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Americana / History

Special Historical Documents

• The Constitution of The United States of America
• The Declaration of Independence
• The Emancipation Proclamation
• President George Washington's Farewell Address
• The Federalist Papers (Link)
• The Antifederalist Papers (Link)

• The Electoral College — how we elect the President Issue #18
• Doesn't anyone remember Tom Paine? Issue #19
• Quilts — masterpieces of the heart and windows into women's history Issue #22
• America's earliest First Ladies were fascinating (Part I) Issue #29
• Former First Ladies — beautiful, brilliant, crazy (Part II) Issue #30
• Carver — he wrote the book on self reliance Issue #31
• James Polk — a model for modern presidents Issue #32
• Presidential wives, Part III (First Ladies) Issue #34
• Presidents' wives, Part IV — cunning, vindictive, and maybe one murderess (First Ladies) Issue #35
• Feeling nostalgic? Now you'll rave! Here's the story of Burma Shave Issue #37
• Who were the best...and the worst U.S. Presidents? Issue #49
• The greatest American who was never President Issue #60
• The summer of ’35 Issue #64
• Biological and chemical weapons through history Issue #81
• A brief history of health and medicine Issue #100

Animals

• Llamas guarding sheep? Not such a far-fetched idea Issue #19
• Slaughtering and Butchering Issue #23
• How to buy your first sheep (without getting shorn) Issue #32
• This St. Bernard backwoods hero saved old Grandma's life (a true dog story) Issue #35
• Finding, buying, milking, and living with the family cow Issue #36
• Raising your own beef for your family Issue #57
• Finding the best dog for the country life Issue #63
• Dorper sheep Issue #75
• How to butcher a chicken in 20 minutes or less Issue #79
• Brooder in a box Issue #80
• Raising cattle on your own place Issue #85
• Beekeeping basics Issue #88
• Kinder goats: a small breed for milk and meat Issue #95
• Once a day milking Issue #99
• Raising quail Issue #101
• Where our farm animals come from Issue #105
• Are aliens stealing our honeybees? Issue #106
• Raising rabbits for profit Issue #106
• Tastes Just Like Chicken BHM Website Exclusive

Building / Tools

• A house that a tornado helped build Issue #16
• Trusses — low-cost marvels to roof over most large spaces Issue #23
• Small engine maintenance for women Issue #24
• Determined woman builds distinctive vertical log studio Issue #27
• Install rafters alone — the easy way Issue #35
• Make your own lumber with a chainsaw mill Issue #39
• Here's an easier (and cheaper) way to make wooden beams Issue #43
• Build an inexpensive but durable jackleg fence Issue #45
• Build a homestead copy cart Issue #45
• Build an all-purpose ladder Issue #45
• Five building tricks for super strong framing Issue #49
• Build your own portable forge Issue #51
• Simplify life in your backwoods home by using these easy mountain methods Issue #54
• Parge the ugly out of your concrete wall Issue #57
• Ambidextrous chainsaw filing Issue #57
• A salvaged oak floor for $5 Issue #59
• Preparation for successful painting Issue #61
• Build this sturdy large-capacity food dehydrator Issue #63
• Build a pallet fence Issue #69
• New invention — the Fencerunner Issue #68
• Build a log crib Issue #69
• Build a stone wall Issue #70
• This coop is for the birds: Mattie Sue, Splatty-Goo, and Fu-man-choo Issue #71
• Build your own log home in the woods: part 3 Issue #72
• Tools and hardware for the backwoods home Issue #74
• Yurt magic — building an enchanting instant house Issue #76
• Build a graceful footbridge Issue #77
• A river rock shower Issue #77
• Our Unconventional House BHM Website Exclusive
• Vise Dremel Moto Tool mount Issue #84
• The house that Dorothy built Issue #86
• The poor man’s ceramic knife sharpener Issue #87
• Converting a gasoline-powered rototiller to electric Issue #87
• Stairs: the next level BHM Website Exclusive
• Build a trail Issue #91
• PVC pipe in the home, garden, farm, and workshop Issue #94
• Shake update BHM Website Exclusive
• The forever floor Issue #92
• The Mini-Skyline BHM Website Exclusive
• Build a groundhog snare Issue #98
• Build a 6500-gallon concrete water tank for $1500 Issue #101
• How to build a good fence for your homestead Issue #103
• Build an old-fashioned hotbed and start your seeds in style Issue #104
• Adventures with a portable sawmill Issue #104
• Renovating old walls Issue #106
• Shelves and benches Issue #107
• Build a deluxe barrel stove Issue #108

