Look for the dual-fuel woodgas and gasoline carburetor here in back
issues, designed by Clarence Goosen in the 1980's apex of MEN ingenuity
and usefulness.
The first book to describe in depth timber framing methods
used by most contractors, farmers and owner-builders today -
methods that use modern metal fasteners, special screws and
common sense building principles.
*Fish Farm with Cages!
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=3534>*
Aquaculture made easier with mosquito netting on all kinds of ponds,
includes obtaining fish and types: bullheads, catfish, trout, sunfish,
carp, eels, tilapia.
*Ask Our Experts
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=3530>*
Orchard ground cover; keeping a well safe from contaminants; finding an
energy source for a passive solar log home; judging wood shrinkage for
cordwood structures; earth sheltered building methods.
*Become an Eggs-Pert
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=3526>*
How to buy, store and prepare quality eggs with recipes for ham and
mushroom quiche, Swiss pie Florentine, stir fry garden omelet, confetti
scramble, chicken waldorf blossom, day ahead dinner salad.
*Country Lore <http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=3527>*
W.W. Donovan fixes a dead battery with Epsom salts; Norma Sizemore saves
rice thrown at weddings to cover her sprout jars; Thelma Mahoney
recommends dropping an expired driver's license in the car door to prove
ownership in case it's stolen; Virginia McQuitty stores spoons on her
table for easy access; Ron Bradshaw uses diluted battery acid to clean
brass fixtures; Sherry Miranda says vegetable bins make excellent barn
storage bins; Morrow Olcott suggests that discarded seat belts make
great gate latches; Owen Bradford makes fluffier omelets by adding a
pinch of pancake mix to the egg batter; Doug Smith stores his spare
hooks and leaders in a wallet-sized photograph holder while fishing; Don
Carroll suggests running jewelry through drinking straws to prevent
tangling; Mrs. Arthur E. Norah browns oatmeal in butter as a substitute
for nuts in food; Charlotte Pierce puts a colored light bulb in her
porch light so visitors are sure to find her home; John Onuska converts
the baskets of old grocery carts into rabbit hutches; Country Monia
discovered green and blue colors make eaters less hungry, while orange
increases appetite.
*If You Are Sprayed With Pesticides
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=3521>*
Preparation and protection from an insecticide accident, including
gathering evidence, reporting the incident, following up, taking it to
court.
*Country Lore <http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=3298>*
Daniel Warner uses an air pump to separate meat from the bone in hunted
animals; Doug Quail throws chicken feed around fencing to let the fowl
pick weeds for him; Eileen Jingo recycles sunflower stalks to support
string beans; Badger Stator reports sunflower stalks make great
shepherds' staffs in Christmas pageants; Linda Biracial grows seaweed to
feed to her goldfish; Mrs. Dennis Austin plans city travel by laminating
a map and drawing her route with a grease pencil; D. Leverets says a dry
ballpoint pen works well on carbon paper; David Ennis shares a honey
candy recipe; Gale Flag uses a cotton cloth and liquid lecithin instead
of no stick spray; Charles Craig makes his own reflective pet collars;
Nancy Perry uses rocks to support fence posts; wine vinegar can be used
to eliminate tobacco and other household odors according to Shirley
McHenry; Tom Kennedy finds vinegar handy when patching concrete; Billie
Durham dashes vegetables with vinegar instead of butter and salt; tire
inner tubes can be recycled as water hoses, gaskets and a variety of
other purposes; Fran Beckon saves money by having everyone in the family
use the same natural shampoo; Every Love grows tomatoes upside down in a
bucket; Zen Colterjohn wraps fragile gifts in disposable diapers for
shipping; Nancy Piccioni-Hann found masonry wire supports make excellent
frames for beans and grapes in the garden; Joseph J. Stearn drops an
alcohol/vinegar mixture in his ears to prevent infection after swimming;
Dixie McCullough trades her worn vegetable peeler to a friend who uses
the opposite hand; Ray Anderson rubs crushed garlic on his feet to keep
them dry; David Byrd sprinkles borax in his shoes to prevent athlete's
foot; Janis Simmons traps fleas in petroleum jelly; Dennis and Donna
Cheathem bath their dogs in crushed pennyroyal leaves to prevent fleas;
Emma Minors keeps her plants healthy by pouring water leftover from
boiling eggs in the pots; Patricia Vought brews tea in the sun in
two-gallon glass condiment jars she gathers from restaurants.
*A Home Business Business (It Pays to Advertise!)
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=3280>*
Advertising for home businesses, including pricing, directory design,
prospects, making contacts, promotion, assembly, distribution.
*Okara: A Meal for the Asking
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=3203>*
Making and cooking this tasty soy based food, including vegetarian
recipes for crunchy carobola, apple anarchy, soyburger supreme, raisin
soy cookies, no meat sausage rolls, corn bread.
*Ask Our Experts
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=3199>*
The effectiveness of superinsulated homes in the Southeast; keeping
creosotes out of the chimney from a wood stove; developing a healthy
vegetarian diet.
*Country Lore <http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=3200>*
Lance Mellon sows spinach in autumn for fuller growth; Gary Coffey lines
plant holes with potatoes before setting shrubberies in place; Charlotte
Pierce saves Halloween masks to scar away garden pests and birds; B.
Alice Shipley squirts light machine oil in rabbits' ears in the summer
to keep mites away; Barry Raygor soaks new jeans in cold water with salt
to add life to the material; Dave and Julie Piourde pour melted salt
free butter and peanut butter over popcorn instead of salt; Paul
Williams converted a dog house to a woodbox; Barbara Burr says an
animal's gum color can be an indication of health; Lisa Murray doesn't
prebake her lasagna noodles and they hold up stronger; Sara McGinnis
makes her own seasoning salts at home; Melvin Gates splits damaged doors
and uses them for storage shelves; Barbara Angersbach keeps kitty litter
in her trash can to avoid bad smelling garbage; Mary Siegert bakes
cupcakes in ice cream cones; Al Smith improves AM radio reception by
connecting the radio to a broken car radio and tuning both to the same
frequency; Russell Skinner reports cotton soaked in lard or bacon grease
is great mouse bait; Mrs. John Schwartz uses a plastic bag for bonding
in appliqu'^, hemming or other sewing chores.
*Buying an Existing Earth Sheltered Home
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=3183>*
Inspecting an underground home, including: structural soundness and
waterproofing, leakage, heating and cooling, code compliance, questions
and conditions.
*Canning Meat the Right Way
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=3189>*
Cooking and preparing meat for storage, including cleaning, facts and
recipes for canned roast, hot packed steaks or chops, cold or raw packed
steaks or chops, wild rabbit and squirrel, boned bird and hot packed
bird on the bone.
*Mother's Insolation Monitor
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=3192>*
Keeping track of the efficiency of alternative, passive solar energy
consumption, including construction, site surveying, power production
planning.
*Country Lore <http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=2663>*
Bill Ickes glues polyester scraps to sandpaper to give the abrasive a
longer life; Barry Atkins matches dipped in wax can withstand any
weather conditions; Gloria Robertson placed yarn bows around her house
to lure her curious toddler away from hazards; Phyllis Wolff recycles
Christmas cards by cutting the designs out of the covers and using them
next year; Ellen Siegler suggests washing doll's hair with fabric
softener for restoration and writing the manufacturer for replacement
parts when board game pieces have been lost; Rosalind Milliken says
stationary and paper goods make an excellent gift for the elderly;
Debbie O'Neal tries to learn at least one new thing each month to make
the year more rewarding; Scott Hoffman slides his firewood downstairs
using parts from an old swing set; Jamie Tackman splashes water on the
side of a propane tank to check its level; Walt Busky turns off the
lights and uses a flashlight to find a dropped contact, which should
illuminate when lit; Charles Wilbur recycles old hair dryers as bellows
for his fireplace and wood stove; Gregory Coleman uses crushed eggshells
to keep his coffee from brewing bitter; Blanche Berger says a cribbage
board may be used to keep track of rows and stitches while crocheting;
Dawn Bauer makes and stores her own biscuit mix; Mrs. Gordon Pullman
says leaving an old knife blade in an onion takes off the rust; Tina
Schriver keeps a plastic bag nearby while making bread to place her hand
in when doing other chores.
