Note from the publisher

Letters

Editorial:
   Confessions of a former liberal

Columns:

Ayoob on firearms:
   Coping with gun control in paradise

Think of it this way:
   Why bureaucracy will likely destroy America

Recipes:
   Dog-gone it, I never sausage a wiener of a recipe
   Make use of throwaway fish with "fish salad a la carp"
   Try tempeh as a protein substitute

Original Poems:
   Sheryl L. Nelms
   Jean Adair
   John Earl Silveira

Country moments

Irreverent joke page

Product review

Contents

Building/Tools

• Make your kids some terrific & inexpensive playground toys
• Build inexpensive sheds in an afternoon
• Make a Shaker two-drawer case
• Save big $$$ by installing your own septic system

Making a living

• Plant fruit trees, pick big bucks
• Tony Reitz — not just a chimney sweep

Farm/Garden

• Keep deer our of your garden & keep the crops for yourself
• Get an early jump on weeds this spring and have a great garden all year long
• Grow unusual plants on your windowsill
• Malabar spinach — great for summer
• Make a garden in the desert
• Use "native soil" when you transplant trees or shrubs

Shop crafts

• Make "split pulley" bookends

Self sufficiency

• Add life and smoothness to your mower with this grease fitting
• From triumph to tragedy to triumph again, Dorothy Ainsworth makes her valiant comeback
• Travel cheaply but in style by staying at beautiful hostels
• Have gormet fare foraging wild spring greens

Country living

• Mountain lions — attacks are still rare, but just in case...
• Newcomers and old-timers
• Home sweet home?