| Departments: |
| From the editor | 8 |
| Country conversation | 8 |
| Coming events | 30 |
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| Feature article: |
| Achieving food independence on the homestead, Part I | 32 |
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| Notes from the Northwoods: |
| Building and using a midwest solar food dryer | 38 |
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| Country kitchen: |
| Cider making: A pressing concern | 44 |
| The lowdown on apples | 47 |
| Oatmeal recipes | 48 |
| Pie crust recipe | 48 |
| Solar dried tomato pesto | 48 |
| The whole wheat experience | 51 |
| Let's talk bread | 54 |
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| Homestead household hints: |
| Vinegar: Did Granny Clampett know? | 49 |
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| Your homestead business: |
| What to do when nobody wants your product | 56 |
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| The machine shed: |
| Tire tech | 59 |
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| Life on the sunny side: |
| Boiling down your heating options | 61 |
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| The case for alternative energy: |
| Mining for trouble | 63 |
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| Homestead livestock: |
| Don't let your herd share agreement land you in court | 67 |
| National Livestock Identification System (updates) | 69 |
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| Livestock predator control: |
| A new approach to an old problem | 72 |
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| The homestead dog: |
| Farm dogs: A competitive value in security systems and more | 74 |
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| Homestead poultry: |
| Rainbow Cornish may be back on the market | 77 |
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| The horse barn: |
| Norwegian Fjord: The homesteader's horse | 79 |
| Mules grace this Wisconsin homestead | 80 |
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| Question of the month: |
| Can technology and simplicity co-exist on a homestead? | 81 |
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| The wood carver: |
| Whittling twigs and branches | 110 |
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| Last minute thoughts on revitalizing kerosene | 110 |
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| Country neighbors: |
| Remembering whose dream homesteading is | 111 |
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| Looking back: |
| Self-reliance equals financial freedom | 112 |
| Memories of grape jelly | 113 |
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| Homestead kids: |
| There's no time for boredom on this homestead! | 115 |
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| Poor Will's Almanack | 116 |
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| After chores: |
| The paper helicopter | 130 |
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