*Environmental Hall of Fame
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=2641>*
Biographies of inductees: David Ross Brower, Jerome Irving Rodale, Aldo
Leopold, Jacques-Yves Cousteau, Barbara Ward, Sir Albert Howard, Rene
Jules Dubos, Anwar Fazal.
*A Child's Play Center
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=2632>*
Building a wooden children's toy box and play desk, includes
instructions, materials list, diagrams.Building an alternative energy
generator at home.
* A Gallery of Winter: Craft Projects - A Mother Earth News Mini-Manual
How to Knit and Crochet
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=3134>*
Sewing your own garments including: scarf, afghan, hat, sweater,
slippers, pullover. With knitting basics for beginners like casting on,
knitting, purling, increasing, decreasing, yarn over, binding off,
crocheting techniques, materials lists, diagrams and instructions
*Country Lore <http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=3132>*
Paul Sheldon suggests hooking an electric clock to a water meter to keep
track of how often it runs; Susan Golombek says pouring water into a
candle holder will keep the wax from sticking; Bruce Klecka dips candles
in salt water and freezes them overnight to keep the wax from running;
Dennis Mulso states pouring water in a lamp when the oil is low and the
wick is short; Allyn Moise drilled holes in pennies when he ran out of
º inch washers and saved money; Carol Bank created a plywood tray for
her mailbox so letters were always handy; Pam and Donald Vilas save a
small piece of their Christmas tree trunk as a memento; Alfred Glenn
uses cornmeal to clean spots on suede; Jackie Joy Zandrews rubs snow in
her furs to clean them; Mary Seramur-Kraiss praises washing wool with
shampoo for preservation; Lynda Mason learned it is easier to prepare
garlic if you bruise the cloves before peeling; Susan Tran recycles worn
chopsticks to stir paint, pick out hot coals, and push fruit and
vegetables while canning.
*Mom's (Gardener's) Favorites
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=3129>*
A guide to the best flowers and vegetables for your garden, including:
beans, broccoli, cabbage, carrots, onions, peas, potatoes, calendula,
delphinium, Echinacea, poppy, valerian.
*Mother's Guide to Low Cost Outdoor Gear, A Mini-Manual
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=3075>*
How to buy the right equipment and a good price, including: sewing, used
goods, renting, comparison shopping, footwear, clothing, backpack,
shelter, sleeping bag, kitchen.
*New Ideas for the Old Farm Pond
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=3065>*
A guide to restocking the rural watering hole including small mouth
bass, catfish, chain pickerel, Northern pike, walleye, sunfish, crappie,
rock bass, bullheads, gizzard shad, mosquito fish, suckers, trout, carp,
goldfish, perch and stocking systems.
*Country Lore <http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=3064>*
Robert Grinarml suggests using a shotgun to dispose of wasps nests; Dave
Kooyers uses burning sulfur to rid buildings of hornets; Ross
Westergaard used flypaper to control pesky insects; Darlene Wagner
discovered sprinkling talcum powder on her hands allows her entrance to
a newborn rabbit's nest; Paul Moore dug a pit in the floor of his tipi
for additional cooling and living space; Shane Jones uses old T-shirts
to cover his car seats when the upholstery wears out; Elizabeth England
mixes water, chamomile and ginger root to keep dandruff away; Mary Leck
saves hair from her brushes to make pincushions.
*Biodynamics: the Other Organic Gardening Method
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=3055>*
Background and history on alternative organic agriculture, including:
compost starter, Number 500, techniques, preparation.
*The Pick of the Crop
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=3054>*
Preparing a garden in the winter ensures a healthy summer crop of
lettuce, radishes, turnips, greens, peas, cabbage, cauliflower,
broccoli, Brussels sprouts, onions, leeks, beets, carrots, corn
tomatoes, peppers, beans, melons, cucumbers, zucchini and squash.
*Thoughts on the Design of a Sane World: Part II
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=3039>*
Qualities of a sane world include: equity, environmental orientation,
sustainable economy, value and promotion of diversity, no war.
*Country Lore <http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=425>*
Kenneth Hubbard says the secret to a good lawnmower is having a balanced
blade, not sharpness; Clarence Nye uses an old tire as a log holder when
splitting wood; Roberta Forpahl uses a tire inner tube as a chainsaw
blade cover; Shauna Ellet uses a wire coathanger to keep a cookbook open
to the correct recipe; Oliver Jones shares a recipe for canned tomato soup.
*Investing in Change
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=422>*
The ways you save your money can help determine the quality of our
planet's future, including the record, profiles, using the system,
before you invest.
*They Don't Steal the Towels!
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=419>*
Ever thought of going into a horse motel business? The guests are great!
They don't carouse all night, complain about slow room service or make
unreasonable demands.
*Queen Rearing: A Beekeper's Primer
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=418>*
Many amateur apiarists are discovering that honey production is only
part of the challenge and reward of keeping bees, including variations
on a theme, queens for sale, bee business sidebar.
*Mother's Guide to Hazardous Household Substances
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=417>*
A look at emulsifiers, flavorings and colorings, kitchenware,
dinnerware, preservatives and antioxidants, cleaners and examining
chemicals in the kitchen, utility room, and bathroom.
*The Reclusive Villain
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=416>*
Beware the ubiquitous brown recluse spider. This seemingly harmless
creature is definitely dangerous, including recluse lore, orchestrating
the fiddleback's demise.
*The Marvelous Mountain Gorillas
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=415>*
On Mother's recent visit to Tanzania and Rwanda, we discovered,
surprisingly enough, that tourists may offer the best (and probably the
last) hope of saving this endangered species.
*Some Tips and Tools for Elderly and Handicapped Gardeners
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=413>*
Even physical impairments needn't prevent us from participating in the
joys of gardening, including extension tools, summary of ideas and sources.
*A $5 Macro Lens for Your Camera
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=411>*
You don't need expensive equipment to peer into the world of
larger-than-life photography, including building the converter, using
the lens, simplicity itself, not bad for the price.
*Home-Canned Milk
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=410>*
Making cheese and yogurt isn't the only method of putting up your
surplus dairy product, including from bucket to bottle, caramelly
pudding recipe.
*Homestead Handbook: How To Build a Simple Log-Bridge
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=397>*
Homestead handbook construction guide, including getting started, the
base, what will it hold?, stringers, flooring, step-by-step
illustrations, how long will it last?
*Ultrasonic Plant Stimulation
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=398>*
Though it's best known as a pest-control method, high-frequency sound
could find new agricultural uses, including accelerated plant growth,
results, the effects of ultrasound, graphs.
*Mother's $10-Per-Square-Foot (or Less!) Earth-Sheltered House
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=400>*
We're about to prove, once again, that energy-efficient housing doesn't
have to be expensive, with this $10-per-square-foot in-ground home design.
*Window Witchery: Stitchery!
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=396>*
Here's a bit of do-it-yourself magic that can make an ugly view look
bright and beautiful, including seaming, Mother's method, arts and
crafts, selecting a joiner, installation.
*A Fitness Center Made of Wood
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=395>*
Even if you're not an accomplished carpenter, you can build a home gym
for less than $200, including detailed diagram, materials list, building
instructions.
*To Repair or to Replace: That Is the Question
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=394>*
When that old, dependable household appliance sputters to a halt, you
may be confronted with a classic dilemma, including expected service
life of electrical appliances.
*The PVC Porch Glider
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=392>*
Slip-joint plumbing may have a place not only under your house, but in
it as well with this unique porch-swing design, including diagrams and
directions.
*Healing Gardens <http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=391>*
Fill your life with beauty, fragrance and time-tested remedies for
common ailments, including the essentials, ideal plants for shady and
sunny gardens, home health, alternative medicine.
*Herbicides and No-Till Farming
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=390>*
The agricultural industry is converting to this new and better (on the
surface, at least) better method, including how do herbicides work,
toxicity, persistence, ecological effects.
