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A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H  I  J  K  L  M  N  O  P  Q  R  S  T  U  V  W  X  Y  Z Please enable Javascript to use the select box below.   Select an Author ---------------------- A ---------------------- Lois A. Adams Dorothy Ainsworth Cynthia Andal Gary F. Arnet Massad Ayoob ---------------------- B ---------------------- Radley Balko James Ballou Pat Barden H. Bumper Bauer Jennifer Stein Barker Dana Martin Batory Rachel Baxter Roger L. Beattie Jim Benson Rudy Behrens Dietmar Berg BHM Staff Report Mike Blank Nanette Blanchard Richard Blunt Sally Boulding Rick Brannan Mary Jo Bratton Rick Brentlinger Thomas Brewer Grace Brockway Marcia E. Brown Gail Butler Emily Buehler Marjorie Burris ---------------------- C ---------------------- Dorothy Cady Darlene Campbell Michael Cantrell Albert H. Carlson Emily Chadwick Don Chance Liz Case Jackie Clay Sandy Coates Dave Cournoyer Rebekah L. Cowell Julie Crist Larry Cywin ---------------------- D ---------------------- James F. Deaton Armand O. Deblois Oliver Del Signore John DePresca Dave Duffy Ilene Duffy Kevin F. Duffy ---------------------- E ---------------------- Pete Earl Allen Easterly Larry Elliott George Erdosh Anita Evangelista ---------------------- F ---------------------- Don Fallick Lev G. Fedyniak D.B. Frandsen John Fuchs Danny Fulks ---------------------- G ---------------------- Linda Gabris Dynah Geissal Suzy Lowry Geno Scott Gentleman Sylvia Gist Bill Glade, M.D. Skip Goebel John Graesch Jennifer Grahova Corcceigh Green Steven Gregersen Lee Greiman Gary Gresh Sharon Griggs Dr. Roger W. Grim, D.C. ---------------------- H ---------------------- Michael Hackleman Alan T. Hagan Michelle Hampton Martin Harris Marjorie (Sultzbaugh) Harrison Steven Heckeroth Rev. J.D. Hooker Jerry Hourigan C. M. Hudman ---------------------- I ---------------------- ---------------------- J ---------------------- Edward Love Johnson ---------------------- K ---------------------- John Kallas, Ph.D Tanya Kelley Brian Kendall Mary Kenyon Mark and Lynn Klammer Joe Knight Tom R. Kovach Robert E. Kramer ---------------------- L ---------------------- Lisa LaFreniere Joy Lamb Paul Lamble Maggie Larsen David Lee Luke Lee Janet Leake Bill Leonard Patrice Lewis Jean Louis L’Heureux Michele Lightfoot Sandy Lindsey John Lo Cicero ---------------------- M ---------------------- Edna Manning Roy Martin David Scott Matthews Christopher Maxwell Kelly McCarthy Len McDougall John McLane, RN Beverly Mettot Olivia Miller Eugene Mitchell Judith W. Monroe Diana Morgan Daniel Motz ---------------------- N ---------------------- Lewis Napper Randy Neumann Raymond Nones Christopher & Dolores Lynn Nyerges ---------------------- O ---------------------- Joyce Lindsey O’Keefe Tom and Joanne O’Toole ---------------------- P ---------------------- Sharon L. Palmer, RD Kathy Parkes Marlene Parkin Amy E. Peare Carole Perlick Carrie Peterson Darlene Polachic ---------------------- Q ---------------------- ---------------------- R ---------------------- Joe Radabaugh Katharine B. Reader Michelle Richards Debra J. Ricketts Brad Rohdenburg Vicky Rose ---------------------- S ---------------------- Sharon Sabo Emily Salinger Habeeb Salloum Charles A. Sanders Karen McGeorge Sanders Kathleen Sanderson Clay Sawyer Peter Schwartz Marcella Shaffer Gene Sheley Lucy Shober John E. Silveira Linda Slate Harry Spetla Brent Stainer George Stancliffe Scott Stoddard Jay Stoler Harrison Stone Jon Stram Harry Styron Vin Suprynowicz ---------------------- T ---------------------- Vicki Tate Jayn Steidl Thibodeau Skip Thomsen Brent Todd Len Torney Leonard Trebor Jacqueline Tresl Annie (Duffy) Tuttle ---------------------- U ---------------------- ---------------------- V ---------------------- Jim Van Camp Jim Van Sant ---------------------- W ---------------------- Emory Warner Micki Warner Martin Waterman Robert Waters Bill Weekes Carol Williams Robert L. Williams Glenn Willis, Jr. Bill Wilson Devon Winter Nancy Wolcott Claire Wolfe Charles Wood Margaret Wright Mary Ann Wutzke ---------------------- X ---------------------- ---------------------- Y ---------------------- Jeffrey Yago, P.E., CEM Alice Brantley Yeager ---------------------- Z ---------------------- Judy Zent

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• The Declaration of Independence
• The Emancipation Proclamation
• President George Washington's Farewell Address
• The Federalist Papers (Offsite Link)
• The Antifederalist Papers (Offsite Link)

Authors

Lois A. Adams

• Making a great rug from the rag bag  Issue #18

Dorothy Ainsworth

• Determined woman builds distinctive vertical log studio  Issue #27
• Dorothy Ainsworth update: Out of the ashes  Issue #38
• Never underestimate a woman  Issue #32
• From triumph to tragedy to triumph again, Dorothy Ainsworth makes her valiant comeback  Issue #50
• Build a log crib  Issue #69
• This coop is for the birds: Mattie Sue, Splatty-Goo, and Fu-man-choo  Issue #71
• Start a post-construction cleaning business  Issue #76
• Make a quilt out of Levis  Issue #77
• A river rock shower  Issue #77
• The "Curious Guy" and the "Offended Woman"   BHM Website Exclusive
• Getting logs   BHM Website Exclusive
• The house that Dorothy built  Issue #86
• Water pumping windmills  Issue #90
• Self-reliance is a mindset — A woman’s opinion  Issue #94
• Build a 6500-gallon concrete water tank for $1500  Issue #101
• Building Eric’s house  Issue #112
• Garden spaces for small places  Issue #116

