| Departments: |
| Country conversation | 8 |
| Coming events | 31 |
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| Special feature: |
| But the levee was dry: The truth about the Clean Water Restoration Act of 2007 | 32 |
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| Surviving hard times | 35 |
| How to pay nothing for perfectly good things | 36 |
| Hunting & pecking through the sands of time | 39 |
| Save the earth and improve your health, with pedal power | 41 |
| Hi-tech flashlights and lanterns for the homestead | 44 |
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| Life on the sunny side: |
| Calling for backup: Part II: Battery-based backup power systems | 46 |
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| Don't just toss it! Fix it! | 48 |
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| Homestead finances: |
| How to earn extra money in the country | 50 |
| Penny pinching 101: The pinch without the pain | 54 |
| Living with what I have | 57 |
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| The homestead kitchen: |
| Money saving tips from More Money Than Month | 58 |
| Notes from the northwoods: From cucumber to pickle | 60 |
| Sauerkraut: Nature's traditional immune booster | 63 |
| Countryside staff's favorite recipes | 64 |
| Bread baking basics | 67 |
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| The garden: |
| 5 mistakes I made the 1st year growing produce | 69 |
| You don't have to be fanatical about compost | 71 |
| Vegetables to grow and when to plant them in the high dessert | 73 |
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| The orchard: |
| Growing fruit without sprays | 75 |
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| The woodlot: |
| Plant a windbreak | 77 |
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| Homestead livestock: |
| New Registry for Large Black Hogs | 78 |
| Birth control for your feline friends | 78 |
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| The poultry yard: |
| Decorate your homestead with beautiful birds! | 80 |
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| The goat barn: |
| Goat milking made easy(er!) | 86 |
| A "proper" feta cheese recipe | 88 |
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| Country neighbors: |
| 4 rules of thumb for the country | 94 |
| Tweaking the dream: Homesteading on the edge of town | 96 |
| They found their homestead in Indiana | 98 |
| Using the farm and a little bit of country wisdom to provide for a family | 99 |
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| The hapless homesteader: |
| Benedictine journey, Part I | 100 |
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| Poor Will's Countryside Almanack | 103 |
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| After Chores: |
| Pop bottles to plant baskets | 114 |
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