Water: a safe supply when you’re off the grid
By Jeffrey Yago, P.E., CEM
Issue #71 • September/October, 2001
That remote mountain property seemed like a steal until you found out you could not drill a well. Four years ago we were approached by a...
Chocolate Babka
Recipe of the Week
Chocolate Babka
Courtesy of
Amanda Geller
Ingredients
1 cup milk
5 tablespoons butter, plus extra for greasing
1/4 cup lukewarm water
1 package dry yeast
6 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon salt
5-6 cups unbleached...
Build an inexpensive but durable jackleg fence
By Dynah Geissal
Issue #45 • May/June, 1997
When we moved to our land in the summer of 1994, we were fortunate that open grazing exists where we live because we had to build shelters for...
Homemade bread: a metaphor for life
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By Claire Wolfe
Issue #113 • September/October, 2008
My parents never actually bought Wonder Bread; I got my fix only at friends' houses. The breads that entered our little three-bedroom,...
Buying a used mobile home
By Daniel Motz
Issue #99 • May/June, 2006
One of the quickest, easiest, and cheapest ways to get your country home is to consider a used mobile home. Sometimes you can even find these homes free...
Fermented dill pickles
Recipe of the Week
Fermented dill pickles
Courtesy of
Olivia Miller
You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here
Ingredients
50-60 smooth small cucumbers
1 oz. whole mixed spices
dill
1 lb. pure salt
1 gallon water
1 pint cider...
Goat birthing and raising kids
By Jackie Clay
Issue #112 • July/August, 2008
Dairy goats form one of the cornerstones of our homestead. Not only do they provide milk, cheese, ice cream, cottage cheese, and meat, but they also give us...
Polish Chicken
Recipe of the Week
Polish Chicken
Ingredients
1 roasting Chicken, cut up, at room temperature
3/4 cup Flour
2 Eggs
1 cup unflavored Breadcrumbs
3 Tbsp. Water
2 cups Sour Cream
5 Tbsp. Butter
Salt and Pepper
Method
Place flour in a bowl and breadbrumbs in...
Crispy onion rings
Recipe of the Week
Crispy onion rings
Courtesy of
Jo Mason
You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here
Ingredients
4 or 5 medium-sized yellow onions
1-1/2 cups flat beer
1-1/4 cups flour
1/4 cup corn meal
shortening for...
Vegetable Scramble
Recipe of the Week
Vegetable Scramble
Courtesy of
Mattie Silverman
Ingredients
8 ounces tiny new red potatoes
4 to 8 ounces asparagus spears, chopped
1/2 red bell pepper, chopped
1/2 small onion, chopped
6 egg whites
3 whole eggs
1...
Building and using wattle fences
By Kathryn Wingrove
Issue #139 • January/February, 2013
Wattle fences are made by weaving material in and out of posts in the ground. They were often used on the small farms of Victorian England. In fact,...
Apple-glazed Barbecued Chicken with Spring Vegetables
Recipe of the Week
Apple-glazed Barbecued Chicken with Spring Vegetables
Courtesy of
Erika Sheets
Ingredients
Chicken
1 cup apple juice
4 tablespoons sugar
2 teaspoons molasses
1/2 cup tomato puree
2 tablespoons cider vinegar
2 teaspoon dried thyme, crumbled
1/4 teaspoon hot pepper sauce
1 cut-up whole...
Cooking with seeds — A surefire way to sow good health into your family’s...
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By Linda Gabris
Issue #100 • July/August, 2006
Even though it sounds a little seedy, planting an array of tasty seeds in your daily cooking is an economical way to sneak an extra dose...
Do rural homeowners need guns for self-defense?
By Massad Ayoob
Issue #72 • November/December, 2001
Do rural homeowners need guns for self-defense? Sometimes they do and sometimes they don't, according to Ayoob's experience, but those who did never really knew they would until...
Choose your ammo… police style
By Massad Ayoob
Issue #93 • May/June, 2005
One of our greatest modern gun experts, Lt. Col. Jeff Cooper, USMC, Ret., once made the observation that the bullet is more important than the gun. The gun,...
Modify your oven to bake great bread
By Emily Buehler
Issue #102 • November/December, 2006
Making bread at home is a long process—kneading the dough, waiting while it rises, shaping it into a loaf, and then waiting while it rises again. But in...































