Issue #162: November/December 2016

Description

This issue features:

Self-reliance

• Hunting, processing, and serving black bear by Linda Gabris
• Acorn extravaganza by Ellen Zachos
• Harvesting and using rose hips by Devon McMillen-Young
• Stumped by a stump? by Dan Reeves

Building

• Building a ferro-cement shed by Robert Van Putten
• Constructing a tiny house by Sarah McKean

Food and recipes

• Pumpkin dishes with international flair by Habeeb Salloum
• Make natural soda by Jereme Zimmerman

Farm and garden

• Growing strawberries by Patrice Lewis
• Build a heated kindle box by Tim Johanns
• Plan ahead to jump-start next year’s garden by Jackie Clay-Atkinson
• Protected salt block holder by Jackie Clay-Atkinson

Americana

• The election of 1800 was far more important than the current one by John Silveira