| Departments: |
| Country conversation | 8 |
| Countryside contacts | 30 |
| Coming events | 31 |
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| Feature articles |
| An interview with Jeremiath C. Gettle: Owner of Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds | 32 |
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| Grow a plateful of pods | 42 |
| Growing and marketing edible flowers | 44 |
| Success with cole crops | 52 |
| Make a rooting compound from willows | 53 |
| Grow mushroooms in your forest | 54 |
| Homegrown popcorn | 55 |
| Growing and making garden salsa | 58 |
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| Foraging |
| Sumac: The wild lemonade berry | 49 |
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| The country kitchen |
| Let them eat cake | 61 |
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| Homestead building |
| Build a log 'n' limb fence | 62 |
| Make a pottery wheel for under $200 | 63 |
| Build an outdoor brick oven | 65 |
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| Notes from the Northwoods |
| Slow building—with stone | 67 |
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| The horse barn |
| Bashkir Curly horses | 76 |
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| The cow barn |
| A sale 300 years in the making | 79 |
| Don't forget the bull | 80 |
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| Heat, humidity and livestock | 80 |
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| The rabbitry |
| Fundamental principles of rabbit feeding | 81 |
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| The henhouse |
| Keeping predators out of the coop | 84 |
| Feeding chicks | 85 |
| Airline shipping update | 85 |
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| Homestead crafts |
| A second life for bluejeans | 90 |
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| Homestead finances |
| How to thrive on half your income | 89 |
| Your social security statement | 91 |
| What if I don't have a will? | 92 |
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| Question of the month |
| What's your favorite gardening implement? | 93 |
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| Country communities |
| Does village life sound good to you? | 103 |
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| Country neighbors |
| Homesteading in Germany | 106 |
| Homesteading in Canada | 110 |
| One kid's kudos for homeschooling | 112 |
| A story of homesteading, in 1906 | 113 |
| Thoughts on making a living from the homestead | 115 |
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| After Chores: |
| Looking back...across the field | 130 |
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