Commentary

• The black man's worst enemy is not racism Issue #16
• The logic behind term limits and a historical perspective Issue #35
• Just how good of a bet are those lotto tickets? Issue #37
• Want proof of luck, ESP, and psychic powers? Issue #40
• Don't throw away your vote Issue #42
• A history lesson from Ayn Rand Issue #44
• Losing our rights as we watch television Issue #44
• The Militia Movement Issue #46
• Thanks for not killing them Issue #48
• That's not what we mean Issue #49
• Confessions of a former liberal Issue #50
• Why bureaucracy will likely destroy America Issue #50
• Do we need a Taxpayers' Bill of Rights? Issue #53
• Countdown to freedom’s Armageddon Issue #55
• Bill of No Rights Issue #56
• The real disaster in our future Issue #56
• The chances of global disaster Issue #57
• At fascism’s doorstep Issue #57
• We don’t need no steenking 2nd Amendment Issue #58
• Should both drugs and guns be legal? Issue #59
• Book Review: Send in the Waco Killers: Essays on the freedom movement 1993-1998 Issue #59
• Millenium excuses and the quest for truth Issue #60
• Remembering a decade of BHM Issue #61
• Y2K Conspiracy Continues
• Let's stop apologizing for guns Issue #62
• The real gun criminals Issue #63
• I don't know Issue #63
• Why not risk it all? Issue #64
• Stumbling over your own stupidity Issue #64
• A lesson in respect Issue #65
• Can an understanding of math and statistics save America’s freedoms? Issue #66
• The coming American dictatorship Issue #66
• Abolish the Electoral College? No, but…
• Outplayed & outbluffed Issue #67
• Goodbye TV, hello constructive time Issue #67
• Chuck meets Bubba Issue #68
• Something unsaid about Timothy McVeigh’s excecution Issue #70
• When Liberals Succeed
• How environmental ideology hurts the solar energy industry Issue #69
• Only in America
• Father of the year
• A Dose of Their Own Medicine
• Make our schoolchildren happy - the Constitution demands it
• Challenging thoughts
• Freedom, guns, & boycotts Issue #71
• Explaining the use of force
• How do you keep yourself safe? Issue #72
• Money can buy happiness Issue #72
• Interesting Questions
• Biological & chemical terrorism Issue #73
• Mistaken for a terrorist Issue #73
• We should have seen this one coming Issue #73
• It's Time For A Revival Of American Civil Defense
• Thanks For Nothing, Dell (The Whole Story)
• Personal guns getting to be in style Issue #74
• Silveira's 1st Law: Every group needs a black sheep Issue #74
• The Candy Scam — A Metaphor For Modern Times
• Inside the Dell Zone - The Final Chapter
• Just Say NO! to the Federal Government Issue #76
• The terrorists are winning
• The world's least free country Issue #77
• The Coming American Dictatorship revisited Issue #77
• Reflections on the Second Amendment Issue #77
• Is it time for an education revolution? Issue #77
• Book Review: The Ballad of Carl Drega: Essays on the freedom movement 1994-2001 Issue #78
• Fixing a broken jury system Issue #78
• Which is better: a small town or city? Issue #78
• They Can't Catch That Tiger
• The Racism Of 'Diversity'
• Book Review: Guns Save Lives Issue #79
• The attack on Colin Powell prompts questions I’m not supposed to ask Issue #79
• Do we really need Yuppies? Issue #80
• Confronting the enemy Issue #81
• Is television still a wasteland? Issue #81
• Dark Winter — A simulated terrorist attack on three American cities using weaponized smallpox Issue #81
• Gulf War II opened the eyes of Americans to the U.N. and the media Issue #82
• The curse of oil Issue #82
• The informed juror Issue #82
• “I stink!” but that’s okay Issue #83
• Gun control, race, and rotten politicians Issue #83
• Mousers and cat loonies Issue #83
• Animal rights loonies save the chickens but ruin the County Fair Issue #84
• Shades of truth and sleaziness Issue #85
• The world is ending!...again? Issue #85
• A new country business is born Issue #86
• The coming ice age Issue #86
• The tenuous hold of honesty in modern America Issue #87
• A summer of energy fairs and politics Issue #88
• Democracy in Iraq? Issue #88
• The burglar does more than steal Issue #89
• Fake lawsuits, stacked juries, and LAWYERS! Issue #89
• Getting rich through generosity Issue #89
• Ordering Pizza In 2008
• Getting what we deserve Issue #90
• A republic vs. a democracy Issue #90
• That old survivalist mumbo jumbo and 10 reasons why it makes sense Issue #91
• The impact of firearms on crime, business, and politics Issue #91
• Training for the Boston Marathon Issue #92
• Why we have no “constitutional” rights Issue #92
• Practicing what we preach Issue #93
• One good reason for tax reform Issue #93
• Book Review: The Black Arrow Issue #93
• Book Review: Armed Response Issue #93
• Tsunamis and “the experts” Issue #94
• Sgt. Jim Duffy — an ordinary hero Issue #95
• If you want to survive an emergency, look to yourself, not the Government Issue #96
• Let prisoners get high on marijuana Issue #96
• Talking to your kids about death Issue #97
• Activists on both the left and the right spotlight a broken federal government Issue #97
• Why you may want to get a “stress test” Issue #98
• The National Animal Identification System is the bureaucrats’ latest grab for power Issue #98
• Government spending Issue #99
• "If you don’t like it here, why don’t you move to another country?" Issue #99
• Confident liberals vs. whiny conservatives? Issue #100
• If you want to take care of your health, you have to take control of your life Issue #100
• The Government gorilla in our home Issue #101
• The land of the unfree Issue #101
• Who's supposed to protect our rights? Issue #102
• Which wars work best? The ones we fight or the ones we avoid? Issue #102
• I’m proud to be a “Losertarian” again Issue #103
• Loading the gun for a dictatorship Issue #103
• Finally, a choice in 2008 Issue #104
• America, land of the free...ha, ha, ha! Issue #104
• Are environmentalists responsible for global warming? BHM Website Exclusive
• Finally—a disaster that is guaranteed! Issue #105
• The parasitic nature of bureaucracy Issue #106
• Self-reliance equals freedom Issue #107
• Is "peak oil" the new end-of-the-world? Issue #107
• Questions about global warming Issue #108
• The unheralded roots of America’s freedoms Issue #108

