| Departments: |
| Country conversation | 8 |
| Neighbors in need | 31 |
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| Feature articles: |
| Purchasing and using a masonry stove | 32 |
| Reduce energy use with this 'cut back' thermometer | 37 |
| Solar tax credits available through 2007 | 37 |
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| Life on the sunny side: |
| Selling the sun: Solar and wind options for grid-tied homes | 38 |
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| Build a fieldstone smokehouse | 43 |
| How we went from $42,000 to $6,500 and lived to tell about it! | 47 |
| Moving beyond the power lines, one step at a time | 51 |
| Living deliberately: How to approach simplification | 52 |
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| Question of the month: |
| Starting your own business | 55 |
| The pleasures and pitfalls of a homestead business | 56 |
| The home craft business | 59 |
| Make a living with your computer | 66 |
| Novelty items sell well at festivals | 67 |
| Hauling scrap metal provided unexpected rewards | 68 |
| Landscaping business gets him out of traffic | 69 |
| Website design grabs her attention | 70 |
| Sometimes a separate office works better than a spare room | 71 |
| Income tax preparation business increases by word of mouth | 72 |
| Organic fertilizer business is booming | 73 |
| Starting over as a massage therapist | 75 |
| Internet marketing works for a lot of people | 76 |
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| The wood carver: |
| Carving Christmas ornaments | 78 |
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| The greater gift | 80 |
| The joys of soap making | 82 |
| Make a homemade boot scraper | 89 |
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| The garden: |
| Don't throw it out! Repair your garden hose | 90 |
| Turnips, from start to finish | 92 |
| Gardening in your 80s | 93 |
| It's time to peruse seed catalogs | 94 |
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| The country kitchen: |
| To roast or not to roast! (pumpkins) | 95 |
| Crab apple, salsa and relish recipes | 96 |
| Ideas for using wheat berries | 97 |
| Make your own sourdough starter | 106 |
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| The henhouse: |
| 12 volt egg incubator in a cooler | 101 |
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| The horse barn: |
| Accolades for the Spanish Mustang horse | 107 |
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| Looking back: |
| Growing up during the Depression, Part III | 109 |
| My days in Shady Grove | 110 |
| At 87, this lady is still on the go | 111 |
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| Poor Will's Almanack | 112 |
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| Homestead finances: |
| Reduce your insurance premiums with these tips | 119 |
| Cyberbegging: A new way to raise cash? | 120 |
| Can our lifestyles survive? | 121 |
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| After Chores: |
| Principles of successful country freeloading | 130 |
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