Cynthia Andal

• Homemade toys! Easy to make, fun to play with, great for gifts!  Issue #72
• For health & comfort, try wild herbal teas  Issue #76
• Bath herbs  Issue #86

Gary F. Arnet

• SARS — Is this a glimpse of the future?   BHM Website Exclusive
• Disaster preparation  Issue #74
• What to do when there’s no doctor  Issue #75
• No dentist? Oh, no!  Issue #75
• Avoiding heat illness  Issue #77
• The informed juror  Issue #82

Massad Ayoob

• The M1A — a rifle that makes a statement  Issue #45
• Here are some answers to often asked questions of anti-gunners  Issue #45
• Home handgun defense: simplicity suffices  Issue #54
• Defending your lifestyle  Issue #60
• Cheap guns are good enough  Issue #62
• Armed and Female  Issue #63
• Against a rapist  Issue #65
• Of kids and guns  Issue #68
• Picking a holster   Issue #69
• The rationale of the automatic rifle  Issue #70
• Armed citizens: the deterrent factor   BHM Website Exclusive
• Sight and sound enhancement  Issue #71
• Do rural homeowners need guns for self defense?  Issue #72
• Political activism, backwoods style  Issue #75
• Reflections on the Second Amendment  Issue #77
• Firearms and cold weather considerations  Issue #79
• In time of war: The Israeli answer to terrorism  Issue #81
• 1911: the classic homeland security pistol  Issue #83
• How to shoot a handgun accurately  Issue #85
• Common sense about burglary prevention  Issue #89
• Armed civilians can help fight terrorism  Issue #90
• Firearms: tools of rural living  Issue #91
• Choose your ammo...police style  Issue #93
• Marlin 336: The other classic backwoods home deer rifle.  Issue #95
• Answering some well asked questions about personal defense  Issue #97
• How big a gun do you need?  Issue #99
• Centennial of the All-American .30-06  Issue #100
• Frontier style handguns for the modern backwoods home  Issue #101
• The subtleties of safe firearms handling  Issue #103
• Avoiding legal traps  Issue #105
• Thoughts on ammunition  Issue #108
• Moderate power firearms  Issue #110
• Preparing gun owners for the short-term future  Issue #111
• Savage Model 110 - A proven economical backwoods rifle   BHM Website Exclusive
• An economical battery of guns for the backwoods home  Issue #114
• Military surplus and military “clone” rifles  Issue #116
• Roger Clark: Cane syrup maker  Issue #117
• Preparing for hunting season  Issue #119
• Consider the 20-gauge shotgun  Issue #120
• Women and guns  Issue #121

Radley Balko

• They Can't Catch That Tiger

James Ballou

• Tools and hardware for the backwoods home  Issue #74

Pat Barden

• Adventures with a portable sawmill  Issue #104
• Cleaning a well  Issue #105

H. Bumper Bauer

• How to begin taking wildlife photographs  Issue #120

Jennifer Stein Barker

• These salads are hearty dishes  Issue #43
• Greens and rhubarb are spring tonics  Issue #45
• Elegant desserts for entertaining  Issue #48
• Your honey will love your sweet buns  Issue #51
• Used bookstores can be sucessful in the hinterlands  Issue #52

Dana Martin Batory

• Vise Dremel Moto Tool mount  Issue #84

Rachel Baxter

• Tale of a country family  Issue #66

Roger L. Beattie

• Seven secrets of Dutch Oven cooking  Issue #47

Jim Benson

• It's Time For A Revival Of American Civil Defense

Rudy Behrens

• Waterpower for personal use  Issue #16
• Design calculations for no-head, low-head waterwheels  Issue #17
• Design calculations for overshot waterwheels  Issue #18

Dietmar Berg

• New invention — the Fencerunner  Issue #68

BHM Staff Report

• This independent energy dealer says he’s a “conservative’s conservative”  Issue #71
• Small business profile  Issue #72

Mike Blank

• Get a piece of history: an M1 Garand rifle  Issue #89

Nanette Blanchard

• Clean up your act!  Issue #100

Richard Blunt

• American food — it's as varied as the melting pot  Issue #30
• Southern cooking that doesn't just whistle Dixie  Issue #41
• If you can boil water, you can make a good stew  Issue #44
• Fish — this gourmet food is fun to catch, relatively easy to cook, and healthy to eat  Issue #47
• Forget the dog, the chicken is man's best friend  Issue #49
• Recipes from my mother's kitchen  Issue #52
• Chocolate - Food for the Gods  Issue #56
• Tips and tricks for the kitchen  Issue #60
• Moretips and tricks for the kitchen  Issue #62
• CHILI MANIA  Issue #64
• In search of the perfect cup of coffee  Issue #68
• A healthy heart starts in the kitchen  Issue #100
• The healthy kitchen: Good spoons, good knives, good food  Issue #102
• Whole grain breads baked at home  Issue #112
• Gourmet nutrition with beans and rice  Issue #115

Sally Boulding

• Grandma will love this personal "helping hands" wall hanging  Issue #46

Rick Brannan

• The poor man’s ceramic knife sharpener  Issue #87

Mary Jo Bratton

• Based on years of personal experience, here are 10 good tips for homeschooling your kids  Issue #41

