countryside mag.. a good source of info

[sky otter]

in light of some of the other threads i thought i would give you the link to a great mag
it has much more than  homesteading articles..i just the latest copy and it has many articles on water
the website still has the last publication up...it's bi-monthly
it's a lot about surviving..you can take it from there

http://www.countrysidemag.com/


here's some of the stuff  that you can read on line

EN~JOY
From the Countryside Online Library: All around the homestead
• Equipping the "ideal" homestead in the 21st century
• How many ways can you save time?
• Are you depriving your kids? 

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

Read more in the Countryside Library

[Somamech]

Ahh ta thanks for the link 

Would like to read the section on wholesale vs retail as it may come in handy one day... Even though USA market and Oz is quite diff, ideas can work beyond boundrys !!!