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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
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| 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.
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| 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
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