| Departments: |
| Country conversation | 8 |
| Countryside contacts | 30 |
| Coming events | 31 |
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| Homestead housing |
| The beauty of stucco | 32 |
| Living underground | 34 |
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| Homestead safety |
| Fighting fire with a homemade system | 36 |
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| The pronghorn: Back from the edge of oblivion | 39 |
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| Foraging |
| Identifying and harvesting wild plants | 43 |
| Fern fiddleheads: The succulent stalks of spring | 55 |
| Foraging during the Depression | 57 |
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| Notes from the Northwoods |
| Heirloom vegetables in your garden | 45 |
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| The garden |
| Grow lavender | 49 |
| No-till, no-weed gardening, another view | 50 |
| Raised beds make gardening a joy | 52 |
| Poor gardener's hail insurance | 54 |
| Control garden pests naturally | 58 |
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| The country kitchen |
| Delightful eggplant dishes from Eastern lands | 60 |
| The honest pleasures of slow food | 63 |
| It’s easy to make your own yogurt | 64 |
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| The blacksmith shop |
| Give your e-z poker a decorative twist | 65 |
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| The Solar Cowboy |
| Europe surpasses the U.S. in renewable energy use | 67 |
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| Construct a solar cooker from an abandoned satellite dish | 69 |
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| The sheep shed |
| Olde English Miniature Babydoll Southdown sheep | 70 |
| What's a geep? | 72 |
| Sheep scrapie susceptibility test offered | 73 |
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| The cow barn |
| Keeping cattle without losing money | 75 |
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| The horse barn |
| Be kind to your horse with The Spring Tether | 77 |
| Prevent the spread of swamp fever | 78 |
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| The goat barn |
| One reader takes offense at sale barn remarks | 78 |
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| The rabbit barn |
| Rabbits require proper feed to perform well | 79 |
| Start with good stock when raising meat rabbits | 80 |
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| The henhouse |
| The Far Out Farms' off-grid brooder | 81 |
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| Crops & soils |
| Beware of poisonous arrow grass in western states | 82 |
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| Tips on purchasing that perfect place in the country | 83 |
| Be wary of health product claims | 84 |
| Water bottles need to be washed | 84 |
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| Homestead finances |
| Dressing well on a budget | 85 |
| Managing your cash flow | 86 |
| To probate or not to probate | 87 |
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| Question of the month |
| Homesteading with draft animals | 93 |
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| Poor Will's Almanack |
| Late spring and early summer | 103 |
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| On the road |
| A piece of the American pie | 110 |
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| Country neighbors |
| Starting over in Amish country | 114 |
| The price of romance | 117 |
| Going home | 119 |
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| After Chores: |
| Let's do it again! A Countryside reunion | 130 |
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