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| 6 Publisher’s Note
7 Editorial: The attack on Colin Powell prompts questions I’m not supposed to ask 76 Ask Jackie: “Retiring” in the backwoods, canning cabbage, green tomato pickles, grape jelly & grape juice, rolled oats, canned cheese, cleaning up cat puke, and storing eggs 25 Ayoob on Firearms: 48 The gee-whiz! page 39 Book Review Guns Save Lives 80 Letters 86 Advertiser Index 82 Classified ads (pdf) 91-98 BHM anthologies, CD-ROMs, & books 88-89 Order form/Subscription Info 87 The last word:A proposal for ending violent crime For a subscription |
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Farm and garden8 Use Wallo’Water and gain a month of growing season By Jackie Clay 30 Want more fruit from less space? Espalier your trees! By Rev. J.D. Hooker 40 Preparing garden soil in winter By Alice B. Yeager 69 Mane and tail tools By Gary D. Kirchmeier Self-reliance16 Harvesting the wild: acorns By Jackie Clay 32 Pemmican: an ideal all-purpose food By Habeeb Salloum 35 Caring for spices and herbs By Tom R. Kovach 36 How to butcher a chicken in 20 minutes or less By Dr. Roger W. Grim, D.C. 44 Sell your home: get a good price and sell it faster By Jackie Clay 50 Install a mobile, solar powered toilet By Jeffrey R. Yago, P.E., CEM 63 Preserving fish By Tom R. Kovach 70 Mountain and winter driving By Don Fallick Recipes56 Cracklin’s: an irresistible snack that you can’t stop sneakin’ By Linda Gabris Building and tools14 A packing crate mini-barn By Edward King 24 Hingeless gate By Clay Sawyer 59 Portable fence panels: the homesteader’s friend By Jackie Clay Making a living65 There’s money in music By Don Chance Country living34 The vanishing outhouse By Tom R. Kovach 43 Living with wildlife By Tom R. Kovach |
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