Issue #122 March/April, 2010

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6  Editor’s Note 7  Editorial:       An assessment of America from Russia 60  Ask Jackie:       Grinding buckwheat, raising feeder geese, making butter, processing venison, etc. 65  Ayoob on Firearms:       Spare firearms 51  Irreverent joke page 71  Product review:       Ed Brown Custom Massad Ayoob Signature Model .45 82  Letters 86  Classified ads (pdf) 86  Classified advertising form 88   Advertiser Index 89-94   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 another by our longtime artist, Don Childers. As a model he used the photo of a bucket of red potatoes that leads Alice Yeager's article, Gardening is good for you, beginning on page 24. The medium Don used was an opaque watercolor paint, called gouache, on Crescent No. 99 Cold Press illustration board. Don's covers continue to dazzle and delight our readers.

FEATURES

Self-reliance 8  Emergency and backwoods water treatment: Part 1 By Tim Thorstenson 30  Six thoughts about werk! when building at Last Chance Gulch By Claire Wolfe 52  Your kitchen pharmacy By Rebekah L. Cowell 56  Beat supermarket psychology and save By Karen Zlattner Food and recipes 36  Vegetarian and semi-vegetarian By Richard Blunt Farm and garden 20  The $1 garden By Jonathan Nunan 24  Gardening is good for you By Alice Yeager 28  Grow potatoes in hay By Dianna Simms 46  Bovine basics for beginners By Patrice Lewis Making a living 59  Nicole Jarvis: Vegetable gardener By Sylvia Gist History/Americana 72  A quick tour of hyperinflation and the possible consequences for America By John Silveira