| Departments: |
| Country conversation | 8 |
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| Special feature: |
| The Greenhorn's guide to homesteading, Part II: | |
| Buying the farm | 28 |
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| Planning your homestead | 31 |
| Life in the bush | 36 |
| Life in the high desert | 38 |
| Homesteading advice from former greenhorns | 41 |
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| Homestead finances: |
| How to earn extra money in the country | 52 |
| Do you want fries with that? | 54 |
| Bring customers to your front door with a website | 57 |
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| Life on the sunny side: |
| Sizing a solar-electric system for worry-free off-grid living | 58 |
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| The garden: |
| Build your own greenhouse by converting an outbuilding | 62 |
| Get an early start in your garden | 66 |
| Garden without water? Dry farming in the southwest | 68 |
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| Foraging: |
| Wolfberries: Exceptional nutrition in a small package | 75 |
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| The homestead kitchen: |
| Spinach: The prince of vegetables | 77 |
| Dr. Chase's crackers and bread | 80 |
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| The goat barn: |
| Which breed is best for the cheesemaker? | 82 |
| Cold water treatment works on snake bite | 82 |
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| The pig pen: |
| Make sure your pigs get proper minerals | 83 |
| A good boar is worth more than some think | 83 |
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| The henhouse: |
| Finishing the perfect chicken coop | 84 |
| Winter care for your chickens | 85 |
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| The rabbit barn: |
| Feeding rabbits in the 1930s | 88 |
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| The goat barn: |
| Lessons in goat raising | 89 |
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| The cow barn: |
| Watering your herd in winter | 91 |
| When will she calve? | 92 |
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| Rural healthcare: |
| The stork stops here | 94 |
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| Sustainable living: |
| Four conditions for sustainability | 96 |
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| The hapless homesteader: |
| The flying squirrel | 99 |
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| Poor Will's Countryside Almanack | 101 |
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| 2008 Countryside Index | 112 |
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| After chores: |
| I've been malled! | 114 |
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