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| Country conversation | |
| Baking on a woodstove, water wells, 9/9/99, more on stoves, hulling and rolling oats, feedback on steam power, government oil stockpiling, black powder shooting without the mess, egg freezing correction, drying eggs, one less Y2K worry for women, "Japanese ring method" of growing tomatoes produces huge crops, making rennet and pectin, readers love—and hate—us, more on tobacco; a simple hornet trap | 11-29 |
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| Special feature I: Preserving the harvest |
| Suggestions, ideas, methods and recipes from those who are doing it |
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| Home canning simplified | 34 |
| Helpful tips from Kerr Glass Company | 36 |
| Canning cautions | 42 |
| All about vinegar | 44-50 |
| Solar food drying | 51 |
| Drying apples; drying tomatoes | 53 |
| Old-time methods of storing the harvest | 54-57 |
| A comprehensive guide to food storage | 58 |
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| Recipes: |
| Corn cob jelly | 36 |
| Kraut, from cabbage and more | 38, 40 |
| Finnish coleslaw | 40 |
| How to make catsup and mustard | 41 |
| Making jam, jelly and marmalade | 42 |
| Making vinegar | 44-45; 48 |
| Vinegar candy | 49 |
| Using green tomatoes | 50 |
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| The garden |
| Gardening the cheap and simple way | 62 |
| Summertime use of organic fertilizers | 64 |
| Fall gardening starts now | 64 |
| An easy way to shell beans | 64 |
| Increase yields with intensive gardening | 65 |
| For maximum calories and protein, plant potatoes | 66; 67 |
| Clear plastic mulch beats black, for warming soils | 66 |
| Clay pot irrigation | 57 |
| Caring for carrots | 68 |
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| Special feature II: Your garden laboratory |
| You don't have to be Monsanto—or Luther Burbank—to develop plants that meet your needs! | Pages 69 - 77 |
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| Crops & soils |
| Listen to your weeds! | 120-123 |
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| Market gardening |
| For best results, start small | 78 |
| Medicinal herb gardens in the woods | 80 |
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| Special feature III: Raising sheep |
| A basic guide for new and prospective shepherds | 83-88 |
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| Feeds & feeding |
| How much land do I need to grow feed for my animals? | 89-91 |
| Monitor feed costs and quality | 97 |
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| The workshop |
| Make your own lumber | 92-93 |
| Chain saw safety | 93 |
| Reinventing the wheelbarrow | 93 |
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| Home health |
| Caution on stockpiling medicines | 94 |
| Poison ivy preventative: Fight fire with fire | 95 |
| The many uses of diatomaceous earth | 96 |
| Food, health and homesteading | 111-113 |
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| Country neighbors |
| Farming in Alaska | 99 |
| Diary of a farmer | 106 |
| He only wanted two ducks... | 106 |
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| Home business |
| Newsletter publishing | 108-109 |
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| Doc Salsbury makes sourdough | 100-103 |
| Homemade yeast | 103 |
| Food with a Florida flair | 103-104 |
| Home cooking from rural Pennsylvania | 104 |
| Dr. Chase's 1866 crackers and bread | 105 |
| Cottage cheese | 105 |
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| Y2K |
| Another way of looking at preparation | 114-115 |
| The larger significance of Y2K | 118 |
| The bright side of Y2K | 128 |
| An "un-Y2K" event | 119 |
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| All around the homestead |
| The most important advice isn't about plucking chickens | 116 |
| Recipes for fun | 125 |
| Productive projects for seniors—and others | 126 |
| The seasons of Earth and Humanity | 126 |
| Make newspapers into "firewood" | 127 |
| News from Spaceship Earth | 124 |
| Beyond the sidewalk | 128 |
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| Charts |
| Energy-free storage of fruits & vegetables | 56 |
| Family album | 96, 99 |
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