Rick Brentlinger

• Free pallet wood and birdhouses add up to big country dollars  Issue #53

Thomas Brewer

• Ambidextrous chainsaw filing  Issue #57

Grace Brockway

• The joys of making soap  Issue #84

Marcia E. Brown

• Piccalilli — a late summer bonus  Issue #83

Gail Butler

• Gather rose hips for health  Issue #95

Emily Buehler

• Creating and maintaining your own sourdough starter  Issue #97
• Modify your oven to bake great bread  Issue #102

Marjorie Burris

• Some thoughts on growing older in the backwoods  Issue #16
• How to maintain a dirt road  Issue #48
• Remembering what grandma used  Issue #57
• How to use those leftovers  Issue #58
• Reflecting on a life in the woods  Issue #60

Dorothy Cady

• Buy your country place from the government  Issue #54

Darlene Campbell

• Get out of debt — stay out of debt  Issue #67
• Shopping to beat inflation  Issue #85

Michael Cantrell

• The coffee mug knife sharpener  Issue #105

Albert H. Carlson

• Everybody talks about lightning and yes, there are things you can do about it  Issue #37

Emily Chadwick

• Call me plumber  Issue #121

Don Chance

• Defeating debt  Issue #82
• Hungry enough to eat a horse?  Issue #88

Liz Case

• Home canning safety tips  Issue #66

Jackie Clay

• Moving to the wilderness — turning the dream to reality  Issue #36
• Commonsense preparedness just makes sense  Issue #48
• Use non-hybrid seeds and save big bucks in this year's garden  Issue #51
• Canning 101 — pickles, fruits, jams, jellies, etc.  Issue #53
• With commonsense planning, you can survive hard times  Issue #55
• Cooking from long-term food storage  Issue #55
• Grow open pollinated seeds for self-reliant gardening  Issue #56
• Medical kits for self-reliant families  Issue #60
• Jackie’s tips for hardcore homesteading  Issue #62
• How we found our remote backwoods home  Issue #65
• A Native American feast  Issue #66
• Garden seeds — a great winter pastime  Issue #67
• A child's garden  Issue #69
• Tips and handy hints for 4X4 living  Issue #71
• Build your own log home in the woods: part 3  Issue #72
• Can she bake an apple pie, Billy Boy?  Issue #77
• Bread: the staff of life  Issue #78
• Harvesting the wild: acorns  Issue #79
• Homemade  Issue #82
• Goat milk recipes  Issue #92
• Put your garden to bed for the winter  Issue #95
• Leafy green vegetables - The underrated heroes of the garden  Issue #104
• You can safely and easily can your own meat  Issue #105
• The perfect holiday meal  Issue #108
• Chickens—the most valuable animal on the homestead  Issue #109
• Protein—the cornerstone of a survival diet  Issue #111
• Goat birthing and raising kids  Issue #112
• Feeding large families without breaking the bank  Issue #116
• Jackie's garden primer  Issue #117
• Cast iron  Issue #118
• Bottle-raise a calf  Issue #120
• Graft your own designer fruit trees  Issue #121

Sandy Coates

• The community treasure chest  Issue #114

Dave Cournoyer

• Tips for finding your affordable home   BHM Website Exclusive

Rebekah L. Cowell

• Breastfeeding — Babies love it, and for good reason  Issue #115

Julie Crist

• 10 country do’s and don’ts  Issue #96

Larry Cywin

• You can become a hardcore forager  Issue #47

James F. Deaton

• The Mini-Skyline   BHM Website Exclusive

Armand O. Deblois

• Make a fully functional cold storage pit/mound and enjoy your garden's production all winter  Issue #47

Oliver Del Signore

• Book Review: Send in the Waco Killers: Essays on the freedom movement 1993-1998  Issue #59
• Preparation for successful painting  Issue #61
• Y2K Conspiracy Continues
• Abolish the Electoral College? No, but…
• When Liberals Succeed
• Only in America
• Father of the year
• A Dose of Their Own Medicine
• Make our schoolchildren happy - the Constitution demands it
• Challenging thoughts
• Explaining the use of force
• Interesting Questions
• Thanks For Nothing, Dell (The Whole Story)
• Inside the Dell Zone - The Final Chapter
• Just Say NO! to the Federal Government  Issue #76
• The terrorists are winning
• Book Review: The Ballad of Carl Drega: Essays on the freedom movement 1994-2001  Issue #78
• Ordering Pizza In 2008
• Book Review: The Black Arrow  Issue #93
• Are environmentalists responsible for global warming?

