Note from the publisher

Letters

Editorial:
    Taking care of yourself

Recipes:
    Hearty winter breakfasts
    Chicken with curried rice

Original poems:
   Richard Lee Rose
    Lorne S. Inglehart
    Jim Watters
   John Silveira

Book Reviews
   How to build small barns
   Fences for pasture and garden
   Lunar organic gardener
   Lunar planting guide
   Outdoor brickwork
   Finding and Buying Your Place inthe Country
   Grasses
   Free-lance writer's handbook
   Basic Hydroponics
   The Bread Book
   The S.A.S. Survival Handbook

Profile:
   Jerry Belanger's network beyond the sidewalk

Just for kids:
    Rainy day magic

Contents

Building

• Insulation and vapor barriers
• How to stop an invading army — TERMITES!

Country life

• The forest king is returning
• Living with a frozen privy
• Fireplace cooking cures the winter blues
• A night out at the Lady Griz game

Alternative energy

• Using water hydraulics to help install your house grounding rod
• Preparing your photovoltaic system for winter

Self sufficiency/Money/Jobs

• How to make your own "grab and go" survival kits
• Try buying at auctions to save money for just just about any item
• Using and storing wheat at home
• Raising fishworms as a business

Guns

• Handgun choices for women who want to provide their own defense

Farm/Garden

• Llamas guarding sheep? Not such a far-fetched idea
• Your garden has a history
• Calling earthworms???

Americana/Society

• The fully-informed jury can restore the "Bill of Rights"
• Doesn't anyone remember Tom Paine
• Guilty by default? One family's tragedy and a mother's warning

Crafts

• Boredom got you tied in knots? Try "string craft"
• Flowered circlets