Issue #94 July/August, 2005

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DEPARTMENTS

6  Publisher’s Note 7  Editorial:       Tsunamis and “the experts” 66  Ask Jackie:       Sourdough bread, breeding ducks, potatoes in containers, butchering pigs, keeping homemade pickles crispy, buy a big enough canner, canning milk. searching for Hopi Pale Grey squash seeds, canning milk, preserving bread, growing lentils, plastic eating squirrels, low maintenance edible landscaping, smelly coffee grounds, pressure canning stock, loosening up clay soil, Brussel sprouts and radish greens, canning dry mixes and breads, etc. 58  Irreverent joke page 79  Book Review: The PVC Project Book 87  Letters 91  Classified ads (pdf) 91  Classified advertising form 90   Advertiser Index 95   BHM anthologies, CD-ROMs, & books 96-97  Order form/Subscription Info For a subscription Call Toll Free 1-800--835-2418

ABOUT THE COVER      This issue’s cover was rendered by our artist, Don Childers, for our first Self-reliance for women special issue.     The painting was composed on illustration board. A watercolor called gouache was used for the background, and Genesis, a paint that sets when heat is applied, was used for the figure.     Inspiration for the painting came from a photograph furnished by one of our longtime writers, Dorothy Ainsworth. It was a photo taken of her when she was building her own log house in Ashland, Oregon.

FEATURES

Special section — Self-reliance for women 41  Starting over again without a many    By Jackie Clay       Despite the recent death of her husband Jackie Clay has not given up her dream of a self-reliant lifestyle with her parents and teen-aged son. 49  Self-reliance for women — surviving a biochemical attack    By Kelly McCarthy 52  Self-reliance is a mindset — A woman’s opinion    By Dorothy Ainsworth 54  A view of self-reliance from a more timid perspective — A woman’s opinion   By Claire Wolfe 56  Girls growing up — movie reviews   By Claire Wolfe 59  Females and firearms   By Massad Ayoob Building and tools 8  Make shade when the sun shines    By Dorothy Ainsworth       Sunlight and heat will oxidize, vaporize, and brutalize everything it glares down on. So Dorothy Ainsworth shows us how she put awnings on her log buildings to both protect and enhance their value. Alternative energy 37  Grid-tie solar powered farm    By Jeffrey R. Yago, P.E., CEM       A “grid-tie” system refers to a solar power system that transfers all of the electrical power generated directly back into the local utility grid and does not have a battery bank. It can significantly reduce your monthly utility costs and, since there are no batteries, there is almost no maintenance. Self-reliance 20  Subduction zone tsunami    By John Silveira       Mac, Dave, and John are back with their favorite subject — doom and gloom. This time it’s tsunamis. 31  PVC pipe in the home, garden, farm, and workshop    By Charles Sanders       DESCRIPTION 75  Lifestyle and cancer    By Gary F. Arnet Food and recipes 16  Cool dishes for formal summer dining    By Linda Gabris 80  Middle Eastern vegetarian delights or summer days    By Habeeb Salloum 84  Banquet in a basket    By Linda Gabris