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Issue #121            January/February, 2010

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DEPARTMENTS

6  Editor’s Note 7  Editorial:       A Backwoods Home youth golf club 40  Ask Jackie:       Growing potatoes, broody hens, grain grinders, washing eggs, etc. 28  Ayoob on Firearms:       Women and guns 74  Lenie in the kitchen       Sunday night dinner 72  Building basics       Pouring concrete 76  Irreverent joke page 82  Letters 87  Classified ads (pdf) 87  Classified advertising form 89    Advertiser Index 90-94    BHM anthologies, CD-ROMs, & books 95-96  Order form/Subscription Info For a subscription Call Toll Free 1-800--835-2418

ABOUT THE COVER      This issue's cover is a watercolor by BHM artist Don Childers. As a model he used the page 10 photo of Eric Ainsworth, which was taken by Eric's mom and longtime BHM writer, Dorothy Ainsworth. The fact that Don's art appears throughout the issue is a testament to technology: at age 79, Don telecommutes from his home in Colorado, emailing back and forth with us to get all the art just right.

FEATURES

Self-reliance 39  Call me plumber    By Emily Chadwick 57  Understanding the music: Winter in the High Desert    By Claire Wolfe 62  Root cellars    By Charles Sanders 68  An easy root cellar from a surprising source    By Doug Fluckiger Food and recipes 44  Healthy, hearty soup    By Linda Gabris Building 8  Building Eric's house, part 2    By Dorothy Ainsworth 51  Our super insulated home    By Fred Aydelotte Farm and garden 20  Rhubarb, the pioneer "pie plant"    By Jackie Clay 34  Graft your own designer fruit trees    By Jackie Clay Making a living 56  Jamie Fuchs: Producer of green cleaners    By Sylvia Gist History/Americana 26  The "good" old days    By Tom Kovach 77  Abandoning the Constitution!    By John Silveira