Issue #44 of Backwoods Home Magazine. March/April, 1997

Departments

Note from the publisher

Letters

Editorial:
A history lesson from Ayn Rand

Columns:

Where I live:
Kiss Critters — they’re cute and they sell

Ayoob on firearms:
Accessable to you, but not the kids

Think of it this way:
Losing our rights as we watch television

Recipes:
These rolls will enrich a meal, or even be a meal
If you can boil water you can make a good stew

Original Poems:
Melissa Sullivan

Contents

Farm/Garden

• Save time and energy with the fenced chicken coop/garden
• Rid your garden of snails and slugs — organically
• Many choices for mulch
• You can make your own fertilizers
• Soil aeration is essential to a successful garden
• For extra production, try mound gardening
• You can learn to help chicks live through “problem hatches”
• Repel garden pests with companion planting
• Enjoy snap beans — fresh from the garden
• Lawn care tips
• Trees enhance any yard but…if you’re planning your garden near trees, remember these tips
• Raise your own feed crops for your livestock
• Make superior hay the old-fahioned way
• Make manure tea for a more bountiful garden
• Build your own backwoods mulch machine
• There are lots of ways to compost — Find the one that’s right for you
• Trimming feet is important

Building

• Set 100 steel fence posts a day with a home-made driver
• This house was blasted out of solid rock

Self Sufficiency

• Try these 13 metal cleaning tips to keep your house shining
• Make your own effective fishing tackle while you save money and recycle scrap
• Telling time by the sun and stars is fun, and it’s also surprisingly accurate
• Do leather repairs the frugal way, using tools and materials you already have

Country living

• I have a new address…but I didn’t move
• The dandelion is a healthful, great tasting weed you can eat
• I remember the day the lynx attacked

Americana

• Gold is where you find it — and it’s found along the Klamath
• Panning with nature and history