How to maintain a dirt road
By Marjorie Burris
Issue #48 • November/December, 1997
It is our job to maintain two and one half miles of dirt road if we want to...
Here are some tasty ways to use those end-of-season green tomatoes
By Marjorie Burris
Issue #41 • September/October, 1996
That gentle nip in the autumn air feels pleasant to your cheeks, but it also means that one...
Some thoughts on growing older in the backwoods
By Marjorie Burris
Issue #16 • July/August, 1992
"Just how long are you going to be able to live in the backwoods like that?" my friend,...
Ambidextrous chainsaw filing
By Thomas Brewer
Issue #57 • May/June, 1999
I am not ambidextrous. My wife, Judith, uses chopsticks with either hand or even both hands at once....
Free pallet wood and birdhouses add up to big country dollars
By Rick Brentlinger
Issue #53 • September/October, 1998
If I could show you how to manufacture a product anywhere in the country and if I offered...
Based on years of personal experience, here are 10 good tips...
By Mary Jo Bratton
Issue #41 • September/October, 1996
Are you considering homeschooling your children, but don't know where to start? The following 10 tips will...
Grandma will love this personal ‘Helping Hands’ wall hanging
By Sally Boulding
Issue #46 • July/August, 1997
Here's a relatively easy gift that you and your child can make together. The instructions here are to...
CHILI MANIA — This all-American food came out of Texas to...
By Richard Blunt
Issue #64 • July/August, 2000
Whenever you discuss peppery issues like religion or politics your emotions and blood pressure are at risk of...
More tips and tricks for the kitchen
By Richard Blunt
Issue #62 • March/April, 2000
(This is a follow-up to Richard Blunt's article, Tips and tricks for the kitchen, Issue #60, Nov/Dec. 1999.)
After...
Tips and tricks for the kitchen
By Richard Blunt
Issue #60 • November/December, 1999
The warmest and most interactive place in my mom's home was her kitchen. Cooking was her favorite pastime...
Chocolate — Food for the Gods
By Richard Blunt
Issue #56 • March/April, 1999
My mother loved chocolate. She knew and understood it just as a wine master knows and understands wine....
Recipes from my mother’s kitchen
By Richard Blunt
Issue #52 • July/August, 1998
One of my earliest and fondest childhood memories is of my mother and me walking nearly a mile...
Forget the dog, chicken is man’s best friend
By Richard Blunt
Issue #49 • January/February, 1998
The domestic chicken, or Gallus domesticus as the Romans called it, has lived with humans for centuries. It...
Fish — This gourmet food is fun to catch, relatively easy...
By Richard Blunt
Issue #47 • September/October, 1997
About 70% of the earth's surface is covered with salt water, and 4% of land surface (another 1%...
If you can boil water you can make a good...
By Richard Blunt
Issue #44 • March/April, 1997
Since childhood, homemade soups and stews have been high on my list of favorite foods. The aroma of...
Southern cooking that doesn’t just whistle Dixie
By Richard Blunt
Issue #41 • September/October, 1996
The southern region of the United States is almost as big as Western Europe, and despite the stereotype...
