Departments
Note from the publisher
Letters
Editorial:
Politically Correct
Just for Kids:
Daily life of the pioneers
Kid's Funny Drawing Contest
Profile:
Twenty year update: Carla Emery and her old fashioned recipe book
Crafts
Recipes:
Backwoods Home Recipes
Fountain treats from the fifties
Original Poems:
John Silveira
Magazine/Book reviews
Weeds: Control Without Poisons
Slo Lane Journal
Successful Small-Scale Farming
Adrift, 76 Days Lost At Sea
Alternative Energy Sourcebook
Contents
Building
How one man made the American dream come true
- Build durable wooden riding toys
- Instructions for building a toy horse
Building for indoor air quality
Make lifting easy with a rope and the principles of "mechanics"
Alternative Energy
Photovoltaics Is the big price breakthrough just aroundt he corner?
Water systems for homesteads with alternative electrical systems
Is methane on your homestead practical?
A tour of some alternative energy homes in the Pacific Northwest
Electric Vehicles
- Converting a gas car to electricity: What to keep, what to scrap
Country living
- The Ozark Hills lost mountains of the Midwest
Tips on dealing with mosquitoes
- No more splitting headaches a beginners guide to splitting firewood
Self sufficiency/Money
How to make soap from fat to finish
Make twenty dollars per hour by baling and selling straw
- The next time you take a vacation, why not mix business with pleasure
- Achieving total self-sufficiency in five years or less
Farm/Garden
The instant greenhouse
Co-planting in the vegetable garden
Health/Environment
Injured and sick wildlife get a lease on life
Crafts
- Easy-to-make window valences