Country Living

• Some thoughts on growing older in the backwoods Issue #16
• Fireplace cooking cures the winter blues Issue #19
• Good-bye old friend Issue #27
• City boy, Country boy Issue #33
• The cholesterol in your stovepipe can be fatal Issue #36
• Moving to the wilderness — turning the dream to reality Issue #36
• The saga of Benjamin, the backwoods, homeschool boy who wanted to get a job Issue #37
• Dorothy Ainsworth update: Out of the ashes Issue #38
• Working for a dad who works at home Issue #40
• The dandelion is a healthful, great-tasting weed you can eat Issue #44
• Mountain lions — attacks are still rare, but just in case... Issue #50
• A determined Rose Bley escaped the city Issue #51
• Shearing, carding, spinning, weaving and creating with Margaret Boos Issue #52
• How to tell a bad egg Issue #53
• Reflecting on a life in the woods Issue #60
• Fully Involved Issue #58
• Grandpa’s justice Issue #65
• Tale of a country family Issue #66
• Picking and preserving the wild plum Issue #69
• Storm Survivors Issue #71
• Drawing the line on timber trespass Issue #78
• The vanishing outhouse Issue #79
• Mosquitoes outnumber us and no one likes them Issue #80
• The “chocolate tree” isn’t just for kids Issue #85
• Stay clear of young wild animals Issue #86
• Brood X BHM Website Exclusive
• Catfish Biscuits Issue #87
• Fried chicken for breakfast Issue #88
• Neighbors Issue #90
• Breaking ice on hard water fishing—a cool introduction to a fun sport Issue #91
• 10 country do’s and don’ts Issue #96
• Help your home survive in the path of a wildfire Issue #104
• Footloose and fancy-free in the country Issue #106

