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6  Publisher’s Note 7  Editorial:       The invisible presidential candidate who could put America back on track 23  Irreverent joke page 32  Making a living: Glenn Jakins: Humless Silent Generator 33  Ayoob on Firearms:       On the road during troubled times 44  Ask Jackie:       Storing dry milk, freezing pies, storing eggs, canning maple syrup, etc. 73  Lenie in the kitchen       Kale soup and acorn squash sweet bread 80  Letters 84  The last word:       Libertarian and Conservative 85  Classified ads (pdf) 85  Classified advertising form 87   Advertiser Index 88-94   BHM anthologies & books 95-96  Order form/Subscription Info For a subscription Call Toll Free 1-800--835-2418

ABOUT THE COVER     This issue's cover is another watercolor by Don Childers. He painted it about two years ago and we have been saving it for an important issue. The idea behind it was a cover to convey the idea that you can walk a safe path through a forbidding, albeit beautiful, landscape.

FEATURES

Self-reliance 14  The 7 core areas of preparedness   By Patrice Lewis 51  Journey to the backwoods, part 2   By David Lee 61  Prepping with children   By Annie Schap 75  A homesteader’s journal, part 2   By Dani Payne Self-reliance Building/Projects 20  Build a barrel stove   By Nick Weston 28  Build your own car wash   By Jeffrey R. Yago, P.E., CEM 48  Build a greenhouse with Tony Jakacky   By Tony Jakacky 58  Split your own cedar shakes   By John Whight Farm and garden 63  Making maple syrup   By Donna Insco Animals 8  Raising rabbits   By Linda Gabris Food and recipes 24  Cast iron loaf pans from breakfast to dessert   By Matt and Linda Morehouse 66  Homemade pasta   By Linda Gabris Economics 37  Apocalypse, when?   By Claire Wolfe 79  Swap and barter   By Leila Bolster