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The Complete Idiot's Guide To Self-Sufficient Living. By JD Belanger
January/February, 2010
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Free hot water from your wood cookstove
    By Patricia Greene

Real life in the off-grid dream
    By Rex A. Ewing

Gardening on a dime
    By Tawra Kellam

A farm store can work for you
    By Suzy Lowry Geno

Prevent coccidiosis in calves
    By Heather Smith Thomas

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All around the homestead
Equipping the "ideal" homestead in the 21st century
How many ways can you save time?
Are you depriving your kids?
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Your homestead business
Selecting and starting your ideal home business
Marketing your crafts
Wholesale vs. retail, Part I: Retail

Alternative energy
Purchasing and using a masonry stove
Is homegrown wind power right for you?
Solar hot water, anyone? System options for every climate

Homestead Construction
Energy efficient homes
Designing your ideal homestead
Build your own solar shower for pennies

Country kitchen
Learning to cook on a woodstove
Sourdough bread variations
Stocking your emergency food pantry

Homestead crafts
Design your own insulating window quilts
A second life for bluejeans
Rags to rugs

Crops & soils
The soul of soil
Composting at home
No-till, permanent bed farming

Homestead finances
How to thrive on half your income
How we went from $42,000 to $6,500 and lived to tell about it!
Coping with today's economy

The garden
Grow herbs in winter
Scarecrows that actually work
The $2 garden

Homestead livestock
Livestock on the homestead
Donkeys on the homestead
The importance of biodiversity in livestock production
Getting started with bees
Selecting cattle for your small farm
Start your own meat goat herd
Draft horses—as useful today as ever
Raising your own backyard pig
Raising ducks and geese on pasture
Fundamental principles of rabbit feeding
Milking sheep offer a new small farm alternative

In the wild
Milkweed: A truly remarkable wild vegetable
Wild onions—punchy, pungent, perfect
Wild parsnip: It's like raiding a garden, but better

Notes from the Northwoods
Eating out of your garden
Build a homestead one-log hauler
Building and using a midwest solar food dryer

Self-reliance/Survival
How to purify water in an emergency
Lost in the wilderness! Tips to help you emerge safely
A simple hand-warming heater you can make yourself

Homestead water
How to get water from a drilled well when the power is off
Conservation tips for everyone
Homestead water procurement

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