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40  Jug lines, limb lines, trot lines
      By Jason Akers

43  Emergency and backwoods water treatment: Part 2 — "The practice"
      By Tim Thorstenson

52  The poor man's ultra-light dual-fuel backpacking stove
      By Rick Brannan

Building

8  Build a goat cottage
      By Jackie Clay

Food and recipes

26  Elderberries: Hospitality, health, and beauty
      By Gail Butler

32  Ethiopian food
      By Richard Blunt

78  Lenie in the kitchen: Pecan coated rock fish
      By Ilene Duffy

Farm and garden

22  Vermicomposting
      By Rebekah Cowell

76  A peek into the life of the Pekin duck
      By Abby Walowen

Making a living

73  James Harrod: Small engine repairman
      By Sylvia Gist

History/Americana

64  Breaking in a sodbuster
      By Mel Tharp

66  Our job
      By Claire Wolfe