Crafts

• Making a great rug from the rag bag Issue #18
• Here's how to make a musical bamboo flute Issue #42
• Seed art — it's fun to collect the seeds and to create these unusual pictures Issue #42
• Grandma will love this personal "helping hands" wall hanging Issue #46
• Homemade toys! Easy to make, fun to play with, great for gifts! Issue #72
• Make a quilt out of Levis Issue #77
• Sew a baby quilt in two days...for a lifetime of memories Issue #83
• Woolen winter mittens in minutes Issue #84
• Pysanki — you can make those biddies pay! Issue #86

Energy

• Waterpower for personal use Issue #16
• Design calculations for no-head, low-head waterwheels Issue #17
• Design calculations for overshot waterwheels Issue #18
• Don't discount a generator, especially a diesel generator, as your primary power source Issue #28
• For a truly independent energy system , your choices are solar, wind, and water Issue #28
• Independent energy runs Backwoods Home Magazine Issue #28
• Making and using a solar cooker Issue #30
• I Heat my house by burning corn Issue #42
• For safety's sake, homestead fuel storage must be handled properly Issue #43
• Diesel generator power is a sensible choice, especially when integrated into the total system Issue #43
• Is steam power in your future? Issue #43
• What if the electricity GOES OFF? Issue #55
• Keeping your food cold: Solutions to refrigeration when electricity is scarce Issue #56
• Millennium vehicles Issue #57
• Sunny solutions for north slope applications Issue #61
• Solar building design Issue #63
• Radiant floor heating Issue #64
• 7 solar water heating system designs Issue #65
• Water: a safe supply when you’re off the grid Issue #71
• Powering medical equipment during a utility blackout Issue #70
• A solar primer: How it works, how it’s made, what it costs Issue #72
• How do you live without electricity?Issue #73
• Build a portable woodstove for $30 Issue #78
• Battery powered weekend retreat Issue #83
• Solar power 101: Batteries Issue #87
• Solar Power 101: Batteries part 2 Issue #88
• Solar power 101: Inverters Issue #89
• Solar power 101: Solar arrays Issue #90
• Better wood heating Issue #90
• Water pumping windmills Issue #90
• Build your own solar-powered water pumping station Issue #91
• Build a simple solar powered outdoor light Issue #92
• Paring down for off-grid living Issue #93
• Add solar power to your truck camper Issue #93
• Grid-tie solar powered farm Issue #94
• The care & feeding of solar batteries Issue #95
• Walden Pond, the solar version Issue #99
• Walden Pond the solar version, part 2 Issue #100
• Make your own biodiesel for 80¢ per gallon Issue #101
• Solar-powered refrigerators Issue #102
• Are hydrogen-fueled cars pie-in-the-sky? Issue #103
• Hydronic woodstoves Issue #105
• Dim bulbs in California Issue #107
• Solar power trailer: Part 1 Issue #108
• A small creek provides plenty of power for this off-grid home BHM Website Exclusive

Farm & Garden

• Harvesting the Internet for gardening information Issue #38
• Here's a mighty creative way to protect your plants from animals Issue #39
• Leaf mold is another way to build your soil Issue #41
• Use plastic to get a head start on corn in the fall Issue #41
• Here are some simple tips on how to store apples for a long, long time Issue #41
• You can make your own fertilizers Issue #44
• Save time and energy with the fenced chicken coop/garden Issue #44
• For extra production, try mound gardening Issue #44
• Use old newspapers to make your starter pots Issue #49
• Use non-hybrid seeds and save big bucks in this year's garden Issue #51
• No worrying about fire blight with Orient and Kieffer pears Issue #52
• Victory Gardens Issue #54
• Plant a Y2K garden: A guide to growing the best crops for coping Issue #56
• Grow open pollinated seeds for self-reliant gardening Issue #56
• Growing the eternal tomato Issue #57
• Okra—not just for the South Issue #58
• Plant your trees in the spring Issue #61
• Naughty peppers Issue #62
• Green or Yellow: Grow your best bush beans ever Issue #62
• Home dairying Issue #64
• Garden seeds — a great winter pastime Issue #67
• The homestead greenhouse Issue #67
• Love those green beans Issue #68
• A child's garden Issue #69
• Raised bed gardening — neat and productive Issue #74
• Want more fruit from less space? Espalier your trees! Issue #79
• My garden—A springboard of food, pleasure, and history Issue #80
• Companion planting Issue #81
• The home citrus orchard Issue #81
• A simple backwoods hay baler Issue #82
• Exotic plants for the homestead Issue #85
• Grow your own dishrags Issue #85
• Herb boxes from fence boards Issue #86
• Growing productive strawberries Issue #86
• Build a heated germination bed Issue #92
• Swiss chard, the leaf vegetable that keeps on giving! Issue #92
• Gardening for treasure Issue #93
• Put your garden to bed for the winter Issue #95
• How to grow potatoes Issue #97
• A new use for old tires—A garden using tires Issue #98
• Grow garlic and reap health benefits Issue #98
• Flowers brighten the garden BHM Website Exclusive
• Gardening tips and tricks Issue #99
• Gardening the year 'round BHM Website Exclusive
• Growing potatoes in straw Issue #100
• Clover - From livestock forage to medicinal tea, this humble plant is one of nature’s best gifts Issue #103
• The best city garden Issue #103
• Fruit trees Issue #104
• Leafy green vegetables - The underrated heroes of the garden Issue #104
• We built John Silveira's chicken coop/garden BHM Website Exclusive
• Propagating grapes Issue #107

