Note from the publisher

Letters

Editorial:
    "There's no stopping term limits"

Just for kids:
    Logic puzzles

Recipes:
   Classic vegetarian dishes

Original Poems and short story:
   Tom Chance
   John Earl Silveira
   Rosemary White's Mushrooms

Book, magazine & video reviews:    Shelters, Shacks and Shanties
   The Potential of Herbs as a Cash Crop
   The Consumer's Guide to Planet Earth
   Rodale's Chemical Free Yard and Garden
   Hydroponics: Set Up, Care and Maintenance

Product review:    The Basic Survival Tool

Contents

Building/Tools

• There's nothing like metal roofing
• New homes from old homes
• The Toolbox — hammers & drills
• Some ideas for remodeling and living from Catamount Farm

Americana/Life

• Reliving "The American West" at the Hart Canyon Rendezvous
• Why does the year begin in January?

Alternative energy

• How an inverter fits into your solar electric system

Country living/Crafts

• A road kill could kill you too!
• Creating with saltdough
• A woman's backwoods philosophy

Self sufficiency/Money/

• Some tips on drying foods at home
• Learning to shoot safely, effectively
• Opportunity is knocking for the country parson
• Daily life of the country parson
• Clean up with house cleaning
• How to homebrew beer

Farm/Garden

• Hydroponics — growing plants indoors without soil
• A hydroponic greenhouse
• Butchering, cleaning and cooking chickens

Health/Environment

• Animal lifesavers — CPR & comfrey