| Botulism affects livestock, too | 98 |
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| Homestead finances |
| How to achieve financial independence | 100 |
| Where does that paycheck go? | 103 |
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| Homestead crafts |
| Turn your old Christmas tree into cash | 104 |
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| The Dollar Stretcher |
| Addicted! | 106 |
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| Country neighbors |
| Thoughts on land, writing, and patents | 108 |
| Back to basics: Recovering from a lifetime of excess | 110 |
| Planning and determination provides freedom | 112 |
| The hawthorn buck | 114 |
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| Rural living and auto ethics | 116 |
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| Book reviews | 117 |
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| After Chores: |
| Reflections on a treadle sewing maching | 130 |
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