John DePresca

• The real "Q"—Barbecue the way it's supposed to be  Issue #119

Dave Duffy

• The black man's worst enemy is not racism  Issue #16
• Independent energy runs Backwoods Home Magazine  Issue #28
• Don't throw away your vote  Issue #42
• A history lesson from Ayn Rand  Issue #44
• The Militia Movement  Issue #46
• Thanks for not killing them  Issue #48
• That's not what we mean  Issue #49
• Confessions of a former liberal  Issue #50
• Countdown to freedom’s Armageddon  Issue #55
• The real disaster in our future  Issue #56
• At fascism’s doorstep  Issue #57
• Should both drugs and guns be legal?  Issue #59
• Millenium excuses and the quest for truth  Issue #60
• Remembering a decade of BHM  Issue #61
• Let's stop apologizing for guns  Issue #62
• The real gun criminals  Issue #63
• Why not risk it all?  Issue #64
• Theories of the universe  Issue #66
• Can an understanding of math and statistics save America’s freedoms?  Issue #66
• Goodbye TV, hello constructive time  Issue #67
• How environmental ideology hurts the solar energy industry  Issue #69
• Something unsaid about Timothy McVeigh’s excecution  Issue #70
• Freedom, guns, & boycotts  Issue #71
• How do you keep yourself safe?  Issue #72
• Biological & chemical terrorism  Issue #73
• Personal guns getting to be in style  Issue #74
• Is it time for an education revolution?  Issue #77
• Which is better: a small town or city?  Issue #78
• The attack on Colin Powell prompts questions I’m not supposed to ask  Issue #79
• Confronting the enemy  Issue #81
• Dark Winter — A simulated terrorist attack on three American cities using weaponized smallpox  Issue #81
• How safe is smallpox vaccine?  Issue #81
• Gulf War II opened the eyes of Americans to the U.N. and the media  Issue #82
• “I stink!” but that’s okay  Issue #83
• Mousers and cat loonies  Issue #83
• Animal rights loonies save the chickens but ruin the County Fair  Issue #84
• Shades of truth and sleaziness  Issue #85
• A new country business is born  Issue #86
• A summer of energy fairs and politics  Issue #88
• The burglar does more than steal  Issue #89
• Getting what we deserve  Issue #90
• That old survivalist mumbo jumbo and 10 reasons why it makes sense  Issue #91
• Training for the Boston Marathon  Issue #92
• Practicing what we preach  Issue #93
• Tsunamis and “the experts”  Issue #94
• Sgt. Jim Duffy — an ordinary hero  Issue #95
• If you want to survive an emergency, look to yourself, not the Government  Issue #96
• Talking to your kids about death  Issue #97
• Why you may want to get a “stress test”  Issue #98
• If you want to take care of your health, you have to take control of your life  Issue #100
• The Government gorilla in our home  Issue #101
• Which wars work best? The ones we fight or the ones we avoid?  Issue #102
• I’m proud to be a “Losertarian” again  Issue #103
• America, land of the free...ha, ha, ha!  Issue #104
• Finally—a disaster that is guaranteed!  Issue #105
• The parasitic nature of bureaucracy  Issue #106
• Self-reliance equals freedom  Issue #107
• Starting the hurricane  Issue #109
• Planning for the inevitable  Issue #110
• Maybe food shortages and hunger will do what intellectual debate can’t  Issue #112
• A vast cultural divide exists between environmentalists and gun owners  Issue #113
• From gun control to socialism, it begins with the Fairness Doctrine  Issue #115
• How do you save freedom in America?  Issue #116
• Paying for Social Security with worthless $  Issue #117
• Golf's critical life lessons are under threat  Issue #118
• The destruction of the mass print media will help save freedom in America  Issue #119
• Looking back on 20 years of BHM  Issue #120

Ilene Duffy

• Running your own business—a mother’s perspective  Issue #62
• Sew a baby quilt in two days...for a lifetime of memories  Issue #83
• Heart healthy recipes  Issue #99
• Lenie in the kitchen: A few favorite recipes  Issue #110
• Lenie in the kitchen: Never too busy to make bread  Issue #114
• Apple and berry pies  Issue #118
• Sunday night dinner  Issue #121

Kevin F. Duffy

• The incredible cattail — “The super Wal-Mart of the swamp”  Issue #43

Pete Earl

• Harvest your own firewood  Issue #83

Allen Easterly

• Build a groundhog snare  Issue #98
• Raising quail  Issue #101
• Tastes Just Like Chicken  BHM Website Exclusive
• Build your own repeating mouse trap  Issue #110

Larry Elliott

• For a truly independent energy system, your choices are solar, wind, and water  Issue #28

George Erdosh

• Hearty stews  Issue #103

Anita Evangelista

• How to buy your first sheep (without getting shorn)  Issue #32
• Finding the best dog for the country life  Issue #63
• Storm Survivors  Issue #71
• How do you live without electricity?Issue #73
• The home citrus orchard  Issue #81
• Woolen winter mittens in minutes  Issue #84
• The best city garden  Issue #103
• 10 ways to make money on your land  Issue #106
• Lessons learned from an ice storm  Issue #108

Don Fallick

• Here are some simple tips on how to store apples for a long, long time  Issue #41
• You could furnish an entire homestead at Lehman's “Non-electric” Hardware Store  Issue #47
• Five building tricks for super strong framing  Issue #49
• Mistaken for a terrorist  Issue #73

Lev G. Fedyniak

• Making delicious, unthinkable wines  Issue #110

D.B. Frandsen

• The cholesterol in your stovepipe can be fatal  Issue #36

John Fuchs

• Leaf mold is another way to build your soil  Issue #41

Danny Fulks

• Catfish Biscuits  Issue #87
• Fried chicken for breakfast  Issue #88

Linda Gabris

• Cracklin’s: an irresistible snack that you can’t stop sneakin’  Issue #79
• Grouse hunting...the ultimate joy of autumn  Issue #83
• Garlic — the glorious bulb  Issue #86
• Wonderful wilderness wines  Issue #88
• Turkey the old-fashioned way  Issue #90
• Pickled fish and rollmops  Issue #91
• Breaking ice on hard water fishing—a cool introduction to a fun sport  Issue #91
• Salmon candy and pickles: two unique ways to enjoy your next catch  Issue #93
• Cool dishes for formal summer dining  Issue #94
• Shiitake mushrooms  Issue #96
• Vinegar  Issue #97
• Cooking with seeds  Issue #100
• No fuss, no muss, one-pan grouse supper  Issue #101
• Healthy holiday munchies  Issue #102
• Homemade healthy soba noodles  Issue #105
• Cash in on your household junk  Issue #120

Dynah Geissal

• Slaughtering and Butchering  Issue #23
• Build an inexpensive but durable jackleg fence  Issue #45

Suzy Lowry Geno

• We built John Silveira's chicken coop/garden  BHM Website Exclusive

Scott Gentleman

• A small creek provides plenty of power for this off-grid home   BHM Website Exclusive

Sylvia Gist

• Brooder in a box  Issue #80
• Successful cold storage  Issue #82
• Make your own nut butters  Issue #96
• Propagating grapes  Issue #107

Bill Glade, M.D.

