Issue #166: July/August 2017

Description

This issue features:

Self-reliance

• A simple, easy rocket stove by Kai Moessle
• Small-scale skidding by Setanta O’Ceillaigh
• Three easy quilts to make by Sylvia Gist
• Sharpen a chainsaw like a pro by Setanta O’Ceillaigh
• Replace broken tool handles by Jackie Clay-Atkinson
• Make a new handle for an old five-gallon bucket by Carol Hill

Building

• Build an off-grid root cellar, garage, and bunkhouse by Robert Van Putten
• Construct some fly-through bird feeders by Dorothy Ainsworth

Energy

• Off-grid retreat — putting it all together by Jeffrey R. Yago

Food and Recipes

• Canning game meat by Linda Gabris
• Make cheese like a Viking by Jereme Zimmerman
• Syrian cuisine spreads across the world by Habeeb Salloum

Farm and garden

• Grow open-pollinated tomatoes by Jackie Clay-Atkinson