No Worrying About Fire Blight with Orient and Kieffer Pears
By Alice B. Yeager
Issue #52 • July/August, 1998
Everyone likes a good success story, and if I were called upon to name the most successful tree in our small orchard I'd have to say it's...
Ham & Kidney Bean Soup
Recipe of the Week
Ham & Kidney Bean Soup
Courtesy of
Beverly Rossman
Ingredients
1 pound spicy or sweet Italian sausage
2 Smoked pork hocks, sawed in half by butcher.
3 medium Potatoes, peeled and cubed
3 Celery...
Loading the gun for a dictatorship
By John Silveira
Issue #103 • January/February, 2007
My late friend, Jim Callahan, was a self-professed "liberal." At least, when I first met him, that's what he claimed. Actually, he wasn't. But Jim wasn't a "conservative"...
Baked Spaghetti
Recipe of the Week
Baked Spaghetti
Courtesy of
Beverly Rossman
Ingredients
8 ounces thin spaghetti
28 ounces Stewed tomatoes, undrained
1 pound bacon
3 links Italian sausage, meat removed from casings
1 Onion, chopped
4 ounces cheddar cheese, grated
Grated Parmesan cheese for...
The Trigger Line
By Len McDougall
Issue #108 • November/December, 2007
With most of our planet underwater, fish have been a part of the human diet since before recorded history. Almost any permanent body of water can be presumed...
How to make money from storage building auctions
By Bill Wilson
Issue #83 • September/October, 2003
Buying and selling is a time honored way of making a living. However, like any profession, success in merchandising requires following some fundamental rules. The most basic of...
Fireplace cooking cures the winter blues
By Robert L. Williams
Issue #19a • January/February, 1993
Several years ago we experienced a prolonged winter storm that left power lines down and thousands of people without heat, hot water, and operative cookstoves. And for...
Cherries and Chocolate Cake
Recipe of the Week
Cherries and Chocolate Cake
Courtesy of
Lauren Smeltzer
Ingredients
Cake
3 cups sifted cake flour
3 cups light brown sugar, packed
1-1/3 cups sour cream
1-1/2 cups boiling water
3/4 cup butter
3/4 cup cocoa
4 eggs
1 tablespoon baking soda
2 tsp. vanilla...
Tea for the garden
By Lisa Nourse
We have poor soil and do our best to amend it with compost and manure every year. However, we feel our plants still need a boost throughout the growing season. We like...
A Native American feast
By Jackie Clay
Issue #66 • November/December, 2000
When the holidays roll around, a lot of folks get bored with the "same-old meal." You know, turkey, mashed potatoesthe whole traditional meal. But some adventurous families might...
Preparing for a Temporary Catastrophe
By Dave Duffy
Issue #139 • January/February, 2013
November's Superstorm Sandy on the Northeastern coast of the United States was our most recent grand reminder that society is fragile, most people are not ready to take...
Bovine basics for beginners
By Patrice Lewis
Issue #122 • March/April, 2010
Congratulations. You've escaped the city life and are now the proud owners of your little plot of rural paradise. It's natural to start thinking about all the possibilities...
Get to know your spiders
By Jerry Hourigan
Issue #109 • January/February, 2008
Every landowner and homeowner creates the perfect environment for spiders. Not intentionally, of course, but spiders seem to like all the little nooks and crannies created from how...
How long should your gun’s barrel length be?
By Massad Ayoob
Issue #136 • July/August, 2012
The person new to guns is like the person new to timepieces. "How many of these things are there?" "In how many configurations?" "And they've been around for...
Sorrento Salad
Recipe of the Week
Sorrento Salad
Courtesy of
Larry Herman
Ingredients
1/2 pound mushrooms
3 to 4 stalks celery
1/2 cup pimento
1/2 cup black olives
1 small onion
lettuce
1/2 cup virgin olive oil
2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
1 clove garlic
1/2 teaspoon oregano
1/2...
Inexpensive retired Russian military rifles can be the ideal backwoods meat guns
By Rev. J.D. Hooker
Issue #47 • September/October, 1997
Like many another rural person, I've often found a firearm to be my most important tool. No, we don't have much crime in our area; in fact...