• Caring for wounds in the field  Issue #75

Skip Goebel

• Is steam power in your future?  Issue #43

John Graesch

• The summer of ’35  Issue #64

Jennifer Grahovac

• How to organize an outdoor canning party  Issue #119

Corcceigh Green

• Build your own portable forge  Issue #51
• Exotic plants for the homestead  Issue #85
• Survival firebuilding skills  Issue #97

Steven Gregersen

• Paring down for off-grid living  Issue #93
• Choosing a chain saw  Issue #119

Lee Greiman

• A cabin for one  Issue #109

Gary Gresh

• Catch your own bait  Issue #91

Sharon Griggs

• Your family can afford a computer: buy it used  Issue #39

Dr. Roger W. Grim, D.C.

• How to butcher a chicken in 20 minutes or less  Issue #79

Michael Hackleman

• What if the electricity GOES OFF?  Issue #55
• Keeping your food cold: Solutions to refrigeration when electricity is scarce  Issue #56
• Millennium vehicles   Issue #57
• Sunny solutions for north slope applications  Issue #61
• Radiant floor heating  Issue #64
• 7 solar water heating system designs  Issue #65
• Powering medical equipment during a utility blackout  Issue #70

Alan T. Hagan

• Start your food storage on $10 a week  Issue #59

Michelle Hampton

• The barnyard scramble  Issue #106

Martin Harris

• Trusses — low-cost marvels to roof over most large spaces  Issue #23

Marjorie (Sultzbaugh) Harrison

• In the classroom and at home, this system will help you grow self-reliant kids  Issue #42

Steven Heckeroth

• Solar building design  Issue #63

Rev. J.D. Hooker

• For large quantity food dehydration try this homemade gem from the past  Issue #41
• Here's an easier (and cheaper) way to make wooden beams  Issue #43
• Make your own effective fishing tackle while you save money and recycle scrap  Issue #44
• Inexpensive retired Russian military rifles can be the ideal backwoods meat guns  Issue #47
• Simplify life in your backwoods home by using these easy mountain methods  Issue #54
• For summertime baking needs, build yourself an outdoor horno  Issue #57
• Brood X  BHM Website Exclusive
• Want more fruit from less space? Espalier your trees!  Issue #79
• A simple backwoods hay baler  Issue #82
• The “chocolate tree” isn’t just for kids  Issue #85
• For fuel, fertilizer, and maybe even improved water quality you may need look no further than your manure pile  Issue #87
• Building the coyote rifle  Issue #107
• Make adobe bricks  Issue #110

Jerry Hourigan

• Get to know your spiders  Issue #109

C. M. Hudman

• Cut your grocery bill in half  Issue #53

Edward Love Johnson

• For extra production, try mound gardening  Issue #44

John Kallas, Ph.D

• Making dandelions palatable  Issue #82

Tanya Kelley

• Make grape juice the easy way  Issue #41
• These chocolate treats make great gifts and delicious holiday desserts  Issue #42

Brian Kendall

• Book Review: Armed Response  Issue #93

Mary Kenyon

• Couponing, refunding, and stockpiling will make your money stretch  Issue #92

Mark and Lynn Klammer

• Use plastic to get a head start on corn in the fall  Issue #41

Joe Knight

• The many benefits of garlic  Issue #113

Tom R. Kovach

• Blanching vegetables  Issue #59
• Plant your trees in the spring  Issue #61
• Grandpa’s justice  Issue #65
• The vanishing outhouse  Issue #79
• Space heater safety tips  Issue #90
• Testing soil  Issue #119

Robert E. Kramer

• Here's how to make a musical bamboo flute  Issue #42

Lisa LaFreniere

• Green or Yellow: Grow your best bush beans ever  Issue #62

Joy Lamb

• Here's a mighty creative way to protect your plants from animals  Issue #39

Paul Lamble

• Drawing the line on timber trespass  Issue #78

Maggie Larsen

• Herb boxes from fence boards  Issue #86

David Lee

• Shake update   BHM Website Exclusive
• Better wood heating  Issue #90
• The forever floor  Issue #92
• Renovating old walls  Issue #106
• Shelves and benches  Issue #107
• Build a deluxe barrel stove  Issue #108
• Build your own home in two years  Issue #115

Luke Lee

• Getting out of Dodge  Issue #73

Janet Leake

• Homeschooling through high school  Issue #65

Bill Leonard

• Parge the ugly out of your concrete wall  Issue #57

Patrice Lewis

• Once a day milking  Issue #99

Jean Louis L’Heureux

• Picnicking with class!  Issue #63

Michele Lightfoot

• Making baby food at home  Issue #78

Sandy Lindsey

• Seventeen great tips for caring for windows, mirrors, and other household glass  Issue #43

John Lo Cicero

• Take care of your knife  Issue #98

Edna Manning

• Cultured milk — Food of centenarians  Issue #84
• Growing productive strawberries  Issue #86

Roy Martin

• Water development for the homestead: Ponds, cisterns, and tanks  Issue #102
• Build an old-fashioned hotbed and start your seeds in style  Issue #104

David Scott Matthews

• How to tell a bad egg  Issue #53
• Build a portable woodstove for $30  Issue #78

Christopher Maxwell

• The SKS carbine — an honest bargain  Issue #21

Kelly McCarthy

• Self-reliance for women — surviving a biochemical attack  Issue #94
• Funerals don’t have to be expensive  Issue #95

Len McDougall

• The trigger line  Issue #108
• Wildlife tracking 101  Issue #109
• Hunting to fill the dinner pot  Issue #110
• The fire wick fire starter  Issue #114

John McLane, RN

• Nursing — a perfect backwoods career  Issue #88

Beverly Mettot

• Companion planting  Issue #81

Olivia Miller

• Here are some cucumber pickles to make at home  Issue #41

Eugene Mitchell

• Clover - From livestock forage to medicinal tea, this humble plant is one of nature’s best gifts  Issue #103

