Description

This issue features:

Self-reliance

• The home dairy by Patrice Lewis
• Consider sheep dairying by Patrice Lewis
• Avoiding common canning mistakes by Jackie Clay-Atkinson
• Preparing for an Appleseed event by Massad Ayoob
• Keep your vittles cool with a modern spring box by Kai Moessle

Farm and garden

• Slug zapper by Joel Winters
• Organic pest control by Amy Alton, R.N. and Joe Alton, M.D.
• Hog butchering — using everything but the squeal by Charles Sanders

Alternative energy

• Build your own battery charging station by Jeff Yago, P.E., CEM

Making a living

• A country business for K9s and their people by Claire Wolfe

Homeschooling

• Homeschooling your dyslexic kid by John Silveira