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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 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 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...

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...

DEPARTMENTS 6  Publisher's Note 7  Editorial: The invisible presidential candidate who could put America back on track 23  Irreverent joke page 32  Making a living: Glenn Jakins: Humless Silent Generator 33  Ayoob on Firearms: On the road during troubled times 44  Ask Jackie: Storing dry milk, freezing...

DEPARTMENTS ABOUT THE COVER Don Childers painted this farm scene while visiting Dave and Ilene Duffy in Oregon this past fall. Everyone put their two cents in: We need a small child in Grandpa's lap; that...

This issue is Sold Out. Most articles are included in our print anthology A Backwoods Home Anthology — The Eleventh Year Click on General Store to the left. Click on items listed in red to read them. DEPARTMENTS 6   Publisher's Note7   Editorial:...

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: The ethanol gasoline scam 20  Ayoob on Firearms: The pump shotgun: A traditional backwoods home weapon 52  Irreverent joke page 77  Ask Jackie: Vinegar, pressure cookers, canning nuts, baking bread, etc. 81  Letters 82  Advertiser Index 84  Classified ads (pdf) 84  Classified advertising form 86-94  BHM anthologies & books 95-96  Order form/Subscription...

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...

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...

This issue is Sold Out. Most articles are included in our print anthology A Backwoods Home Anthology — The Eighth 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 Nineteenth 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: Lessons for My Children 38  Making a Living: Huckleberry Tent and Breakfast, by Doug Fluckiger 40  Lenie in the kitchen Banana, blueberry, and peach scones 42  Irreverent joke page 46  Ayoob on Firearms: How long should your gun's barrel length be? 51  Ask Jackie: Beet seeds, American...

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 Eighteenth Year Click on General Store to the left. Click on items listed in red to read them. DEPARTMENTS 6  Publisher's Note...