Judith W. Monroe

• I heat my house by burning corn  Issue #42

Diana Morgan

• Fully Involved  Issue #58

Daniel Motz

• Buying a used mobile home  Issue #99

Lewis Napper

• Bill of No Rights  Issue #56

Randy Neumann

• Making good jerky  Issue #103

Raymond Nones

• Swiss chard, the leaf vegetable that keeps on giving!  Issue #92

Christopher & Dolores Lynn Nyerges

• You can make your own fertilizers  Issue #44

Joyce Lindsey O’Keefe

• Oregon Grape Jam   BHM Website Exclusive

Tom and Joanne O’Toole

• Mosquitoes outnumber us and no one likes them  Issue #80
• Dandelion recipes  Issue #82
• Hypothermia — a real winter danger  Issue #84
• Stay clear of young wild animals  Issue #86
• Frostbite: Don’t flirt with this sneaky danger  Issue #96

Sharon L. Palmer, RD

• Cookies in a jar  Issue #72
• Kids in the Kitchen  Issue #97
• The wonderful world of lavender  Issue #98
• Lemons, the versatile fruit  Issue #100

Kathy Parkes

• Breastfeeding — a primer  Issue #49

Marlene Parkin

• Quilts — masterpieces of the heart and windows into women's history  Issue #22

Amy E. Peare

• Pysanki — you can make those biddies pay!  Issue #86
• Teaching the joy of reading  Issue #96

Carole Perlick

• Women play a key role when it comes to making this rural volunteer fire department a success  Issue #45

Carrie Peterson

• Raising rabbits for profit  Issue #106

Darlene Polachic

• Use old newspapers to make your starter pots  Issue #49
• Dorper sheep  Issue #75

Joe Radabaugh

• Making and using a solar cooker  Issue #30

Katharine B. Reader

• Multi-level marketing — is it the road to riches or disaster?  Issue #46

Michelle Richards

• Small engine maintenance for women  Issue #24

Debra J. Ricketts

• The Candy Scam — A Metaphor For Modern Times

Brad Rohdenburg

• Preparedness for travelers  Issue #81
• Traditional trail foods — transportable calories  Issue #81

Vicky Rose

• Brining pickles  Issue #113

Sharon Sabo

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Emily Salinger

• Thermopolis, WY  Issue #85

Habeeb Salloum

• Bologna sandwiches and roasted rabbit  Issue #61
• My garden—A springboard of food, pleasure, and history  Issue #80
• Vegetarian pies: they kept us healthy on the farm  Issue #87
• Tahini: a health food par-excellence  Issue #89
• Growing potatoes in straw  Issue #100
• Do you suffer from gout? Here are some recipes that might help  Issue #103

Charles A. Sanders

• Build a homestead copy cart  Issue #45
• Raising your own beef for your family  Issue #57
• Build this sturdy large-capacity food dehydrator  Issue #63
• Make a sure-fire live trap  Issue #64
• Homestead helpers  Issue #65
• The homestead greenhouse  Issue #67
• Build a stone wall  Issue #70
• Some unusual jellies for your sweet tooth  Issue #70
• Raising cattle on your own place  Issue #85
• Beekeeping basics  Issue #88
• 35 country jobs: how folks make a living near my hometown  Issue #89
• Build a heated germination bed  Issue #92
• PVC pipe in the home, garden, farm, and workshop  Issue #94
• A new use for old tires—A garden using tires  Issue #98
• Gardening tips and tricks  Issue #99
• How to build a good fence for your homestead  Issue #103
• This country job really rocks  Issue #105
• Redworm farming  Issue #112

Karen McGeorge Sanders

• Llamas guarding sheep? Not such a far-fetched idea  Issue #19

Kathleen Sanderson

• Kinder goats: a small breed for milk and meat  Issue #95

Clay Sawyer

• Build a pallet fence  Issue #69

Peter Schwartz

• The Racism Of 'Diversity'

Marcella Shaffer

• Solar food drying  Issue #58
• Making maple syrup  Issue #59
• Home dairying  Issue #64

Gene Sheley

• Mountain lions — attacks are still rare, but just in case...  Issue #50
• A determined Rose Bley escaped the city  Issue #51

Lucy Shober

• Take a nite hike  Issue #22
• Some good clean fun  Issue #24
• Killing some time  Issue #26
• Good-bye old friend  Issue #27
• Sun-kabobs & solar sizzle  Issue #28
• Some pioneer recipes  Issue #30
• Knock knock vinegar  Issue #32
• Life in the forest  Issue #34
• Visit the great prairies (right in your own back yard)  Issue #35
• Some farinaceous folly  Issue #36

