Departments

Note from the publisher

Letters

Editorial:
   Don’t throw away your vote

Columns:

Where I live:
   Chasing down cows at Jenny Creek

What if there’s no doctor?
   Knowing CPR can save a life

Ayoob on firearms:
   The best deal in home-defense guns

Homesteading on the electronic frontier:
   Looking for love in cyberspace

Recipes:
   These chocolate treats make great gifts and delicious holiday desserts
   Make delicious, eye-catching holiday breads
   Delicious holiday cakes don’t have to be diet-busters

Original Poems:
   John Earl Silveira

A Groaner

Contents

Crafts

• Keep the cooks happy wit hthese easy-to-make kitchen helpers
• Here are five quick and easy craft projects
• Custom crafted toiletries make very special gifts
• Make this classic Shaker-style butcher block
• Seed art — it’s fun to collect the seeds and create these unusual pictures
• This method lets you make quilts that are artistic and very personal
• Make your own nifty gift bags
• You can make these beautiful pinecone wreaths at home
• Make a doll with real hair
• Make a beautiful tire planter
• With paper mache, you can make treasures from trash
• Here’s how to make a musical bamboo flute

Building

• Save time and money, and get that custom look, with hinges you make yourself

Farm/Garden

• Next year, grow your own holiday turkey
• Grow winter salad greens on your windowsill

Independent energy

• I heat my house by burning corn

Self sufficiency

• Listening to shortwave broadcasts from around the world is informative and fun
• Protect your land title before you buy
• Here are 10 ways to beat corrosion in the garage
• Use these tips to avoid problems with your sewing machine
• For many people, these natural remedies can reduce high blood pressure

Country living

• Close encounters with the white deer

Homeschooling

• In the classroom and at home, this system will help you grow self-reliant kids