Description

This issue features:

Self-reliance

• Preparedness: walk the walk by Jackie Clay-Atkinson
• The importance of a prepper community by Patrice Lewis
• Make deer antler buttons by Linda Zimnick

Building

• Build a concrete root cellar by Dorothy Ainsworth

Energy

• Off-grid retreat — putting it all together, part 3 by Jeffrey R. Yago

Food and Recipes

• Fermenting salsa and hot sauce by Jereme Zimmerman
• Baking bread by Linda Gabris

Commentary

• Think of it this way: Issues for 2018-2020 by John Silveira

Farm and garden

• Sweet potato greens by Tim Scullen
• What can you do with a quince? by Lisa Nourse