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5 The Most Important
Self-Reliance Skill Ever
Put into practice these six habits to master the true make-or-break homesteading skill: getting the right work done, the right way.
9 Coppicing Trees for
Sustainable Firewood
You can grow firewood in a fraction of the time it takes to raise a tree from seed.
12 Best Staple Crops
for Building Food Self-Sufficiency
These 10 space-efficient, calorierich, staple crops give high yields and store easily to boost food security and save money.
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18 Lesson From
Off-Grid Living
Practical advice from a 20-year veteran homesteader helps you shift to a low-carbon lifestyle.
22 Earning on an Acre
Intensive square-foot gardening makes it possible to make more than $43,000 per acre in produce.
25 Haymaking Tools
For the Small Farm
These implements and tips make haymaking practical and economical, no matter your acreage.
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28 Top Tools for a
Half-Acre Homestead
DIY veteran Lloyd Kahn recommends the tools and tactics that have kept his homestead humming for 40 years.
33 Fish Farming
It’s a lot like vegetable gardening, only wetter.
36 Homesteading
on Marginal Land
Use an imaginative eye to find land for a farm, and transform it with sound husbandry practices.
41 Seed Starting Made Simple
Restless as the season turns? Keep your green thumb nimble during the off-season and seeding indoors.
COVER PHOTOGRAPH: WILLIAM D. ADAMS
Shift to a low-carbon lifestyle with practical advice from homesteaders who live entirely off-grid.
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