Issue #177 • July/Aug/Sept, 2019
ABOUT THE COVER
6 Publisher’s Note
6 Editor’s Note
7 Editorial:
Call me Miracle Man!
70 Ask Jackie:
Milling wheat for bread, leather britches, poor potato harvest, cow artificial insemination, etc.
48 Ayoob on Firearms:
Understanding opposition to “Gun Control”
56 The Irreverent Joke Page
75 Advertiser index
97-98 BHM anthologies & books
Self-reliance
26 Installing a propane heater
44 Tarp shelters
54 Carry an emergency “get down” bag
63 The Kitchen Queen cookstove: Some tips and tricks
77 Using less electricity
84 Make a simple alcohol stove
Alternative energy
15 Our journey to modern off-grid living
Building
8 Build a trapper’s tilt
By Robert Van Puttten
67 How we built a storm shelter
By Eliza Bilby
Food and recipes
21 Dry-rubbed and marinated jerky
30 Canning steelhead and tuna
By Lisa Nourse
88 Understanding pectin
By Kristina Seleshanko
Farm and garden
36 Cheaper than store-bought eggs
By Kristina Seleshanko
40 Hatch chicks this fall for springtime eggs
By James Kash
58 Conserving water in the garden
By Kristina Seleshanko
61 Plastic bottles in the garden to save money and increase yield
By Dana Benner
74 Raising Red Wattle hogs for meat
By Donna O’Shaughnessy
91 Container gardening
By Everett Lindsey
