My View: Call Me Miracle Man!
By Dave Duffy
Issue #177 • July/August/September, 2019
Superheroes are the rage these days at movie theaters. Even I am fascinated by them. Old style heroes like Superman and Batman seem tame by comparison to characters...
Answering some well asked questions about personal defense
By Massad Ayoob
Issue #97 • January/February, 2006
Jeff Yago, Backwoods Home's energy writer, recently completed a couple of concealed carry handgun courses. The classes apparently left some questions hanging in the air, and Jeff passed...
Bugging out in place
By Jackie Clay-Atkinson
Issue #163 • January/February, 2017
Some emergency situations require quick evacuation. You barely have time to grab your bug-out bag, gather the family, and run out the door. Most of us are ready...
Tale of a country family
By Rachel Baxter
Issue #66 • November/December, 2000
Dave and Dianna Saleh (pronounced "Sally") always knew they wanted to live a rural lifestyle. They both came from big cities before they met and fell in love,...
Vidalia Onion Pie
Recipe of the Week
Vidalia Onion Pie
Courtesy of
Mattie Silverman
Ingredients
3 medium Vidalia Sweet Onions
1/2 cup butter
3 eggs, lightly beaten
1 cup low-fat sour cream
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1/4 teaspoon cayenne red...
Dilled oyster crackers
Recipe of the Week
Dilled oyster crackers
Courtesy of
Alice Brantley Yeager
You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here
Ingredients
2 12-oz. pkgs. oyster crackers
1 cup canola oil or other light vegetable oil
2 tsp....
Life-saving snowshoes
By Len McDougall
Issue #126 • November/December, 2010
If you live in or drive through places where winter generally means having snow on the ground from autumn till spring, you should have a functional pair of...
Cast iron loaf pans from breakfast to dessert
By Matt and Linda Morehouse
Issue #133 • January/February, 2012
Cast iron loaf pans are not just for bread. Nearly as versatile as the cast iron 10-inch (#8) covered skillet, the venerable cast iron loaf pan...
Growing Productive Strawberries
By Edna Manning
Issue #86 • March/April, 2004
Here on the Canadian prairies, I have found strawberries to be perhaps one of the most delicious, least-demanding and productive fruits I can grow in our Zone 2...
Glazed spiced mocha brownies
Recipe of the Week
Glazed spiced mocha brownies
Courtesy of
Richard Blunt
You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here
Ingredients
soft shortening
5 oz. bittersweet chocolate
6-1/2 oz. unsalted butter
1/8 tsp. kosher salt
1/2 tsp. powdered, instant...
Solar power trailer Part 1
By Jeffrey Yago, P.E., CEM
Issue #108 • November/December, 2007
Many of us like to go camping, but as we age it's much easier if we have a bathroom, kitchen, refrigerator, microwave oven, television, DVD player,...
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...
Canning 101 — Pickles, fruits, jams, jellies, etc.
By Jackie Clay
Issue #53 • September/October, 1998
For some reason, (definitely unknown to me) canning, as a method of very long term food storage, fell into disuse. Maybe it's the hurry/rush syndrome many folks have...
Cool dishes for formal summer dining
By Linda Gabris
Issue #94 • July/August, 2005
If you're an upland hunter who enjoys showing off your birds in gourmet fashion, here is a supreme main course creation that will earn the highest praise. There...
Woolen winter mittens in minutes
By Anita Evangelista
Issue #84 • November/December, 2003
There's nothing so comfy and warm in the snowy dead-of-winter as a pair of thick, soft woolen mittens. Many of us have fond childhood memories of a favorite...
