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This issue is Sold Out. Most articles are included in our print anthology A Backwoods Home Anthology — The 22nd Year Click on General Store to the left. Click on items listed in red to read them. DEPARTMENTS 6  Publisher's Note...

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This issue is Sold Out. Most articles are included in our print anthology A Backwoods Home Anthology — The Eighteenth Year Click on General Store to the left. Click on items listed in red to read them. DEPARTMENTS 6  Publisher's Note...

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DEPARTMENTS ABOUT THE COVER This cover by Backwoods Home Magazine’s longtime artist, Don Childers, features a young girl watching a small herd of cows. In the distance, the orchard is beginning to blossom and a patch...

DEPARTMENTS 6  Editor's Note 7  Editorial: Defending against terrorists 46  Ayoob on Firearms: The break-open breech-loader 61  Rogue Photographer 67  Country Moments 68  Ask Jackie: Canning jerky, making liverwurst, canning lids, etc. 72  Irreverent joke page 81  Letters 81  Advertiser Index 82  The last word: Why oil and other fossil fuels are good 83  Classified ads (pdf) 83  Classified advertising form 85-96  BHM...

This issue is Sold Out. Most articles are included in our print anthology A Backwoods Home Anthology — The Fifth Year Click on General Store to the left. Click on items listed in red to read them. Departments Note from...

DEPARTMENTS 6  Editor's Note 7  Editorial: How to fix your aching back using the McKenzie Method 48  Irreverent joke page 49  Lenie in the kitchen Turkey lentil soup 56  Ayoob on Firearms: Just because 77  Ask Jackie: Canning strawberries, wringer washers, cloudy pickles, storing corn for seed, etc. 80  Advertiser Index 81  Letters 83  The last...

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DEPARTMENTS 6  Editor's Note 7  Editorial: The VA scandal is at least 45 years old, because that's when they almost killed me 31  The Gee Whiz Page 46  Ask Jackie: Canning ham, laundry detergent, mole problems, etc. 58  Lenie in the kitchen Chicken in wine sauce 64  Ayoob on...

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This issue is Sold Out. Most articles are included in our print anthology A Backwoods Home Anthology — The Tenth Year Click on General Store to the left. Click on items listed in red to read them. DEPARTMENTS 6  Note from...

DEPARTMENTS ABOUT THE COVER In this cover by longtime BHM artist Don Childers, a mother black bear and her cub lumber across a meadow. From his distant cabin, a man watches this beautiful scene, knowing that...

DEPARTMENTS 6  Editor's Note 7  Editorial: Preparing for a temporary catastrophe 36  Ayoob on Firearms: BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event 55  Ask Jackie: Canning legumes, making stock from bones, storing meat in fat, moving plants, etc. 64  Irreverent joke page 42  Making a Living: Jack Spirko: "The Survival Podcast" 45  Making...

This issue is Sold Out. <!--Most articles are included in our print anthology A Backwoods Home Anthology — The 20th Year Click on General Store to the left.--> Click on items listed in red to read them. DEPARTMENTS 6  Editor's Note...

This issue is Sold Out. Most articles are included in our print anthology A Backwoods Home Anthology — The Fourth Year Click on General Store to the left. Click on items listed in red to read them. Departments Note from...