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Issue #129

May/June, 2011

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DEPARTMENTS

6 Editor's Note

7 Editorial:
An American dollar worth two cents

30 The Gee Whiz Page

31 Irreverent joke page

46 Making a living:
Daniel Le Grow: Licensed herbicide and pesticide applicator

67 Ask Jackie:
Woodstove cooking, recovering a garden, acorns, storing sugar and salt, etc.

75 Movie review:
Atlas Shrugged

80 Lenie in the kitchen
Dutch oven stew for Sunday night dinner

81 Letters

85 Classified ads (pdf)

85 Classified advertising form

87 Advertiser Index

88-94 BHM anthologies & books

95-96 Order form/Subscription Info

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ABOUT THE COVER

Don Childers painted this scene to support Jackie Clay's seed saving article which begins on page 8. Saving your own seed will not only help you save money in your garden every year, but it is also good for peace of mind. As Jackie puts it, "seed is like money in the bank."

FEATURES

Self-reliance

38 A homesteader's journal, part 1
By Dani Payne

48 LED lighting, part 3
By Tim Thorstenson

72 Make your own firestarters
By Claire Wolfe

Building

24 Building Eric's house, part 5 By Dorothy Ainsworth

SECTION TITLE

8 Saving seeds
By Jackie Clay

32 Medicating your cattle By Melissa Nelson

36 Is that a good pig?
By Kim Dieter

77 The under-appreciated sweet potato By Vernon Lewis

Food and recipes

18 Family dinner at Backwoods Home Magazine
By Richard Blunt

60 Cabbage for good health and great eating By Linda Gabris

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