*The Good Life Get Together
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=387>*
Take a few country fields on the back roads of upstate New York, add a
selection of skilled homesteading instructors and a couple hundred eager
participants and you'll have this event.
*Medical Self-Care: All About Circumcision
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=385>*
A look at circumcision, including a 6,000 year history, medical facts
and fallacies, three techniques, possible complications.
*A Trio of Garden Helpers
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=381>*
Caring for your backyard growing plot can be as easy as one, two, three
if you have a hose guard, dibbles and cord and knee saver with you.
*An Alaskan Escape
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=380>*
Patience, persistence and planning helped this couple's dream turn into
reality as they retreat from the city to the North Star State to lead
the good life.
*Be a Back-to-Basics Bowyer
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=378>*
Any archery fan can add more enjoyment by homecrafting primitive
equipment, including the bowyer's bare essentials, bending to the task,
the language of archery, arrowmaking.
*Folks, Facts and Folklore
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=3022>*
Clay Kirkland suggests massaging skin friendly foods instead of using
hand lotion; Leona Burch explains how to can bread; Connie Forand has
found cinnamon a deterrent for carpenter ants; Graham Wright drops rocks
in cans of varnish or stain to prevent oxidation; Ronald Peyton offers a
handy homemade way to harvest berries; Raymond Downs dips his cats in a
chlorine bleach solution to rid them of ringworms; Dian Zwerink says
putting old dog bones in potting keeps plants' roots from becoming
waterlogged; Angie Ronald says putting vinegar on animal hides speeds up
the tanning process.
*Designing Sustainable Small Farms and Homesteads
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=3016>*
Detailed look at creating a small farm including zones and sectors,
location, function, resources, recycling, alternative technology,
function and budgeting.
*Intentional Communities: Some Inside Views
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=3011>*
Life in utopian communities in East Wind, Missouri, Harbin Hot Springs,
California and The Renaissance Community, Massachussetts.
*Reading to Sharpen Your Chain Saw Skills
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=6710>*
There's no shortage of excellent reference publications dealing with
every aspect of chain saw safety and we've collected a few of our
staff's favorites to share with you.
*Mother Tests Two Chain Saw Mini-Mills
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=6709>*
If you're building a log structure and have lots of time, but not much
money let Mother help you with these test results, including a Bushpilot
beam machine, Haddon lumbermaker.
*What To Look For In A Chain Saw Lumber Mill
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=6708>*
Their sizes range from small to tall - and so do their prices. But no
matter the style here's a guide, including vertical and horizontal mills.
*Deliciously Beautiful You!
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=371>*
Natural beauty tips, including curing bad morning breath with tooth
soda, face moisturizer, nightly refreshment, using milk to remove puffy
eyes, grapefruit baths, more.
*Practical Puppets
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=366>*
Bring back the smile to a child's face with a napkin, a character voice
and some downright fun puppetry, including diagrams, how to create the
puppets, puppetry techniques.
*Country Lore <http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=368>*
Doug Murphy shares how to keep from splitting fine woods when
cabinetmaking; Becky Porter cuts and pastes footprints all over the
house to remind her children where to store their things; Ronald Peyton
revises the berry-picking technique shared in the previous issue;
Hermann Gurfinkel uses an old rope as a touch-up paintbrush; Lester
Westlund covers furniture scratches by rubbing a walnut husk over the
blemish; Lynne Thomas provides tips to prevent chickens from attacking
each other.
*Environmental and Humanitarian Organizations
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=365>*
Here's a look at a few of the many groups working to protect planet
Earth and the freedom and diversity of her inhabitants, including
Akwesansne notes, Earth First!, Greenpeace, Amnesty.
*Life in the "Future Tents"
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=364>*
For a tent, its expensive. On the other hand, it'd be difficult to find
such a big, beautiful, unusual dwelling for twice the price. There are
other advantages to be found herein.
*Be a Professional Hunting and Fishing Guide
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=363>*
If you love people, love the outdoors and respect nature, you can turn
those assets into a paying business, including keep it legal, what to
charge for your service, paperwork, the rewards.
*Don't Give Up the Sheep
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=362>*
If you're considering adding some livestock to your homestead, take some
of this advice, including selecting a breed, dogs, bloat, breeding, fencing.
*Ravelings of a Nearly Continental Knitter
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=360>*
Europeans have used a fast, efficient knitting for generations. The
technique is revealed herein, including diagrams, knitting, troubles,
purling, increasing and decreasing, do it your way.
*Growing Organic Ginseng
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=358>*
Priceless on what may be the ultimate cash crop, including Oscar's
start, bed preparation and planting, care during the growing season,
harvesting and storing the seeds, digging the roots.
*Looking Into Binoculars
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=357>*
When shopping for long-range optics, its wise to employ plenty of
foresight, including the basics, image brightness, field of view, lens
construction, focus, parting thoughts, selector chart.
*A Well-Drilling (Customer's) Primer
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=356>*
Most well drillers won't deliberately give you the shaft, but don't call
one up before reading this, including pump comparisons, household water
requirements chart, work under pressure, Can You Drill Your Own? sidebar.
*Acorns: The Grain That Grows on Trees
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=353>*
A food-producing nut tree may well be growing, unappreciated in your own
backyard, including, acorns for eating, from the forest to the frying
pan, forager's guide, grow your own.
*Deno The Dinosaur
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=351>*
You can use old jeans, sewing scraps and a little imagination to create
this fun stuffed friend, including what you'll need, pattern, putting it
together.
*Become a Veterinary Technician
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=352>*
This job might be just the thing to help make ends meet on the
homestead, including description and qualifications, job sharing,
landing the job and do you really want it?
*The Classic Crossbow: You Can Build Your Own!
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=348>*
It was the hot setup during the Crusades, and it's going through a new
revolution today, including diagrams, piece by piece, fact and fiction,
patterns, assembly directions.
*Food Irradiation
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=346>*
The federal government may approve wider use of a controversial method
of preservation, including atoms for the pizza, health concerns, how
well it works, food for thought.
*Homestead Handbook: Field-Dressing and Skinning Big Game
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=344>*
Homestead handbook, including prehunt preparation, field-dressing, out
of the woods and home, skinning, how long to age, step-by-step
illustrations.
*Undercover Device: The Cloche
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=342>*
Increase your garden's productivity with low-cost, manageable,
season-extending structures, including belling the crop, from individual
to mass cover, an emergency tunnel, PVC cloche.
*The Saga of Big Pink
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=341>*
Moving a house can be an inexpensive - but often very bumpy - road to
home ownership, including learning from mistakes, the big move, a
manageable mortgage, things to keep in mind.
*Wood Stove Efficiency and Emissions: 1984
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=340>*
The time may have come if you have you put off buying a
better-performing wood-burning heater, including Shelton energy research
test results table, revulsion equals revolution, more.
*Copper Cowbells <http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=338>*
You can keep an ear on your good old woods-wandering Bessie with these
homemade cowbell designs, including pattern, making it ring, assembly,
photographs.
*Voltage-Surge Protector
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=339>*
Protect your sensitive electronic equipment from lightning damage by
building this device, including parts list, photographs, building and
assembly instructions.
*Compton's "One Pass" Peeling Spud
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=336>*
This particular spud's not meant for eating, thought it certainly peels
nearly as well, including how to build a long-handled bark peeler for
limbs, logs and felled wood.
*March to the Beat of Your Own Drum
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=337>*
This craft combines making music and creating beautiful things,
including collecting materials, constructing the drum, added touches,
ideas galore.
*Repair That Foundation'- You Can Do It Yourself
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=335>*
When you start thinking about weatherproofing your house, don't forget
to look down, including what you can do, what you'll need, getting
ready, mixing mud, pointing and plastering.
*A Look at Mother's Solar Wood-Drying Kiln
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=334>*
Using the sun to season wood can be a financially rewarding - but
challenging - experience, including cutaway, detailed diagram, top view
diagram, photographs, how it works.
*Triple Treat: A Pickup Body For All Reasons
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=330>*
You can expand your truck's versatility with this inexpensive, homemade,
haul-all conversion, including the stake bed, the lumber rack, the
camper, detailed construction diagram, directions.