John E. Silveira

• The Electoral College — how we elect the President  Issue #18
• America's earliest First Ladies were fascinating (Part I)  Issue #29
• Former First Ladies — beautiful, brilliant, crazy (Part II)  Issue #30
• Carver — he wrote the book on self reliance  Issue #31
• James Polk — a model for modern presidents  Issue #32
• Presidential wives, Part III (First Ladies)  Issue #34
• Presidents' wives, Part IV — cunning, vindictive, and maybe one murderess  Issue #35
• The logic behind term limits and a historical perspective  Issue #35
• Steam Driven Cars — cars from the past that would make ideal cars for the future  Issue #36
• Just how good of a bet are those lotto tickets?  Issue #37
• Want proof of luck, ESP, and psychic powers?  Issue #40
• Losing our rights as we watch television  Issue #44
• Save time and energy with the fenced chicken coop/garden  Issue #44
• Science and truth...are they related?  Issue #46
• The saga of the brand name computer and why you should buy a "clone"  Issue #47
• Who were the best...and the worst U.S. Presidents?  Issue #49
• Why bureaucracy will likely destroy America  Issue #50
• Do we need a Taxpayers' Bill of Rights?  Issue #53
• The chances of global disaster  Issue #57
• We don’t need no steenking 2nd Amendment  Issue #58
• How big is the solar system?  Issue #60
• The greatest American who was never President  Issue #60
• I don't know  Issue #63
• Stumbling over your own stupidityIssue #64
• A lesson in respect  Issue #65
• The coming American dictatorship  Issue #66
• Outplayed & outbluffed  Issue #67
• Chuck meets Bubba  Issue #68
• Money can buy happiness  Issue #72
• We should have seen this one coming  Issue #73
• Nuclear terrorism  Issue #74
• Silveira's 1st Law: Every group needs a black sheep  Issue #74
• The Coming American Dictatorship revisited  Issue #77
• The world's least free country  Issue #77
• Fixing a broken jury system  Issue #78
• Book Review: Guns Save Lives  Issue #79
• Do we really need Yuppies?  Issue #80
• Biological and chemical weapons through history  Issue #81
• Is television still a wasteland?  Issue #81
• The curse of oil  Issue #82
• Gun control, race, and rotten politicians  Issue #83
• The world is ending!...again?  Issue #85
• The coming ice age  Issue #86
• The tenuous hold of honesty in modern America  Issue #87
• Democracy in Iraq?  Issue #88
• Fake lawsuits, stacked juries, and LAWYERS!  Issue #89
• Getting rich through generosity  Issue #89
• A republic vs. a democracy  Issue #90
• The impact of firearms on crime, business, and politics  Issue #91
• Why we have no “constitutional” rights  Issue #92
• One good reason for tax reform  Issue #93
• Subduction zone tsunami  Issue #94
• Let prisoners get high on marijuana  Issue #96
• Avian Flu: How afraid of this chicken should you be?Issue #97>
• The National Animal Identification System is the bureaucrats’ latest grab for power  Issue #98
• Government spending  Issue #99
• "If you don’t like it here, why don’t you move to another country?"  Issue #99
• Confident liberals vs. whiny conservatives?  Issue #100
• A brief history of health and medicine  Issue #100
• The land of the unfree  Issue #101
• Who's supposed to protect our rights?  Issue #102
• Loading the gun for a dictatorship  Issue #103
• Finally, a choice in 2008  Issue #104
• Where our farm animals come from  Issue #105
• Are aliens stealing our honeybees?  Issue #106
• Is "peak oil" the new end-of-the-world?  Issue #107
• Questions about global warming  Issue #108
• The unheralded roots of America’s freedoms  Issue #108
• A doomsday scenario to sleep on  Issue #109
• Our "unenumerated" rights  Issue #110
• What’s driving prices up? What can you do about it?  Issue #111
• The rising cost of food and fuel  Issue #112
• Thomas Jefferson couldn’t get elected today  Issue #112
• The real good news in the recent 2nd Amendment decision  Issue #113
• Our energy crisis: It's our creation, but we can fix it  Issue #113
• Our energy crisis, Part 2 of 3: Nuclear energy is sensible and safe  Issue #114
• The world is coming to an end...and this time, I’m not kidding  Issue #114
• The meltdown and the bailout: why, how, and what they mean  Issue #115
• Because they failed to take away our guns, they’re coming after our ammo  Issue #116
• Sabrina Anderson: Child care provider  Issue #117
• The path to another Depression  Issue #117
• The "risks" with swine flu  Issue #118
• Our energy crisis: Part 3  Issue #118
• Was the first government gun confiscation attempt foiled by an unsung colonial heroine?  Issue #119
• The Coming American Dictatorship, Part XI  Issue #119
• How to achieve affordable health care  Issue #120
• Who are the libertarians? Can they save the Constitution?  Issue #120
• Abandoning the Constitution!  Issue #121

Linda Slate

• Build a chicken feeder on the cheep  Issue #119

Harry Spetla

• A canoe livery — an honest, clean business  Issue #46

Brent Stainer

• Help your home survive in the path of a wildfire  Issue #104

George Stancliffe

• Teach speed reading to your children even if you can’t speed read yourself  Issue #59

Scott Stoddard

• The raging torrent — respect it, even when you play  Issue #70

Jay Stoler

• Life-long siding with fiber cement board  Issue #117

Harrison Stone

• Build a graceful footbridge  Issue #77

Jon Stram

• Thorne Bay, Alaska  Issue #84

Harry Styron

• Boost your income by adding a processing step to what you sell  Issue #36

Vin Suprynowicz

• 'If it's the law it's the law...'
• Cheerfully, peacefully...withhold cooperation
• The Anniversary Of The Bill Of Rights: Our second great national holiday -- or at least it should be
• What's this business about 'restoring' rights?
• Jailed for speaking her mind
• Are these people nuts?
• Why not just outlaw the potatoes?
• How far have property rights been eroded?
• Why they no longer treat us with respect
• Larger school districts tend to veer 'off task'

Vicki Tate

• 7 Mistakes of food storage  Issue #55

Jayn Steidl Thibodeau

• Finding, buying, milking, and living with the family cow   Issue #36

Skip Thomsen

• Don't discount a generator, especially a diesel generator, as your primary power source  Issue #28
• Diesel generator power is a sensible choice, especially when integrated into the total system  Issue #43
• Stairs: the next level   BHM Website Exclusive

Brent Todd

• Neighbors  Issue #90

Len Torney

• Get the most out of your vehicle and your maintenance dollar  Issue #116
• Intake and exhaust upgrades for better mileage and performance  Issue #120

Leonard Trebor

• Growing the eternal tomato  Issue #57

Jacqueline Tresl

• Make your own lumber with a chainsaw mill  Issue #39

Annie (Duffy) Tuttle

• Working for a dad who works at home  Issue #40
• Shearing, carding, spinning, weaving and creating with Margaret Boos  Issue #52
• Sewing and using cloth diapers is easier than you think  Issue #113