Firearms / Hunting / Self Defense

• The SKS carbine — an honest bargain Issue #21
• The M1A — a rifle that makes a statement Issue #45
• Here are some answers to often asked questions of anti-gunners Issue #45
• Inexpensive retired Russian military rifles can be the ideal backwoods meat guns Issue #47
• Home handgun defense: simplicity suffices Issue #54
• Defending your lifestyle Issue #60
• Cheap guns are good enough Issue #62
• Armed and Female Issue #63
• Against a rapist Issue #65
• Of kids and guns Issue #68
• Picking a holster Issue #69
• The rationale of the automatic rifle Issue #70
• Armed citizens: the deterrent factor BHM Website Exclusive
• Sight and sound enhancement Issue #71
• Do rural homeowners need guns for self defense? Issue #72
• Political activism, backwoods style Issue #75
• Reflections on the Second Amendment Issue #77
• Firearms and cold weather considerations Issue #79
• Guns Save Lives. Chapter 1: Point Blank Issue #80
• In time of war: The Israeli answer to terrorism Issue #81
• 1911: the classic homeland security pistol Issue #83
• Grouse hunting...the ultimate joy of autumn Issue #83
• How to shoot a handgun accurately Issue #85
• Get a piece of history: an M1 Garand rifle Issue #89
• Armed civilians can help fight terrorism Issue #90
• Firearms: tools of rural living Issue #91
• Choose your ammo...police style Issue #93
• Marlin 336: The other classic backwoods home deer rifle. Issue #95
• Answering some well asked questions about personal defense Issue #97
• How big a gun do you need? Issue #99
• Centennial of the All-American .30-06 Issue #100
• Frontier style handguns for the modern backwoods home Issue #101
• Weapons training for winter nights BHM Website Exclusive
• The subtleties of safe firearms handling Issue #103
• Avoiding legal traps Issue #105
• Building the coyote rifle Issue #107
• Thoughts on ammunition Issue #108