*A "High-Amp" PV Charge Controller
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=325>*
Here's a homemade battery-charge controller that can handle more than
five amps of current, including circuit update, instructions.
*Hook Your Wind Machine to the Grid
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=321>*
With the help of a couple important federal financial incentives, it can
make sense to take the action outlined herein, including be your own
friendly local utility, tax incentives, energy future.
*Country Lore <http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=2976>*
Ron Spears tells how black pepper stops a radiator leak; Fay Lilley
suggests frying noodles for crispy chow mein; Tom Minor offers success
in shredding leaves in a trash can with a lawn trimmer; David Potter
proffers a safe way to control tree fall; Frank Barnett shows how to
turn worn out overalls into a bib or coveralls.
*Should You Become "You, Incorporated"?
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=2972>*
The advantages and disadvantages of the self-employed becoming
incorporated including taxes, medical plans, tax shelters, insurance,
establishing and paperwork.
*The Greenhouse as an Ecosystem
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=2964>*
Understanding the qualities of various greenhouses, improving light
quality, ventilation, using the best soil, crop planning, and insect and
disease control.
*Homestead Handbook: Erecting a Pole Building
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=2951>*
Detailed instructions for constructing a pole building, including:
materials list, site preparation, layout and pole setting, girts,
joists, rafters and trusses, roofing and siding.
*Economic Outlook
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=317>*
Various quotes relating to the 1929 stock market crash, World War II and
the economy, recessions between 1950 and 1980, how to fight inflation
and other political lies.
*A Build-It-Yourself Pine Pole Greenhouse
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=316>*
A greenhouse can be a reliable source of fresh winter foot. Many of
these structures, though, are beyond the limits of the average budget,
but not this new design from Mother presented here.
*Tap The Sun <http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=313>*
Learn an easy, low-cost way to add solar heat to your mobile home or
metal outbuilding, including planning for available materials, plan and
cut, ducts and dampers, bill of materials.
*Country Lore <http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=308>*
Gary LeDean shares a way to add warmth to a winter trip to the outhouse;
M.L. Parsons tells a way to recycle a broken-handled post-hole digger;
Olive Lammon tells of a healthy substitute for commercial cooking oils;
Richard Etheridge tells how to prevent chickens from pecking each other
to death.
*Butcher's Blades: Which to Own and How to Hone
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=303>*
Here's the last of our three-part series on gettin' in the winter's meat
without professional help, including bone saw, meat cleaver, knives,
four steps to a sharper knife.
*The Other Leaks <http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=302>*
You've insulated and caulked, but your house still fills cold and
drafty. It's time to inspect bottom plates, electric outlets and
switches, beam pockets and junctions, vanities and sinks.
*One Week Behind the Plow: A Greenhorn Goes to Draft-Horse School
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=300>*
Article in which a staffer finds himself behind the traces of some
massive work animals and lives to write about it.
*Economic and Efficient Gardening
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=299>*
It's seed catalog again, but before you order too much or too little pay
heed to the information herein, including how much you'll harvest table,
the savings of perserving.
*An Update on Breast-Feeding
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=298>*
These fascinating new discoveries about nursing should interest even the
most experienced mother, including disease prevention, drug usage,
advantages, when to start foods, when to wean.
*Woodbox <http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=296>*
This may be the perfect solution if you are tired of wood-heating mess
and late-night sojourns to the woodpile, including diagrams, materials
and preparation, assembly.
*Statice: Easy and Profitable
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=294>*
Here's a possible solution for those beating their brains out trying to
figure out a good homestead cash crop for this spring, including
choosing the seed, how to plant and harvest, selling statice.
*Mother's Microhydroelectric Plant Revisited
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=293>*
If you're interested in building a home-scale or larger AC hydroelectric
plant, this account of our successful - and not-so-successful -
experiences may help save you a lot of time and money.
*Leroy's "Power-Steering" Dump Bed
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=291>*
This homemade pickup conversion may very well be next year's hottest
Detroit option, including bed-building basics, simple geometry,
pictorial schematic, fluid drive, photographs, instructions.
*Wood-Burning Cookstove
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=292>*
Homestead handbook on the cookstove, including building and checking the
fire, using the range, cooking on top, oven use, numerous illustrations.
*Opening the Window of Hope
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=290>*
A country housewife turned peace worker shares some suggestions for
preventing nuclear war, including personal peace work, community work,
peacemaking resources.
*Make Your Own Emergency Power Plant
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=288>*
If you have a car, a moderate tool collection and good tinkering
abilities, why not try this, including materials list, two simple
circuits, helpful tips, pictorial schematic.
*A .09-Acre Homestead
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=287>*
This very enterprising Cape Cod family raises its own meat, eggs and
vegetables, including layout, limited-space livestock, soil building and
a herring-ponic rooftop garden.
*Intentional Communitites: Some Inside Views
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=286>*
Residents tell of life in Stelle, Ill., the International Emissary
Community, British Columbia, Roandoak of God, Calif.
*Custom-Made Garden Tools (From Old Saw Blades!)
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=285>*
In the never-ending war of human need versus weeds, it pays to teach an
old saw new tricks, including the brushwacker, swythes and sweeders,
patterns, conversion instructions.
*Mother's $10-per-Square-Foot (or Less!) Earth-Sheltered House
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=284>*
We're here to demonstrate, one more time, that energy-efficient housing
can be inexpensive, including building the bunk bed frame.
*The Starplate Connection
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=283>*
Would you like to build yourself a small, temporary home for a little
more than $1,000?, including bill of materials, frame, footer and floor,
loft, insulation and celotex, roofing, siding.
*Holistic Resource Management
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=280>*
If you're watching your livestock pasture turn to desert, there's hope
for greener times, including symbiosis, a new approach to an old
problem, good fences make good grasslands, cures that kill.
*Essentially Yours
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=278>*
With scented oils from flowers and spices, you can create an array of
perfumes, including fragrance families, experiment for the perfect
scent, formulas for fragrance.
*Passive Annual Heat Storage
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=277>*
Finally, a method for eliminating the serious drawbacks of passive solar
earth sheltering, including PAHS, the need, cross section, examples,
what's needed, back-to-basics heat flow.
*Build Your Own "Hamdolin"
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=275>*
It's amazing what you can do with an open mind and a ham can, including
building a unique musical instrument, the neck, body, tuning pegs, nut
and bridge, tailpiece, tuning, assembly.
*Make Your Own Cold-Weather Clothing
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=273>*
If you life the fill of winter wind on your cheeks but don't want to
spend your last dime, here are some sewing patterns, including making
pants and a vest, warm advice.
*Mother's Children
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=266>*
Young author recalls process of raising an orphan lamb, shearing and
preparing her wool, making and taking care of the comforter, selling and
snuggling.
*Easter Eggs, Southwest-Style
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=268>*
Add an authentic, distinctive touch of Native American culture to this
year's Easter festival, including dyeing instructions, how to spruce
them up, finishing touches.
*Country Lore <http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=261>*
Jackie Ivey shares a safer way to unroll spools of barbed wire; Ralph
Adams places marbles in his chicken feed to prevent the foul from
plucking each others' eyes; Clinton Cottrell reminds that a easily found
address marker can mean life or death when emergency crews are searching
for a home; Otto Maas shares an easier way to get the nut off the
crankshaft in a car engine.
*Plant a Premixed Salad
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=264>*
For guaranteed lunch and dinnertime delights this year, take a hint from
the French, including ordering mesclun makings, mixing and matching,
planting, reaping what you sow.
*Mother's Income Tax Mini-Manual
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=259>*
Self-explanatory article includes record keeping, the code and the law,
how much you earned, deductions for all and itemizers, the morass of
depreciation, income averaging, your home as an office, credits,
considerations for those over 65, in case of audits.
*Seed-Starting as Mother's Gardeners Do It
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=258>*
Guide to seed preparation, including materials, oversow and undercover,
moist and warm, start seeds warm, grow seedlings cool, timetable,
pricking out, damping off, garden time.
