| Departments: |
| Beyond the sidewalks | |
| Discovering our roots: How the 1920s and '30s shaped modern homesteading | 11 |
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| Country conversation | |
| Internet is a wonderful resource; Federal Reserve; value of labor; kerosene info; hibernation shack; solar roofing materials; homesteading in Costa Rica; "Indian Bread" and cattail propagation; homesteading on Main Street; temporary fencing; living in a 24'x24' "mansion"; butchering with compressed air; geothermal cooling; Mareks disease in poultry; fireblight treatment | 11-37 |
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| Special feature: The Dirty Thirties |
| Discovering our roots | starts on page 38 |
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| Chain stores: The "A&P" effect on homesteading | 60 |
| How homesteading bit the dust | 63 |
| The more things change, the more they stay the same | 65 |
| How to build a barn — or anything else — with little time or money | 66 |
| Tips for all around the farm | 67 |
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| The 1920s garden |
| Grow potatoes on pasture land | 68 |
| Some farmers were early ecologists | 69 |
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| The 1920s cowbarn |
| Raising better calves | 70 |
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| The 1920s henhouse |
| Feeding the chicks | 71 |
| Gape in chickens | 72 |
| Mr. and Mrs. Guinea | 73 |
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| The 1920s rabbitry |
| Green foods for rabbits | 74 |
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| The 1920s home |
| A new house for your old one: Using stucco | 75 |
| What every housewife needs | 77 |
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| The 1920s kitchen |
| An adventure in flavor | 79 |
| Tested recipes from the 1920s | 80 |
| Rural communities should emphasize building relationships | 82 |
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| The woodlot |
| The mora knife | 84 |
| Gary's Creations | 86 |
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| The garden |
| No homesteader should be without comfrey | 88 |
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| Livestock |
| Getting started with livestock | 90 |
| Hair sheep - clean, safe and efficient | 91 |
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| Community |
| Overcoming obstacles key to rural Internet access | 92 |
| The organic eco/farm of the 21st century | 95 |
| The changing face of education in America | 97 |
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| Country neighbors |
| Their empty nest fills up again | 99 |
| A Texas homesteader | 103 |
| Amish ancestors | 108 |
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| The Dollar Stretcher |
| Compound interest for poor people | 110 |
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| The Intentional Peasant |
| What does it eat? The real cost of "stuff" is often hidden | 111 |
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| Question of the month: Year-end diaries |
| Winter and Y2K: preparations coincide | 116 |
| A time for reflection | 117 |
| Where were we when the lights didn't go out? | 118 |
| They didn't need a house to feel "at home" | 120 |
| Full pantry syndrome | 122 |
| Cleaning kitchens, cleaning critters... Life goes on | 123 |
| A year-end trip to town is revealing | 125 |
| Y2K: The final chapter | 127 |
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| An editor's farewell | 130 |
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