Food / Recipes

• American food — it's as varied as the melting pot Issue #30
• Southern cooking that doesn't just whistle Dixie Issue #41
• Make grape juice the easy way Issue #41
• Here are some cucumber pickles to make at home Issue #41
• These chocolate treats make great gifts and delicious holiday desserts Issue #42
• These salads are hearty dishes Issue #43
• If you can boil water, you can make a good stew Issue #44
• The dandelion is a healthful, great-tasting weed you can eat Issue #44
• Greens and rhubarb are spring tonics Issue #45
• Seven secrets of Dutch Oven cooking Issue #47
• Fish — this gourmet food is fun to catch, relatively easy to cook, and healthy to eat Issue #47
• Elegant desserts for entertaining Issue #48
• Forget the dog, the chicken is man's best friend Issue #49
• Your honey will love your sweet buns Issue #51
• Recipes from my mother's kitchen Issue #52
• 7 Mistakes of food storage Issue #55
• Cooking from long-term food storage Issue #55
• Chocolate - Food for the Gods Issue #56
• Solar food drying Issue #58
• How to use those leftovers Issue #58
• Blanching vegetables Issue #59
• Making maple syrup Issue #59
• Tips and tricks for the kitchen Issue #60
• Bologna sandwiches and roasted rabbit Issue #61
• Moretips and tricks for the kitchen Issue #62
• Picnicking with class! Issue #63
• CHILI MANIA Issue #64
• A Native American feast Issue #66
• Home canning safety tips Issue #66
• Love those green beans Issue #68
• In search of the perfect cup of coffee Issue #68
• Some unusual jellies for your sweet tooth Issue #70
• Cookies in a jar Issue #72
• Can she bake an apple pie, Billy Boy? Issue #77
• Making baby food at home Issue #78
• Bread: the staff of life Issue #78
• Harvesting the wild: acorns Issue #79
• Cracklin’s: an irresistible snack that you can’t stop sneakin’ Issue #79
• Traditional trail foods — transportable calories Issue #81
• Making dandelions palatable Issue #82
• Dandelion recipes Issue #82
• Successful cold storage Issue #82
• Homemade Issue #82
• Piccalilli — a late summer bonus Issue #83
• Cultured milk — Food of centenarians Issue #84
• Garlic — the glorious bulb Issue #86
• Vegetarian pies: they kept us healthy on the farm Issue #87
• Hungry enough to eat a horse? Issue #88
• Wonderful wilderness wines Issue #88
• Tasty uses for garden and wild edibles Issue #89
• Tahini: a health food par-excellence Issue #89
• Turkey the old-fashioned way Issue #90
• Pickled fish and rollmops Issue #91
• Goat milk recipes Issue #92
• Salmon candy and pickles: two unique ways to enjoy your next catch Issue #93
• Cool dishes for formal summer dining Issue #94
• Make your own nut butters Issue #96
• Shiitake mushrooms Issue #96
• Kids in the Kitchen Issue #97
• Creating and maintaining your own sourdough starter Issue #97
• The wonderful world of lavender Issue #98
• Heart healthy recipes Issue #99
• A healthy heart starts in the kitchen Issue #100
• Cooking with seeds Issue #100
• Lemons, the versatile fruit Issue #100
• No fuss, no muss, one-pan grouse supper Issue #101
• The enchanting Chanterelle Issue #101
• The healthy kitchen: Good spoons, good knives, good food Issue #102
• Healthy holiday munchies Issue #102
• Modify your oven to bake great bread Issue #102
• Hearty stews Issue #103
• Making good jerky Issue #103
• Do you suffer from gout? Here are some recipes that might help Issue #103
• Homemade healthy soba noodles Issue #105
• You can safely and easily can your own meat Issue #105
• The perfect holiday meal Issue #108

Health

• Breastfeeding — a primer Issue #49
• Medical kits for self-reliant families Issue #60
• Caring for wounds in the field Issue #75
• No dentist? Oh, no! Issue #75
• What to do when there’s no doctor Issue #75
• For health & comfort, try wild herbal teas Issue #76
• Avoiding heat illness Issue #77
• SARS — Is this a glimpse of the future? BHM Website Exclusive
• How safe is smallpox vaccine? Issue #81
• Hypothermia — a real winter danger Issue #84
• Bath herbs Issue #86
• Gather rose hips for health Issue #95
• Frostbite: Don’t flirt with this sneaky danger Issue #96

Home Schooling

• Your family can afford a computer: buy it used Issue #39
• Teach your kids math with the banking game Issue #41
• Based on years of personal experience, here are 10 good tips for homeschooling your kids Issue #41
• In the classroom and at home, this system will help you grow self-reliant kids Issue #42
• Science and truth...are they related? Issue #46
• Teach speed reading to your children even if you can’t speed read yourself Issue #59
• How big is the solar system? Issue #60
• Homeschooling through high school Issue #65
• Theories of the universe Issue #66
• Teaching the joy of reading Issue #96

Just For Kids

• Take a nite hike Issue #22
• Some good clean fun Issue #24
• Killing some time Issue #26
• Sun-kabobs & solar sizzle Issue #28
• Some pioneer recipes Issue #30
• Knock knock vinegar Issue #32
• Life in the forest Issue #34
• Visit the great prairies (right in your own back yard) Issue #35
• Some farinaceous folly Issue #36
• Working for a dad who works at home Issue #40