*Old Ephraim's Last Stand
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=257>*
The grandest and most powerful living symbol of wilderness America is
struggling for survival, including the grizzly bear, who needs bears,
the politics of extinction, how to help, hunting.
*Mother's Minigardens Experiment
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=256>*
Guide to which techniques are best: double-dug or rototilled beds, row
or deep-mulch gardening, including space, soil, time, fertilization,
long-term effects, plant spacing chart, why use BFI.
*You Can Play the Mandolin
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=254>*
Here's an introduction to a musical instrument that has a long history
and promising future, including getting started, a quick check, tuning,
picking , the wrist, chords, scales, technique.
*Mother Never Told Me That About Homesteading!
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=251>*
To help acquaint you with the trials and tribulations that often
accompany the joys and triumphs of pursuing a self-sufficient life in
the country, here's one homesteader's tongue-in-cheek account.
*Productive Raised Garden Beds: Six Ways to Make Them
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=252>*
You can get more from your garden now and later, perhaps even during the
winter months, including the cautious approach, quick fix, trench and
mound, double digging, deep compost.
*A Purple Martin Apartment
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=249>*
Construct a house for one of nature's most pleasant and effective
garden-pest predators, including detailed assembly diagram, instructions.
*Urban Homesteading in Florida
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=250>*
A former Mother editor has discovered the good life in an unlikely place
and shares it in this space, including alternative economics, hearth and
home, food for thought, making plans.
*Maintaining Your Gravel Road
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=247>*
If a long stretch of driveway is all that connects you to the outside
world, heed this author's tips, including maintenance basics, some
additional advice, an ounce of prevention.
*Homestead Handbook Beginning with Honeybees
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=245>*
Homestead handbook on starting and maintaining and honeybee farm,
including facts of bee-ology, working bees, inside the hive, questions
and answers, step-by-step illustrations.
*Extra Cash From Old Books
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=243>*
You can turn a love of books - and some knowledge of their worth - into
a part-time business, including what makes books valuable, a trade
secret, where to find and how to sell, info sources.
*The Flight of the "Red Baron"
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=241>*
At last, here's a screw together and stitch wind charger that anyone
with hand tools can build, including photographs, detailed diagrams,
explicit assembly instructions.
*The Double-Duty Ironing Chair
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=238>*
If you happen to be tight on space and cash, this $20 (or less) project
might be just the ticket, including photographs, detailed diagram,
directions.
*Forests in Decline
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=240>*
There's something in the air and it's most certainly not the fresh
breath of spring, including the toxicant hit list, I fear that we shall
no more see a thing as lovely as a tree, taking action against acid rain.
*All About the Osage Orange
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=236>*
This tree - once a favorite of American settlers - deserves a look from
modern-day homesteaders, including an extraordinary tree with a past.
*Log-and-Pin Framing
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=237>*
If you're long on logs but short on cash, consider these four practical
homestead projects, including log rail fence, hoisting derrick, swing
set, pole shed, diagrams, endless possibilities.
*Mother's Full-Sheet Cutting Table
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=233>*
Here's a real space-saving workbench that solves a number of problems
with one design, including frame, table and tensioner details,
photographs, instructions.
*Medical Self-Care: How Pets Keep Us Healthy
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=231>*
Look at health benefits of pets, including pets and heart disease, pets
as family, therapists, pets and stress, someone to care for.
*Mom's Self-Reliant Homestead
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=228>*
A varied, productive minifarm is rapidly evolving around our
$10-per-square-foot house, including labled layout diagram, the
household and horticulture today.
*Mother's Under-$30 Hearing Aid
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=227>*
If you're hard of hearing and need a hearing aid, this article may save
you hundreds of dollars, including hearing, aid design, limitations,
build it, see your doctor first, loudness and loss, schematic, circuit
board, parts layout and list.
*Country Lore <http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=216>*
Darlene Kistler shares how to turn willow scrapings into saplings;
Sherry Balkenhol grows sunflowers for winter birdseed; Arlene Raymond
shares a tip for minimizing plant transplant shock; Hanycaps Unlimited
share tips for the handicapped gardener; Craig Scharf stores his garden
tools in an old mailbox near the plot.
*Slipping Sweet Potatoes
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=213>*
Don't pass up on learning the secrets of growing this nutritious,
delicious, easy-to-grow vegetable, including for the home garden,
cultivation tips.
*Edible Landscaping
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=212>*
This mini-manual will give you the basics of a useful and decorative
plant-raiser's art, including vegetables, perennial edibles, taste
appeal, health, variety, new approaches to landscaping, tables.
*Climbing Okra <http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=211>*
If you want a decorative yard-and-garden plant that tastes as good as it
looks, investigate this vegetable, including a multitude of uses, how to
get the vine started, fighting disease and pests.
*Basic Skills and Lost-Proofing
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=210>*
Elementary survival skills for the wild, including how to prevent
getting lost in the deep woods, practice now, review of past At Home in
the Wilderness articles.
*To Save Money Backpacking
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=209>*
Guide for what to pack when spending time hiking, including foods,
breakfast, lunch and dinner, analyze your trip, cautions, treat yourself
kindly, be adaptable.
*Natural Flea Control
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=208>*
Follow this vet's advice for a flea-free summer, including biographical
sketch of the enemy insect, control, natural remedies, garlic cloves,
formulating a battle plan.
*Raffia and Cattail Sandals
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=207>*
This natural-fiber produces comfortable summer footwear, including
weaving sandals, crafting the sole, making the thong and band, viable
variations, a cornhusk substitute.
*The Incredible, Edible Beanbag Tripod
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=206>*
If you're a shutterbug on a budget, here's a camera support you can make
in just minutes, including beanbag craftsmanship, the ultimate in
portability.
*Preparing the Soil
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=205>*
Gardeners should give thought to these fundamental principles, including
cultivation, texture, life, hydrogen, inorganic elements, nitrogen,
phosphorus, potassium, trace elements, organic fertilizers.
*Curing My "Bed-Wetting" Garden
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=202>*
If you've got a vegetable plot with soggy soil, why not try this
grower's drainage methods, including spring test, a gardener's work is
never done.
*How to Live Well on Two-City Acres
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=203>*
This enterprising family from Atlanta has learned through trial and
error how to experience the good life on limited suburban land and
shares there experiences here.
*Mother's Bicycle Safety Flasher
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=199>*
When you're riding in the midst of cars 20 times your weight, it's wise
to have a bright light, including parts layout, positive of circuit
board, turn-signal switch, diodes, transistors, materials list.
*The Rural Art of Capping a Spring
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=196>*
Homestead Handbook for utilizing and relying on an undeveloped spring,
including step-by-step illustrations, spring quality, capping time,
other approaches and tips, reservoirs, pumps.
*The Shaker Lap Desk
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=194>*
Here's how to build a distinctive piece from the past that's useful even
in contemporary times, including materials list, diagram, building
instructions.
*The "Blue Max": Affordable Wind Power
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=193>*
Our second tool for harvesting power from the wind blends economy with
performance, including lists of materials, detailed assemblies diagrams,
building instructions.
*The Construction of Mother's Bioshelter Greenhouse
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=191>*
Here are the details on the latest addition to Mother's ongoing,
self-reliant homestead project, including notes on construction, growing
beds, diagrams.
*Publish Menu Guides
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=192>*
Telling people where to get a good meal can turn into a profitable
part-time home business, including estimates, bits and pieces, selling
yourself, how to do it.
*A Homemade Telescope
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=190>*
Here's a way to build yourself a front-row seat for the arrival of
Halley's comet this year, including optics, the tube, detailed diagram,
the cell, eyepiece and diagonal mirror, alignment.
*Build a Fringe-Area Antenna for $20!
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=189>*
If your television reception is poor to nonexistent, try making a stand
with aerial combat, including diagrams, assembly and installation
instructions, getting your signals straight.
*Bandcycle Built for Two
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=185>*
Take your bicycle out of winter storage and put it to use, when you
ingeniously combine it with a band saw, including diagram, photographs,
building directions.
*A Child-Built Cordwood Clubhouse
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=183>*
Tackling a little project like this may inspire you to build a full-size
cordwood house, including design features, personal innovations, masonry
mud recipe.
