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DEPARTMENTS ABOUT THE COVER Don Childers, our artist for 28 years, has come through again with another spectacular cover. We wanted to reprise his favorite cover from issue #13, but this time add the symbolic view...

DEPARTMENTS 6  Editor's Note 7  Editorial: The Government intimidation factor and its effect on the health of society 40  Book Review:The Modern Survival Manual 49  Irreverent joke page 56  Poem:Drop Out by Larry Cuthbert 61  Ask Jackie: Dual-purpose chickens, canning ham, cooking beans, etc. 75  Ayoob on Firearms: The current "Gun...

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  Editor's Note...

This issue is Sold Out. Most articles are included in our print anthology A Backwoods Home Anthology — The 21st Year Click on General Store to the left. Click on items listed in red to read them. DEPARTMENTS 6  Editor's Note 7  Editorial:...

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

DEPARTMENTS 6  Editor's Note 7  Editorial: Slowing down to enjoy life 44  Ayoob on Firearms: More on avoiding legal traps 59  Ask Jackie: Canning cheese sauce, bread crumbs, sourdough bread, new garden spaces, storing grains, etc 77  Irreverent joke page 79  Letters 83  The last word: Should we scrap...

DEPARTMENTS ABOUT THE COVER In this cover, painted by Don Childers, Mom hangs laundry in the apple orchard while her son and daughter play peacefully near the stream. On this calm autumn day, even the dog...

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

DEPARTMENTS ABOUT THE COVER In this cover by Don Childers, an older woman sits on the cabin porch. Her faithful dog stays by her side, keeping watch while she knits. These days, she tends her garden...

This issue is Sold Out. Most articles are included in our print anthology A Backwoods Home Anthology — The 21st Year Click on General Store to the left. Click on items listed in red to read them. DEPARTMENTS 6  Editorr's Note...

This issue is Sold Out. Most articles are included in our print anthology Best of the First Two Years of Backwoods Home Magazine 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...

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

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  Publisher's Note...

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

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...