Jim Van Camp

• Jim Van Camp: Coffee roaster, painter  Issue #117

Jim Van Sant

• Caveman walking stick  Issue #108

Emory Warner

• For safety's sake, homestead fuel storage must be handled properly  Issue #43

Micki Warner

• Teach your kids math with the banking game  Issue #41

Martin Waterman

• Feeling nostalgic? Now you'll rave! Here's the story of Burma Shave  Issue #37
• Harvesting the Internet for gardening information  Issue #38

Robert Waters

• Guns Save Lives. Chapter 1: Point Blank  Issue #80

Bill Weekes

• Picking and preserving the wild plum  Issue #69

Carol Williams

• The dandelion is a healthful, great-tasting weed you can eat  Issue #44

Robert L. Williams

• A house that a tornado helped build  Issue #16
• Doesn't anyone remember Tom Paine?  Issue #19
• Fireplace cooking cures the winter blues  Issue #19
• Install rafters alone — the easy way  Issue #35
• Build an all-purpose ladder  Issue #45
• Plant a Y2K garden: A guide to growing the best crops for coping  Issue #56
• A salvaged oak floor for $5  Issue #59

Glenn Willis, Jr.

• Converting a gasoline-powered rototiller to electric  Issue #87

Bill Wilson

• How to make money from storage building auctions  Issue #83

Devon Winter

• The enchanting Chanterelle  Issue #101

Nancy Wolcott

• Start a self-sufficiency garden even in a cramped apartment  Issue #61

Claire Wolfe

• Yurt magic — building an enchanting instant house  Issue #76
• Build a trail  Issue #91
• The art of living in small spaces  Issue #92
• Finding your own freedom  Issue #93
• A view of self-reliance from a more timid perspective — A woman’s opinion  Issue #94
• Activists on both the left and the right spotlight a broken federal government  Issue #97
• Weapons training for winter nights   BHM Website Exclusive
• Footloose and fancy-free in the country  Issue #106
• Kick the credit card habit and learn to stash cash  Issue #107
• The joys of idleness  Issue #109
• Movie Reviews: Eight sweets for you and your sweetie  Issue #109
• Circle of friends—The importance of other people in our preparedness plans  Issue #111
• Homemade bread—a metaphor for life  Issue #113
• Ten real inspirations  Issue #116
• Simplifying simplicity  Issue #117
• Preparing for civil unrest  Issue #118
• Learning to love the high desert  Issue #120
• Understanding the music: Winter in the High Desert  Issue #121

Charles Wood

• Bury a gun and ammo for 15 years  Issue #115

Margaret Wright

• City boy, Country boy  Issue #33
• This St. Bernard backwoods hero saved old Grandma's life (a true dog story)   Issue #35
• The saga of Benjamin, the backwoods, homeschool boy who wanted to get a job  Issue #37

Mary Ann Wutzke

• 13 steps to a life of freedom  Issue #76

Jeffrey Yago, P.E., CEM

• Water: a safe supply when you’re off the grid  Issue #71
• A solar primer: How it works, how it’s made, what it costs  Issue #72
• The return of home emergency shelters takes on a dual-purpose approach  Issue #74
• Battery powered weekend retreat  Issue #83
• Solar power 101: Batteries  Issue #87
• Solar Power 101: Batteries part 2  Issue #88
• Solar power 101: Inverters  Issue #89
• Solar power 101: Solar arrays  Issue #90
• Build your own solar-powered water pumping station  Issue #91
• Build a simple solar powered outdoor light  Issue #92
• Add solar power to your truck camper  Issue #93
• Grid-tie solar powered farm  Issue #94
• The care & feeding of solar batteries  Issue #95
• Need more gas mileage?  Issue #96
• Flashlight! Flashlight! Who’s got the flashlight?  Issue #97
• Buying the right emergency radio  Issue #98
• Walden Pond, the solar version  Issue #99
• Walden Pond the solar version, part 2  Issue #100
• Make your own biodiesel for 80¢ per gallon  Issue #101
• Solar-powered refrigerators  Issue #102
• Are hydrogen-fueled cars pie-in-the-sky?  Issue #103
• 10 day survival pack for your vehicle for just $25  Issue #104
• Hydronic woodstoves  Issue #105
• Dim bulbs in California  Issue #107
• Solar power trailer: Part 1  Issue #108
• Solar power trailer: Part 2  Issue #109
• Is LED lighting in your future?  Issue #110
• Energy class: Part 1  Issue #111
• Energy class: Part 2  Issue #112
• Energy class: Part 3  Issue #113
• Solar and wind energy credits  Issue #115
• Installing your own small, remote off-grid solar system  Issue #116
• A survival key ring  Issue #117
• Solar hot water systems  Issue #118

Alice Brantley Yeager

• Seed art — it's fun to collect the seeds and to create these unusual pictures  Issue #42
• No worrying about fire blight with Orient and Kieffer pears  Issue #52
• Victory Gardens  Issue #54
• Okra—not just for the South  Issue #58
• Naughty peppers  Issue #62
• Love those green beans  Issue #68
• Raised bed gardening — neat and productive  Issue #74
• Grow your own dishrags  Issue #85
• Tasty uses for garden and wild edibles  Issue #89
• Gardening for treasure  Issue #93
• How to grow potatoes  Issue #97
• Grow garlic and reap health benefits  Issue #98
• Flowers brighten the garden   BHM Website Exclusive
• Gardening the year 'round   BHM Website Exclusive
• Fruit trees  Issue #104
• The Great Depression: a reminiscence  Issue #115

Judy Zent

• Our Unconventional House   BHM Website Exclusive