| Departments: |
| Country conversation | 9 |
| Countryside contacts | 30 |
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| Homestead building |
| A backyard lean-to | 32 |
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| E-z blacksmithing tongs | 37 |
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| The machine shed |
| History of the ride-on garden tractor | 39 |
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| The woodlot |
| Retiree designs & builds a fun hobby | 42 |
| Identify your wood | 43 |
| Make an easy fence puller | 46 |
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| Homestead hunting |
| Shotgunning for squirrels | 47 |
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| An adventure in tanning, Part III | 49 |
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| News from the Northwoods |
| Apples | 51 |
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| The garden |
| Growing a kitchen garden | 55 |
| The inter-relationships of plants | 57 |
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| The goat barn |
| Trimming hooves | 58 |
| Start your own meat goat herd | 60 |
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| The rabbit barn |
| Rabbit raising from a Pakistani view | 63 |
| Raising rabbits in colonies | 66 |
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| The poultry yard |
| Excessive calcium levels | 68 |
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| Homestead livestock |
| An alpaca primer | 69 |
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| Food security as part of our national defense | 72 |
| One family farm saved by organics | 73 |
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| The cow barn |
| Can your cow make you sick? | 77 |
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| Question of the month |
| Are you prepared? | 79 |
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| 10 miscellaneous homesteading tips | 87 |
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| Notes from long ago |
| Homesteading tips from 1887 | 88 |
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| Homestead finances |
| Starting your homestead business | 90 |
| Retirement success | 105 |
| Why choose probate? | 108 |
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| Menstrual musings for homestead women | 94 |
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| Poor Will's Amanac |
| Deep winter | 96 |
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| Country neighbors |
| The benefits of starting early | 110 |
| They found their homestead in their own backyard | 112 |
| "For sale: Secluded cabin" | 114 |
| Memories on the hoof | 115 |
| The story of Alanna | 116 |
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| Countryside Index 2003 | 120 |
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| After Chores: |
| The lighter side of deer hunting | 130 |
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