Departments

Note from the publisher

Letters

Editorial:
   Milwaukee water, self reliance...and a cool country drink

Original poems:
   John Silveira

Recipes:
   How to make cheese and butter
   Log homes, motorcycles and good food
   Salads for summer

Just for kids:
   Take a nite hike!

Contents

Country life

• Homesteading at Hayden Lake
• I'm living my log cabin dream
• Father goose
• Fitting in with your new neighbors
• Backwoods lifestyle misunderstood by people living in the "real world"

Farm/Garden

• How to choose a greenhouse
• Peppers for short season growers

Americana

• Quilts — masterpieces of the heart and windows into women's history

Building/Tools

• What to look for in a kit log home
• Chinking for log homes
• Log homes — fact and fiction
• Living with a plywood floor

Alternative energy

• Electric car racing — what a gas!
• Selecting the right PV voltage

Guns

• They are not just "HIS firearms"

Self sufficiency/Money

• Long range antennas for the homestead
• How to make money with wild crayfish