| Departments: |
| Editorial | 8 |
| Country conversation | 10 |
| Coming events | 27 |
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| What to do about rural crime | 28 |
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| Homestead mechanics: |
| Reducing the $ting at the pump | 32 |
| Doing his own auto mechanic work paid off for this college student | 34 |
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| Life on the sunny side: |
| SIPping the good life - Structural Insulated Panels prove a good match for off-grid living | 36 |
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| Comparing the Hillbilly Solar Trailer and The Powerwagontm | 39 |
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| Maple monkey | 40 |
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| The garden: |
| Make your own tomato trellises and cages | 42 |
| Row covers extend the garden season | 45 |
| Aquaponics, the wave of the future | 47 |
| Let's get planting: Tips for starting your seeds off right | 48 |
| Growing the perfect blackberry | 53 |
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| The homestead kitchen: |
| Homemade pickled beets: It's like eating candy from a jar | 55 |
| Jeweled Beet Salad | 57 |
| Since the dawn of civilization, almonds have nourished humanity | 58 |
| It's easy to make your own cheese | 61 |
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| The sheep shed: |
| California Variegated Mutant sheep | 66 |
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| The goat barn: |
| You're kidding! | 68 |
| Tips for new goat owners | 71 |
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| The cow barn: |
| Foot care for cattle | 73 |
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| The rabbitry: |
| Requeening your hive | 80 |
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| The woodcarver: |
| Some random thoughts from an old wood carver | 85 |
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| Informal happiness survey: |
| Homesteaders are a happy lot, overall | 89 |
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| Next question of the month: |
| Shovels of fun | 94 |
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| Family album | 95, 97 |
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| Country neighbors: |
| Our Idaho homesteading adventure | 96 |
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| Poor Will's Almanack for Early Spring 2008 | 99 |
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| After chores: |
| Farm fragrance | 114 |
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