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ABOUT THE COVER

In this cover by Don Childers, a family collects maple sap from their trees to boil it down into syrup in the nearby shack. Mom drives the ATV carefully over the snow while Dad lifts the heavy bucket filled with sap. They are making memories that their daughter will fondly look back on for the rest of her life.

6 Publisher’s Note

7 Editorial:
Socialism’s promises always end in disaster

63 Ask Jackie:
Growing yellow squash, rotating tomatoes, canning pork, buying bagged soil, etc.

48 Ayoob on Firearms:
Lethal force against a mob

67 The Irreverent Joke Page

90 Letters

92 Advertiser index

93 Classified ads

94-96 BHM anthologies & books

FEATURES

Self-reliance

8 16 tips to manage time on the homestead
By Patrice Lewis

15 Foraging for wild berries
By Kristina Seleshanko

41 Urban maple sugaring
By Dana Benner

60 Make your own gardener’s hand balm
By Lorinda McKinnon

74 How to resurrect old, rusted tools
By R.E. Rawlinson

88 Rebind your towels to save money
By Gail Butler

Alternative energy

19 Battery-powered tools on a self-reliant homestead
By Jackie Clay-Atkinson

24 Battery-powered tools are changing
By Jeff Yago

37 My off-grid water system
By R.E. Rawlinson

54 Build your own adjustable solar frame
By Kai Moessle

Food and recipes

68 Meatloaf recipes from around the world
By Linda Gabris

Farm and garden

26 Preparing your garden
By Melissa Souza

44 Growing microgreens
By Lisa Nourse

58 Hügelkultur for the homestead
By Rose Shelton

78 Gardening with children (without losing your mind)
By Kristina Seleshanko

82 Growing seed poppies
By Patrice Lewis

86 Tips for growing cucumbers
By Tom Kovach

Americana and history

30 Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?
By Don Lewis

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