Building a Ferro-Cement Shed
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By Robert Van Putten
Issue #162 • November/December, 2016
For a year and a half, we lived in an 18-foot travel trailer while building a straw bale cottage. There isn't much space in a travel trailer,...
Concord Sherbet
Recipe of the Week
Concord Sherbet
Courtesy of
Beverly Rossman
Ingredients
1 cup Sugar
1/2 cup Water
1 teaspoon unflavored Gelatin
2 Tablespoons Water
Juice & grated rind of 2 lemons
2 cups Grape Juice
1 Egg White
Method
Combine...
Baked Beans, Two
Recipe of the Week
Baked Beans
This week we have two variations of baked beans. They came in at roughly the same time, so we thought we'd let you enjoy both recipes.
Baked Beans, One
Courtesy of
Doreen...
The Newtown atrocity and “gun control”
By Massad Ayoob
Issue #140 • March/April, 2013
In mid-December of 2012, a mentally disturbed twenty-year-old whose escalating aberrant behavior had gone untreated and unchecked murdered his own mother, stole her guns, and entered the Sandy...
Can we make a Tyrannosaurus rex from a chicken?
By John Silveira
Issue #169 • January/February, 2018
Do you have chickens, ducks, turkeys, or geese in your yard? They’re not “just birds” because scientists now realize birds are dinosaurs. Real dinosaurs! For 150 million years,...
Raspberry chocolate torte
Recipe of the Week
Raspberry chocolate torte
Courtesy of
Tanya Kelley
You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here
Ingredients
Cake:
1 devil’s food cake mix
butter for cake
Filling:
2 cups raspberries or pitted cherries (fresh or...
Exercising with gadgets
By Dave Duffy
Issue #75 • May/June, 2002
We've all seen those TV commercials featuring all sorts of exercise gadgets that will get you that buff body or that rib-like belly with minimum effort. There are...
Easy, no-knead bread by Melissa Souza
By Melissa Souza
Issue #156 • November/December, 2015
There is nothing more delicious than homemade bread hot out of the oven.
This no-knead bread costs me about a dollar per loaf to make, and it's so easy...
Irish coffee
Recipe of the Week
Irish coffee
Courtesy of
Ivan Brown
Thanks to Ivan for this recipe, which we present here as it was submitted, with just a few formatting changes for the web site.
St Patrick's Day is just...
Pasteurizing milk
By Patrice Lewis
Issue #123 • May/June, 2010
In the last hundred years of urban migration, the home or small farm dairy became a lost breed. Who needed to keep a cow when it was so...
Tomatoes, the Essential Garden Crop
By Charles Sanders
Issue #123 • May/June, 2010
Tomatoes are one of the most favored of all garden crops. They originated in South America, but in the early 1500s were taken back to Italy. Today, many...
The curse of oil
By John Silveira
Issue #82 • July/August, 2003
To many, the oil beneath the sands of the Middle East is a kind of godsend for them. My take on it is that it's illusionary wealth in...
Deconstructing a bowl of red
By Richard Blunt
Issue #138 • November/December, 2012
When we eat, we incorporate all of our senses (sight, touch, hearing, taste, and smell) to help us make a general determination about the food in front of...
Make elderberry syrup for flu season
By Karen M. House
Issue #169 • January/February, 2018
Elderberry (Sambucus nigra) has been a traditional influenza remedy for hundreds of years. I first learned about using elderberry syrup as a flu treatment a few years...
Some unusual jellies for your sweet tooth
By Charles Sanders
Issue #70 • July/August, 2001
In my mind, one of the simple pleasures in life is hot biscuits, a dab of butter, and a dollop of homemade jelly. Around here any biscuits left...
Our Unconventional House
By Judy Zent
Website Exclusive • December, 2002
Fig. 1 - Tire walls with roof framing.
Need a prolonged workout? Want to do some major recycling? Want to stay warm and cozy with the help of the...
