Note from the publisher

Letters

Editorial:
    Whether it's small town or big time, the envirnoment or health care, the government is not the answer

Recipes:
    Make better pizza at home than you can buy
    Cooking with dried fruit

Original poems:
   John Silveira

Just for kids:
   Readers' page
    You in the big night sky

Contents

Building

• Building your own home: Part I
• The timberwolf woodbox

Country living

• Planning is an essential key to achieving the country life
• Some tips on moving to your country home
• How we bought our country home
• A tale about tenure in the neighborhood
• Winter ch-ch-ch-ch-chores
• Planning a move from the city to the country
• Living the country life
• Researching new locations

Independent energy

• The solar-powered silent partner

Self sufficiency/Food/Money

• Supplement your income by teaching others your skills
• The bow and arrow: low tech tool for food, entertainment
• Save energy, save money

Crafts

• Make a patchwork baby bunting from scraps

Farm/Garden

• Native of the forest: a guide to growing ginseng

Home education

• Home schooling — is it right for your kids?
• Some homeschooling ideas
• Child-led learning

Americana/Society

• Civil forteiture — government's license to steal our property
• Explore the world with shortwave