*A Homemade "Factory" Solar Collector
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=181>*
It is possible to slash the cost of solar water heating and still retain
store-bought quality, including bought and built, trial without error,
materials list, detailed diagram.
*Making and Using a Venerable Hand Sling
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=180>*
You don't have to anticipate facing a foe named Goliath to enjoy a whirl
at this sport, including manufacturing a sling, parts of the sling,
overhand throwing technique.
*An Herbal Medicine Chest
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=173>*
How to develop a home health cabinet, including harvesting, drying,
comfrey, Echinacea, garlic, angelica, valerian, using herbs safely,
chamomile, calendula.
*Year-Round Watermelon
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=170>*
Watermelon doesn't have to be just a summer treat; you can preserve it
in a number of ways detailed here, including pickles and preserves,
dehydrated watermelon, watermelon wine.
*Watering the Garden
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=169>*
Tips and advice for proper soil moisture levels, including soil and
water, when to water, how often and how much, tools, water-saving
tricks, strategies for conservation.
*Country Lore <http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=166>*
B.V. Alvarez uses a dollar bill as a six-inch ruler; Jim Payette uses
old baking soda to extinguish fires; Irma Wilson hangs a hook from the
ceiling to help her get out of bed; Patty Pritchett put cheese on foil
to alert her cat to a mouse's presence; Dixie Collum stores garlic in
jars filled with cooking oil; Bill Krumbein invented a swiveling hose
holder; Mike Carlos cleans his hands after automotive work with bacon fat.
*Can Your Tomatoes Carefully!
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=163>*
Pay heed to the new USDA guidelines for preserving tomatoes, and to the
author's heartfelt plea, including canning according to current USDA
recommendations.
*A Survival Kit You Can Live With: The Experts Choices
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=161>*
Outdoor survival kits from Boulder Outdoor Survival School, Outward
Bound USA, The Tracker, National Outdoor Leadership School, Mother.
*Solar Technical Training
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=160>*
The sun is just beginning to rise on the job market for men and women
who have the right expertise, including guide and mailing information
for solar training programs.
*Photovoltaics Today
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=158>*
Solar cell technology is in a state of transition, and now may be the
time to get involved, including home-scale PV matures, shopping for
panels, new technologies, Arco Solar's genesis.
*Building the Traditional Hewn-Log Home
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=156>*
Mini-manual construction guide, including bottom line, foundation,
acquiring logs, digging it, preservatives and finishes, the tools of the
logsmith's trade, hewing, peeling, notches, splicing.
*Three tip-Top Timber Tools
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=155>*
You might not be able to buy these tools at the store, but you can
certainly make them, including the log tong, pry bar peavey, safety
helmet, detailed diagrams, building instructions.
*Furniture Refinishing
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=153>*
Here's the scoop on a money-making enterprise that requires little
start-up investment and is welcomed everywhere, including getting
started, quickie course, pricing, repairs and restoration.
*The Essential Outdoor Barbecue
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=154>*
The cookout season is hard upon us, so why not build this cooker,
including materials and pricing list, diagram and layout, building
directions.
*Giardiasis in Paradise
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=152>*
Water you drink in the pristine wilderness may not be as pure as you
think, including beaver fever, transmission, disease, treatment,
backcountry protection.
*Ecoscience: Grazing Ecosystems From Theory to Practice
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=143>*
Grazing ecosystems from theory to practice, including exotic livestock,
multiple advantages, breaking traditions.
*A Landscape-Log Cabin
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=144>*
These readers demonstrated their determination to do more with less with
these construction designs, including diagram of floor plan, six easy
pieces, future dreaming.
*Burkholder's "Briefcase" Solar Cooker
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=146>*
You can let the sun heat your noontime meal while you go about your work
or play, including detailed diagram, building instructions.
*Research Update: The Blue Max
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=147>*
Mother put a little backbone between the blade skins and made a good
thing even better, including blade patterns, construction directions.
*Write Your Own Will
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=148>*
You may not be able to take it with you, but you can help control where
it goes if you follow this procedure, including buried in paper, how
should it be written, alternatives to wills, uniform probate code.
*The World's Best $6 Sawhorse?
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=136>*
Here's a horse of a different color that will look like pure gold to the
hassled handyperson, including diagram, building instructions.
*Chemical-Free Mosquito Control
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=137>*
Using nature to solve natural problems is a sound idea, including
physical control, biological control, betting on bacteria, permanent
pool, floodwater and artificial container/tree hole groups.
*The Solar Carriage House
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=134>*
A blend of superinsulation and earth sheltering is a promising option
for owner-builders, including Wallis carriage house, Merkel carriage
house, the future, photographs.
*Bits and Pieces <http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=131>*
News briefs on biological pest controls, puritan justice for polluters,
cheap dirt, sodium-free soil, the cost of pollution controls, life
expectancy.
*Mom Tests the Soil Tests
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=127>*
Right now is the best time to test your garden soil, but which earth
exam you should give is investigated here, including soil test results
chart.
*Choosing A Log Home Kit
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=126>*
Log homes are attractive, versatile and relatively energy-efficient and
range from summer-cottage-simple to palatial. Here's your guide to
finding the best one for your needs and budget.
*Country Lore <http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=124>*
Irene Kubica sprays water on plants after the first spring frost to
protect them; Joe Plaugh coats the bottom of his wheelbarrow with
leftover enamel; Helen Levchuk keeps bugs out of her home by filling a
coffee-bean bag with tomato plant cuttings and pennyroyal; Harold
Newcomb dissuaded rabbits from chewing on their hutches by giving them
untreated soft pine; Scott Garner, Bob Bailey and Larry Brown share
chainsaw tips; Elizabeth Elliott saves herb seeds in nylon stockings;
Ernst Erbe soaks rusted-together nuts and bolts in cola overnight.
*Extending the Season
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=123>*
How to lengthen the growing season without a greenhouse, with plastic
tunnels, including the tunnel cloche, the cold frame, how to use a
cloche or frame, the big hitch.
*Squirrel Hunting: Some Tips for Tyros
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=121>*
Hunting advice for beginners, also includes Sixty-Second Skinning
sidebar by Winnie Hodgson and Woodlot Squirrel recipe by Sylvia Bashline.
*A Mill-Slab Firewood Business
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=119>*
If you live anywhere with access to both rural and urban areas, a little
hard work and ingenuity can set you up in your own $10-an-hour business.
*A Roof-Over Retrofit
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=116>*
Family discovers that putting a new roof on their old mobile home pays
off in more ways that one, including how they did it, what they did and
cross section.
*Economy Solar' To Go!
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=117>*
Mother's research department mobilized its forces to produce a solar
collector that cuts winter heating bills, including local tuning, ducts
in a row, panels, diagrams and schematics.
*At Home in the Wilderness
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=111>*
How to construct two different long-term survival shelters, including
the thatched hut and the mud hut, plan before you build, thatching,
diagrams.
*Mother's Add-on Garden Toolshed
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=109>*
A central location and a few special features are the keys to this
structure's usefulness, including construction, instructions, building
tips, cross-sectional view, finishing touches.
*How Not To Insulate Your Attic
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=108>*
Illustrated guide to proper attic insulation, including vent areas,
gaps, right side up, puckers, loose or compressed insulation, animal
nests, mold, mildew and rusty nails.
*Ten Woodstoves Have Made the Grade
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=107>*
Only a few stoves have passed Oregon's emissions standards so far,
including reading between the numbers, performance, stove manufacturers
and specifications.
*An All-Purpose Straddle-Wheeled Hauler
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=106>*
This carrier suits heavy loads that should be carried rather than
dragged, including schematic, instructions, photographs, diagram.
*Mother's Radiator Monitor
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=103>*
Know your car's cooling system is in good shape, including parts layout,
circuit board, how it works, building the monitor, installation, bill of
materials.
*An Under-$10,000 Ozarks Home
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=102>*
Couple leaves the city in search of the good life and combined high
hopes and hard work to create their own Ozark oasis, including how they
did it and house design highlights.
