| Departments: |
| Country conversation | 8 |
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| Special section: |
| Getting started on your homestead: Advice for beginners | 27 |
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| Life on the sunny side: |
| Using wind energy for direct water heating | 36 |
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| Alternative building: |
| Building a straw bale home—at the age of 19 | 38 |
| They built a home in a hurry—with earthbags | 40 |
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| The garden: |
| The integrated homestead: Part II: Tools | 42 |
| Lasagna gardening begins with layers | 49 |
| It's high time to revive the working family garden | 51 |
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| The homestead kitchen: |
| Dry it. You'll like it! | 54 |
| Canning in the great outdoors | 59 |
| Got zucchini? So do all your neighbors! | 62 |
| Feeding a family for under $300 a month? | 63 |
| Vegetarian volcanoes for special occasions | 64 |
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| The henhouse: |
| Emergency kit for the coop | 67 |
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| The livestock barn: |
| Managing mastitis | 69 |
| A word about bulls | 71 |
| A lesson in halter breaking calves | 73 |
| Environmentally friendly fly trap | 74 |
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| The apiary: |
| Sustainable and bee-friendly beekeeping | 80 |
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| The homestead dog: |
| English Shepherds are great homestead dogs | 84 |
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| The goat barn: |
| Goats are affected by nasal bot larvae | 85 |
| Caprine terminology | 85 |
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| Your homestead business: |
| Wholesale vs. retail: Part II: Wholesale | 86 |
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| Homestead finance: |
| Having a cash reserve isn't a luxury, it's a necessity! | 88 |
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| Question of the month: |
| What have you learned from movies or tv? | 89 |
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| Country neighbors: |
| A new baby (21 years after the last one), and a new life | 93 |
| What grows in the wild stays in the wild | 94 |
| Rural women business owners lead the rural rennaissance | 96 |
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| The hapless homesteader: |
| Self-sufficiency when it really matters | 98 |
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| Poor Will's Almanack | 100 |
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| After chores: |
| Home is where the heart is | 114 |
| Aunt Myrtle's mistake | 114 |
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