Note from the publisher

Letters

Editorial:
    The new power of the mass media is eroding the freedom of the press

Recipes:
    Smoked turkey, smoked brisket
    Soups and stew for late winter

Original poems:
    Richard Lee Rose
    John Silveira
    June Knight

Book Reviews
   How to find and buy your business in the country
   Secrets of plant propagation
   Hand-taming wild birds
   Grub!

Video reviews:
   SAS Survival Techniques

Person Profile:
   Kurt Saxon's lessons in survival

Profile:
   Sunelco — dealers in the sun

Just for kids:
    Help for nature's nursery

Contents

Building

• Land regulations are making it harder to move to the country

Country life

• Barn cleaning
• In praise of the rural post office
• Recycle those old clothes into a braided rug
• Farm ethics

Alternative energy

• Using a "producer gas" generator to create electricity
• The sensible, integrated photovoltaic energy system

Self sufficiency/Money/Jobs

• What you should know about gold
• A chronology of gold in American history
• Making a living as a writer
• Using photos to sell your writing
• Making and selling tire gardens

Guns

• Cleaning and maintaining your firearms

Farm/Garden

• High beds and high production...with less work
• Using hybrids and creating your own varieties
• Roll your own biofertilizer
• Hotbeds — an old but still sound method to help you get a jump on the growing season
• Friendly alternatives for insect and pest control

Americana/Society

• Hamfests — overlooked goldmines for hobbyists an collectors
• Alternative education — learning in the real world
• A homeschool assignment