*Root Cellaring <http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=101>*
Hoe to install a root cellar, including planning your cellar, building
an outside or basement root cellar, decentralized storage, stocking the
cellar and year-round harvest.
*Breeding an Epidemic Antibiotics and Meat
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=97>*
Modern agriculture is rushing us into an unintended but dangerous form
of genetic engineering, including antibiotics, how bacteria become
resistant, livestock, the animal-human link, regulatory stonewall.
*Country Lore <http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=86>*
George Earley's family stores winter supplies in shoe bags; Fred
Hargreaves uses a mixture of light mineral oil and kerosene as a honing
oil for whetstones; Bonnie Hamlin soaks cotton string before wrapping a
package for a tighter bow; Kathy Machotka uses a street sweeping brush
as a cattle backscratcher; Barry Churchill marks his chainsaw with the
appropriate length for logs for his stove; Josun shares that bubble wrap
provides privacy but allows natural light; Shirley Bredow says boiling
rhubarb softens lime deposits; Bob Filipovich writes letters to
relatives on the backs of his children's school papers to share their
educational accomplishments; Claudia Barber greases a measuring cup with
oil or butter to make pouring measured honey out easier; Shellinda
Hampton freezes butter wrapping papers.
*How To Buy a Business For Little or No Money
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=81>*
Even those a few dollars down may still be able to buy a profitable
business, including doing your homework, finding a business, making the
offer.
*Ni-Cad Battery Charger
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=79>*
Kiss wasteful disposable batteries goodbye by building this $6 charger,
including proper care a feeding, the design, circuit board diagram, cost
and materials list.
*Site Assessment for Alternative Energy
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=74>*
An in-depth look at the alt. energy potential of your land, including
solar, wind, natural factors and harvesting advice.
*Break into Print with a Newsletter
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=70>*
Writers tired of rejection slips might want to try starting their own
publication, including legalities, figuring costs, testing the waters,
printing, promotion.
*The Secrets of Organic Container Growing
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=68>*
Lush ornamentals, indoor herbs, year-round vegetables and colorful
hanging baskets can all be yours, naturally, including soil mixes,
culinary herbs, hanging baskets, care and maintenance.
*A Gift of Flavor <http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=63>*
Great Christmas recipe collection, including recipes for mulled wine,
herbed rice, herbed salad dressing, herb and fruit stuffing, super
seasoning.
*A Pair of Unpurchased Perches
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=62>*
A tree stand can open an new world to the outdoorperson, and this
article has the diagrams and instructions you need to make two types.
*Dress (Your Chain) for Success
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=60>*
If you're not to keen on manually sharpening your chain saw, try
building this tool that will do it for you, including detailed diagrams,
photographs, instructions.
*Shopping for a Home Computer
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=58>*
How to select the right computer at the right price for your home,
including making a plan, memory, where to buy, software, brands.
*Prefabricate Your Country Home'- In the City!
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=57>*
If you itch to own a place in the country or vacation cabin, but can't
afford to buy one ready-made and can't wrangle time away from work to
build on-site yourself, this may be an attractive alternative.
*Lightwood: Nature's Own Fire Starter
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=56>*
This wood means the end of crumpling up newspaper to light the woodstove
and wasting valuable Coleman fuel to coax a reluctant campfire,
including getting it started with pitch.
*The Backyard Jungle, Part XV: The Praying Mantis
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=55>*
This garden insect eats both flora friend and foe, and therefore isn't
as beneficial as a host-specific insect.
*Bits and Pieces <http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=53>*
News briefs on good news for elephants, pesticides, sheep labor, sweet
greens, children and handguns, the statistic impossibility of being a
rural yuppie and plants and light.
*This Woodburner Needs No Chimney!
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=50>*
There's a race on to meet woodstove emissions regulations and the
Collins Bio-Energy Pellefier may well be at the head of the pack.
*Country Lore <http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=48>*
Mel Borden shares a recipe for home cold and cough soother; Julie
Normand uses a grocery bag as a mitten to arrange wood in her stove and
start the fire; Mrs. Doug Hugar freezes milk in cubes for coffee; Leon
Jones uses instant coffee to clean car batteries; Jill Whalen puts
plastic bags over her children's shoes to get the rubbers on easier and
keep their feet drier; Georgiana Kotarski sprinkles salt on a cut lemon
and uses that to remove tarnish; Bob Hamer turns plastic film containers
into a handy stamp dispenser; Dave Barr cleans fireplace bricks with a
vinegar, borax and ammonia mixture; Judi Rothkopf keeps snow in the
freezer for efficiency.
*Shiitake <http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=46>*
A delight to the palate, the shiitake mushroom can turn waste wood into
$20-per-pound produce, including inoculating the logs, fungus, sources
for shiitake spawn, mushrooming profits, improving your woodlot.
*Dodging [Chimney] Draft Problems
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=44>*
The venting system for a wood-burning heaters is every bit as important
as the stove itself, including symptoms, problems and solutions.
*Ten Tidbits from Passive '95
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=42>*
A number of significant new developments and discoveries were presented
at this year's meeting of the Passive Diversion of the American Solar
Energy Society.
*Meet The Winners of Mother's 1985 Garden Contest
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=40>*
Profiles and garden layouts of competition winners, including Tre
Megown, Merle and Sherry Hill, Norbert and Linda Monohan, David Fisher,
Judith Hendrickson, Julia Jannings.
*Garden Record Keeping
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=39>*
How to keep track of soil responses to different crops, food
preservation, good varieties and their sources, timing, crop rotation,
succession planting, fertilizer records, garden areas, costs, techniques.
*Choosing and Using a Tractor Part II
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=35>*
How to keep the machine and its user, the farmer, in safe, working
condition, including safety, maintenance, repairs and troubleshooting.
*Cat-Proof Your Stereo Speakers
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=34>*
Bored cats find that fabric speaker grilles make excellent scratching
posts, but you can foil your feline without spoiling your sound by
following these simple preventative techniques.
*The Mountain Caribou
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=32>*
Few Americans in the lower 48 have been lucky enough to lay eyes on this
living anachronism, including the history, habits and habitat of this
animal.
*Death of a Classic
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=29>*
Feature examines the reasoning and consequences behind the Environmental
Protection Agency's decision to phase out the lead-based gasoline fueled
automobile.
*A Portable, Pop-Up Ice-Fishing Shack
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=28>*
When the frozen lakes call you to fish, this handy heated shelter will
rise to the occasion, including diagrams, instructions.
*Closing the Solar Circuit
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=26>*
Second installment in series shows how to put a homemade solar water
heater to work, including the equipment, a direct route, parts list,
diagrams.
*Waterpower Site Assessment
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=24>*
How to determine the hydroelectric power and possibilities within the
water source on your property, including playing surveyor, using a
flow-duration table and curve, correlation.
*Become a Weed-Eater!
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=5974>*
How to get more flavor and nutrition from your diet, reduce your food
budget, enjoy satisfying time outdoors and clean up your fledgling
garden in the process.
*Bits and Pieces <http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=22>*
News briefs on high protein wheat, gourmet crops, helping the rural
disabled, linking obesity and television, mail-order tax alert and seed
control.
*Miniature Fruit and Nut Trees
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=16>*
How to grow these tiny, fruit-producing wonders, including varieties
chart, the history and future of mini trees, the virtues of miniatures.
*Country Lore <http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=15>*
Cliff Truman shares how to make a device that eliminates stooping while
sowing; Kenn Roman uses coffee filters when transplanting; W. Gorka ties
fruit trees into an arc to ensure growth; Clinton Youts runs over
fertilizer with his tiller; Maragret Kucharek shares syrup-making
advice; Grace Haddad stores winter clothes in a water- and moth-proof
plastic garbage can; Pamela Colberg tacks twine to roof leaks to stop
the noise.
*The Digger: A Stream Pond that Carves Itself
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=13>*
This pond adds beauty and value to a country home, and here is a way to
create one without expensive and soil-damaging equipment.
*Controlling Erosion
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=12>*
How to prevent erosion, including how it happens, fighting erosion with
plants, vegetation, conquering the splatter, gullies, reading, cutting
and using willow stakes.
