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DEPARTMENTS 6  Editor's Note 8  Editorial: Hiding from the government 48  Irreverent joke page 53  Ayoob on Firearms: Taking a look at sights 59  Ask Jackie: Canning on a wood range, storing wheat, raising geese, smoking meat, etc. 66  Making a Living Jeri McFarlane: JarBOX 80  Letters 83  The last word: Why I vote Libertarian 84  Classified...

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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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DEPARTMENTS 6  Editor's Note 7  Editorial: Different approaches, but the same goal 36  The Gee-Whiz page 64  Irreverent joke page 65  Ayoob on Firearms: The bolt-action rifle 77  Ask Jackie: Flowers for honeybees, storing eggs, making fruit leather, goat milk soap, storing honey, thick jam, etc. 80  Letters 81  Advertiser Index 82  The last word: Siccing...

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Issue #86 March/April, 2004 This issue is Sold Out. Most articles are included in our print anthology A Backwoods Home Anthology — The Fifteenth Year Click on General Store to the left. Click on items listed in red to read...

DEPARTMENTS 6  Editor's Note 7  Editorial: The mainstreaming of self-reliance 60  Irreverent joke page 61  Ayoob on Firearms: Getting the most from your support hand 76  Ask Jackie: Raised beds, homemade pectin, spaghetti squash, canning taco soup, etc. 80  Letters 81  Advertiser Index 82  The last word: Counterfeit junk silver 83  Classified ads (pdf) 83  Classified advertising...

DEPARTMENTS 6  Editor's Note 7  Editorial: How a high school band triumphed over a bureaucracy and union that tried to kill it 42  Irreverent joke page 52  Ayoob on Firearms: "Gun control" for dummies 68  Ask Jackie: Storing potatoes, seed descriptions, making butter, etc. 71  Book Review:The Encyclopedia of...

DEPARTMENTS ABOUT THE COVER Backwoods Home Magazine’s Don Childers, who is currently 86, painted this pastoral scene. The young boy knows that helping his mom transfer starts from her sunken greenhouse will result in delicious, home-grown...

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DEPARTMENTS 6  Editor's Note 7  Editorial: Tackling the real problems that face us 34  Irreverent joke page 56  Ayoob on Firearms: Affordable firearms 62  Ask Jackie: Storing eggs, whole wheat and groats, soap for washboard, spelt sourdough starter, etc. 80  Letters 84  The last word: When "good"...