| Departments: |
| Country conversation | 8 |
| Countryside contacts | 30 |
| Coming events | 31 |
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| Features: |
| Alternative energy: |
| Getting started with solar power | 32 |
| Living off the grid: One families' journey | 43 |
| Living off the grid: A wife's perspective | 44 |
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| Build a cold frame for under $300 | 37 |
| Desert gardening | 41 |
| Make your own clothes washer | 42 |
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| The smithy: |
| E-z horseshoe coat or reins wall hanger | 46 |
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| Notes from the Northwoods: |
| Of bucks, horses and ponies | 47 |
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| The machine shed: |
| ATVs and the circle of history | 51 |
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| Homestead livestock: |
| The wild flock system of raising livestock | 53 |
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| The basics of vermiculture | 55 |
| The basics of fishing | 56 |
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| The homestead pond: |
| Raise freshwater shrimp on your homestead | 58 |
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| The henhouse: |
| Give your chickens a bath | 60 |
| Ground-breaking results from research on standard turkeys | 62 |
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| The pig pen: |
| Living high on half the hog | 64 |
| Mulefoot hogs are a rarity | 66 |
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| The rabbit barn: |
| The American breeds: More choices for meat rabbit raisers | 67 |
| The art of palpation | 69 |
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| The country kitchen: |
| When you chop an onion, you know the meal will be tasty | 70 |
| Sourdough bread: A dish fit for a king | 72 |
| Recycle that roast | 73 |
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| The garden: |
| Some sage advice | 74 |
| Heirlooms: What works—and what doesn't | 78 |
| The why and how of saving your own seeds | 79 |
| Okra: Useful and attractive | 80 |
| Feed your trees | 82 |
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| Question of the month: |
| Our favorite canning recipes | 88 |
| Next month: Making extra income on one acre of land | 97 |
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| Alternative health: |
| Homeopathy for homesteaders | 98 |
| Sharing medicinal plants and herbal medicine making with children | 102 |
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| Transform your wardrobe: From bleak to chic! | 103 |
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| Homestead business: |
| Publish a magazine from home | 105 |
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| Poor Will's Almanack | 107 |
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| A piece of the American pie: |
| It's all in the family | 113 |
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| Country nieghbors: |
| Give homesteading a try | 115 |
| Utopia in Missouri | 118 |
| "Chicken tv:" It's better than the real thing | 120 |
| Ladies' night out: Cow can parties | 121 |
| Home ownership comes with a price | 122 |
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| After Chores: |
| The ultimate social necessity: The pickup truck | 130 |
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