*Seed-Starting Secrets
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=10>*
How to ensure the seeds you sow produce healthy, productive plants,
including magic beans, a closer look, critical considerations and
potential problems, some specific seeds.
*The Wyman Elk Ranch
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=8>*
A Colorado ranching family has demonstrated for nearly two decades that
raising wild ungulates for the commercial market is more fun that
herding cattle or sheep and can be extremely profitable as well.
*The Dixon Land Imprinter
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=7>*
This machine may help rectify the damage done by dozens of decades of
overgrazing and overcropping our agricultural lands, including the
air-earth interface processes.
*The Deep Bed Farming Society: Breaking New Ground
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=5>*
The pioneering work of a dedicated group of biodynamic and
French-intensive horticulturalists promises to help improve the
productivity and weal of family farmers everywhere.
*Choosing and Using an Electric
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=6002>*
Guide to electric fence selection, including the fencer, how it works,
set up, planning a pasture fence, wire, posts, installation, hooking up
the wire.
*A Home Security Alarm
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=6004>*
How to build and install an alarm that will keep your home safer and
intruders at bay, including how it works, the system board, installing
the alarm, circuit board layout, output options.
*Death of a Classic Part II
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=6007>*
The Environmental Protection Agency's efforts reduce the level of lead
in the environment has controversial consequences for owners of leaded
gasoline-fueled automobiles.
*Ooze Who In Drip Irrigation
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=5999>*
The six beginner's kits can help you determine if a drip system will
improve your garden yield, including Shur-Flo, Submatic, Burpee,
Raindrip, Chapin, Irrigo, A Homegrown Soaker Hose sidebar by Lilah Pengra.
*A Medicine Cabinet That Reflects Good Taste
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=6000>*
Mother's bathroom cabinet design offers convenience with aesthetic
enjoyment, including dimensions, advice, photographs, instructions, diagram.
*Skimming the Garden
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=5996>*
Discover what may be one of the handiest all-purpose weeding techniques
around, including sharpening a spade and running it along the surface of
the earth.
*Bad Bugs <http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=5997>*
How to tell if your lettuce and other vegetables have been ruined and by
whom, including flea beetle, corn earworm, Colorado potato beetle,
Japanese beetle, control tactics.
*Buckwheat <http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=5998>*
Buckwheat is easy to grow and great source of high-quality protein,
including who has the varieties, how to grow buckwheat, kitchen and
cooking applications, a brief history.
*Pick of the Crop
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=5994>*
The best new vegetable varieties from a gardener who has grown them,
including lettuce, radishes, turnips, spinach, greens, onions, peas,
cole crops, beets, carrots, potatoes, corn, beans, peppers.
*An Afternoon with the Bears
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=5991>*
Author spends afternoon in the presence of black bears and relates some
of the species' history and habits, also includes The Bear Facts sidebar
by Lance Olsen.
*Country Lore <http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=5987>*
E. Noty cleans copper with catsup; Harla Estle uses an illustrated board
to tell her young, illiterate children where she can be found; Russ
Cockburn shares the secret to a structure surviving a flood is to open
the doors and windows and allow water to flow freely through; P.J.
Parziale nails roofing shingles to docks and steps to provide a cheap,
no-slip surface; Helen Puls shares how to replace worn carpet runners;
Christine Scheere records her broken clothes dryer and plays in the
appliance shop for advice on how to fix the problem; Diane Graves uses
egg shells to repel birds from her garden and mark rows; Leon Werdinger
says tossing an orange or apple peel out the car invites critters to the
road and creates road kill.
*Crafts as a Business
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=5983>*
Cashing in on the crafts circuit can be both profitable and fun,
including testing the market, costs, show selection, taxes and licenses,
self-promotion.
*Bits and Pieces
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=5979>*
News briefs on the zoning home businesses, households without a
television, the link between organopesticides and poisonings,
circumcisions, Chippewa tribe bands lead shot and beehive protection.
*Decorate Inexpensively'- with Stencils
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=5981>*
Adding a personal touch to any room in the house is done easier than one
might think, including pattern selection, cut, measure and paint.
*Mother's Bioshelter Greenhouse
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=6033>*
This quality greenhouse uses both solar and compost heat and houses
rabbits and chickens, including structure, notes on construction, cross
sections and floor plans.
*Heating and Cooling With The Sun!
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=6034>*
Author's home was designed for the California desert, but the attractive
and innovative structure incorporates features that would be a blessing
in any climate, including planning, how it works diagram.
*Learn How To Weld'- By Welding!
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=6035>*
An introduction to the useful and marketable skill that anyone can
acquire, including basic exercises, butt and tee welds, laying a bead.
*The "One of a Kind" Waterwheel
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=6032>*
The memory of a childhood paddle wheel helped this inventive gardener
get water to his plants, including instructions, very detailed diagram,
building advice.
*The Basement Built Wind Generator
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=6031>*
A low-investment windplant that's a backyard tinkerer's dream, including
make do and make it work, the chain's weak link, a sound investment.
*The Care and Feeding of the Swiss Army Knife
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=6029>*
How to maintain the handiest pocket companion you can carry, including
how to buy genuine, keeping blades sharp, screwdriver tips, to oil or
not to oil, expense.
*Tap The Sun <http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=6030>*
The easy, low-cost way to add solar heat to your mobile home or metal
outbuilding, including what it takes, how big, bill of materials, ducts
and dampers, framing.
*Woodstove Pollution
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=6023>*
In five short years, 28 manufacturers have risen to the challenge of
woodstove pollution, including emission requirements, five rules for
cleaner wood burning.
*Water <http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=6024>*
Making sure you are drinking enough, including little-known scientific
facts, how much is enough, consuming more than thirst calls for, medical
prevention by the gulp.
*The Gentle Art of Hunkering
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=6019>*
Many a country newcomer has to learn this basic and important rural
skill, including tact, body language, nonverbal and verbal communication
skills.
*Hazardous Household Substances
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=6022>*
Information is the key to consumer self-defense, including definitions,
food additives, kitchenware, household products, pesticides, cosmetics,
building materials.
*Country Lore <http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=6021>*
The best homespun advice from past issues, including killing garden
pests, ants, free mulch, recipe for gourmet mint vinegar, recycling
homemade ice cream brine, covering cauliflowers, egg tests, produce and
sharpening vegetable peelers.
*Land Buying: Do's and Don'ts
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=6018>*
Don't let your enthusiasm for an ideal piece of property lead to costly
mistakes, including access, water, sewer and drainage, utility
availability, mineral and timber rights, protection, community attitudes.
*The Salads of Summer
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=6015>*
Perk up your plate with these light - yet satisfying - single-dish
meals, including recipes for tabouli, Balkan rice, cucumber-yogurt, cold
broccoli, marinated bean and vegetable and chilled pasta salads.
*Don't Let Your Well Driller Give You The Shaft
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=6016>*
A customer's primer into well drilling, including pump comparison,
drilling methods, capacity and yield, standard household water requirements.
*Cutting Wood (Safely!) With a Chain Saw
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=6017>*
Guide to dimembering tree limbs (without dismembering your own!),
including hazards, how to handle a chain saw, bucking, felling large and
small trees.
*Conversations with Mother
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=6009>*
Quips and quotes from past interviews, including John Shuttleworth,
Peggy and John McMahon, Euell Gibbons, Jim McHale, Frank Ford, Norman
Cousins, Pete Seeger.
*Safe Homegrown Pesticides
<http://www.motherearthnews.com/index.php?page=arc&id=6010>*
You can rid your garden of many destructive pests with effective natural
remedies, including pyrethrum, garlic, feverfew, marigolds and moles,
moderation is the key.
*Mother's Minigardens
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Discussion of which gardening methods are best, including double-dug
versus rototilled beds, straight rows or deep mulch, yields, space,
fertilization, long-term effects.
*Watering The Gardens
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How to get a sometimes confusing job done as efficiently and effectively
as possible, including soil and water, when to water, how often and how
much, tools, water conservation, water-saving tricks.
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