Making / Saving Money

• Boost your income by adding a processing step to what you sell Issue #36
• A canoe livery — an honest, clean business Issue #46
• Multi-level marketing — is it the road to riches or disaster? Issue #46
• The saga of the brand name computer and why you should buy a "clone" Issue #47
• Used bookstores can be sucessful in the hinterlands Issue #52
• Free pallet wood and birdhouses add up to big country dollars Issue #53
• Cut your grocery bill in half Issue #53
• Running your own business—a mother’s perspective Issue #62
• Get out of debt — stay out of debt Issue #67
• Start a post-construction cleaning business Issue #76
• Defeating debt Issue #82
• How to make money from storage building auctions Issue #83
• Shopping to beat inflation Issue #85
• Nursing — a perfect backwoods career Issue #88
• 35 country jobs: how folks make a living near my hometown Issue #89
• Couponing, refunding, and stockpiling will make your money stretch Issue #92
• This country job really rocks Issue #105
• 10 ways to make money on your land Issue #106

Kick the credit card habit and learn to stash cash Issue #107

People

• This independent energy dealer says he’s a “conservative’s conservative” Issue #71
• Small business profile Issue #72

Self Reliance

• Never underestimate a woman Issue #32
• Everybody talks about lightning and yes, there are things you can do about it Issue #37
• For large quantity food dehydration try this homemade gem from the past Issue #41
• The incredible cattail — "The super Wal-Mart of the swamp" Issue #43
• Seventeen great tips for caring for windows, mirrors, and other household glass Issue #43
• Make your own effective fishing tackle while you save money and recycle scrap Issue #44
• Women play a key role when it comes to making this rural volunteer fire department a success Issue #45
• You can become a hardcore forager Issue #47
• Make a fully functional cold storage pit/mound and enjoy your garden's production all winter Issue #47
• You could furnish an entire homestead at Lehman's "Non-electric" Hardware Store Issue #47
• Commonsense preparedness just makes sense Issue #48
• How to maintain a dirt road Issue #48
• From triumph to tragedy to triumph again, Dorothy Ainsworth makes her valiant comeback Issue #50
• Canning 101 — pickles, fruits, jams, jellies, etc. Issue #53
• Buy your country place from the government Issue #54
• With commonsense planning, you can survive hard times Issue #55
• Remembering what grandma used Issue #57
• Start your food storage on $10 a week Issue #59
• Start a self-sufficiency garden even in a cramped apartment Issue #61
• Jackie’s tips for hardcore homesteading Issue #62
• Make a sure-fire live trap Issue #64
• Homestead helpers Issue #65
• How we found our remote backwoods home Issue #65
• Home canning safety tips Issue #66
• The raging torrent — respect it, even when you play Issue #70
• Tips and handy hints for 4X4 living Issue #71
• Getting out of Dodge Issue #73
• Disaster preparation Issue #74
• The return of home emergency shelters takes on a dual-purpose approach Issue #74
• 13 steps to a life of freedom Issue #76
• Preparedness for travelers Issue #81
• Harvest your own firewood Issue #83
• The joys of making soap Issue #84
• Getting logs BHM Website Exclusive
• For fuel, fertilizer, and maybe even improved water quality you may need look no further than your manure pile Issue #87
• Common sense about burglary prevention Issue #89
• Space heater safety tips Issue #90
• Catch your own bait Issue #91
• The art of living in small spaces Issue #92
• Finding your own freedom Issue #93
• Self-reliance for women — surviving a biochemical attack Issue #94
• Self-reliance is a mindset — A woman’s opinion Issue #94
• A view of self-reliance from a more timid perspective — A woman’s opinion Issue #94
• Subduction zone tsunami Issue #94
• Funerals don’t have to be expensive Issue #95
• Need more gas mileage? Issue #96
• Survival firebuilding skills Issue #97
• Vinegar Issue #97
• Flashlight! Flashlight! Who’s got the flashlight? Issue #97
• Buying the right emergency radio Issue #98
• Take care of your knife Issue #98
• Buying a used mobile home Issue #99
• Clean up your act! Issue #100
• Water development for the homestead: Ponds, cisterns, and tanks Issue #102
• 10 day survival pack for your vehicle for just $25 Issue #104
• The coffee mug knife sharpener Issue #105
• Cleaning a well Issue #105
• Lessons learned from an ice storm Issue #108
• Caveman walking stick Issue #108
• The trigger line Issue #108

Small Town America

• Thorne Bay, Alaska Issue #84
• Thermopolis, WY Issue #85

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