Grandpa’s justice
By Tom Kovach
Issue #65 • September/October, 2000
Having the best vegetable garden in the village might put food on the table and make some money at the market, but it also can cause some problems....
Hügelkultur for the Homestead
By Rose Shelton
Issue #176 • April/May/June, 2019
Last spring, I finally completed a long-planned homestead project of constructing two hügelkultur beds. What is hügelkultur? It’s basically a method of recycling junk wood to make a...
The many benefits of garlic
By Joe Knight
Issue #113 • September/October, 2008
Garlic, used throughout the world for the taste it adds to foods, is also well known for its medicinal benefits. Known as Allium sativum in the botanical world,...
Save Time and Energy with the Fenced Chicken Coop/Garden
By John Silveira
Issue #44 • March/April, 1997
My engineer father was not fond of wasting time or energy. He was always searching for a better, more efficient way to perform chores, especially chores that reoccurred...
Cauliflower-Ham Chowder
Recipe of the Week
Cauliflower-Ham Chowder
Courtesy of
Edna LaFleur
Ingredients
2½ cups cubed, fully cooked Ham
2 cups sliced Cauliflowerets
2 cups peeled, cubed Potatoes
1/2 cup chopped Onion
3 cups milk
1 cup water
1 chicken Bouillon cube or 1 tsp. granules
1/8 tsp....
Fudge macaroon pie
Recipe of the Week
Fudge macaroon pie
Courtesy of
Jean Winfrey
You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here
Ingredients
3 squares Bakers unsweetened chocolate
1/2 cup butter or margarine
3 eggs, slightly beaten
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup...
Blackened Chicken With Guacamole And Black Beans
Recipe of the Week
Blackened Chicken With Guacamole And Black Beans
Courtesy of
Marty Robertson
Ingredients
Blackened Chicken
4 chicken breasts, boneless, skinless
2 ounces butter, melted
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon paprika
1 teaspoon onion powder
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon dried thyme
1/2...
Centennial of the All-American .30-06
By Massad Ayoob
Issue #100 • July/August, 2006
In the long love affair between America and the rifle, there has never been an interlude quite as intensive as the epoch of the .30-06. This cartridge celebrated...
Kalbi Chim
Recipe of the Week
Kalbi Chim
(Korean steamed beef ribs)
Courtesy of
Lois Kwan
Ingredients
2 - 3 pounds beef ribs
1-1/2 cups water
6 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon rice-wine (sake)
6 tablespoons soy sauce
2 tablespoons sesame
1 tablespoon sesame oil...
Pickled Sweet Green Tomatoes
Recipe of the Week
Pickled Sweet Green Tomatoes
Courtesy of
Jessica Sackmann
Ingredients
16 cups green Tomatoes, sliced ( 10 to 11 lbs.)
2 cups Onions, sliced
¼ cup canning or pickling Salt
4 cups Vinegar (5%)
3 cups brown Sugar
1...
Build a pallet fence
By Clay Sawyer
Issue #69 • May/June, 2001
If you have access to various sizes of free pallets, consider this idea for your next fence. Now I know for a fact that I would rather dig...
Vise Dremel Moto Tool mount
By Dana Martin Batory
Issue #84 • November/December, 2003
Sometimes it seems two hands are not enough—three would be nice, four even better. This economical, easy to build jig solves that common workshop problem. Designed to...
Lenie in the kitchen: Lemon scones, pound cake, and pie
Lenie in the kitchen
Lemon scones, pound cake, and pie
By Ilene Duffy
Issue #165 • May/June, 2017
How did 28 years go by so quickly? It was a beautiful fall evening in November 1989 when I took...
Is the Mainstream Media Finally Recognizing How the War on Drugs is Destroying Our...
By John Silveira
December 17, 1999
The December 1999 issue of Harper's Magazine has a headline the likes of which I'd given up ever seeing on the cover of a mainstream magazine. The newsstand jacket...
Green tomato kosher dill pickles
Recipe of the Week
Green tomato kosher dill pickles
Courtesy of
Marjorie Burris
You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here
Ingredients
small, firm green tomatoes
celery stalks
sweet green peppers, cut into fourths
garlic...
Honey Crunch Baked Apples
Recipe of the Week
Honey Crunch Baked Apples
Courtesy of
Ellen Rodriques
Ingredients
6 large apples
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/3 cup granola cereal
2 teaspoons lemon juice
1/3 cup pitted dates, chopped
6 tablespoons honey
1/4 cup almonds or walnuts, chopped
3 tablespoons butter, melted
1/2...
