Issue #93 May/June, 2005

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DEPARTMENTS

6    Publisher’s Note 7  Editorial:       Practicing what we preach 25  Ask Jackie:       Preserving bacon, feed for chickens, diseases from mice, dehydrated tomatoes,”real” bacon, cleaning cast iron, homemade concrete, canners that won’t seal, etc. 74  Irreverent joke page 76  Ayoob on Firearms:       Choose your ammo...police style 68  Claire goes to the movies: Old-fashioned heroes 87  Letters 91  Classified ads (pdf) 91  Classified advertising form 90  Advertiser Index 75, 86  Book Reviews: Armed Response, The Black Arrow 95   BHM anthologies, CD-ROMs, & books 96-97  Order form/Subscription Info 98  The last word:       One good reason or tax reform

ABOUT THE COVER       This issue’s cover was rendered by our artist, Don Childers, on illustration board using gouache, a type of opaque watercolor. He said the painting was inspired by typical scenes that abound where he lives in Rush, Colorado, on prairie that was once the land where the Cheyenne used to hunt buffalo. Don has been Backwoods Home Magazine’s cover artist and article illustrator for sixteen years, beginning with our first issue. For a subscription Call Toll Free 1-800--835-2418

FEATURES

Building and tools 51  Solar window panels   By David Lee       David Lee shows us how to make windows that are not only beautiful but solar efficient. 62  Rebuilding the homestead greenhouse    By Charles Sanders Alternative energy 31  Paring down for off-grid living   By Steven Gregersen 37  Add solar power to your truck camper   By By Jeffrey R. Yago, P.E., CEM Farm and garden 21  Raising rabbits on the home place   By Charles A. Sanders       One of the most efficient and nutritious animals that can be raised on the small place is the rabbit. Charles Sanders discusses their watering, feeding, breeding, housing, slaughtering, and butchering. He even supplies us with a recipe for cooking them. 58  Gardening for treasure   By Alice Brantley Yeager Self-reliance 8  Finding your own freedom   By Claire Wolfe       Claire Wolfe makes the argument that freedom isn’t so much about where you live as it is “how” you live and your state of mind 14  Harvesting the wild blueberries   By Jackie Clay 44  Starting over again: Part 4   By Jackie Clay       The Clays are in the midst of reestablishing themselves as they “start over” in the woods of northern Minnesota. A well has gone in, son David, 14, is becoming a man and has gotten his first deer but, now, the family has suddenly suffered a tragedy. 65  Fiddelhead ferns: great fun, healthful eating   By Linda Gabris Food and recipes 56  Salmon candy and pickles: two unique ways to enjoy your next catch   By Linda Gabris 70  Vegetarian soups from the Middle East and North Africa   By Habeeb Salloum Country living 81  The coyote   By Jack Lintelmann