Issue #46 of Backwoods Home Magazine. July/August, 1997

Departments

Note from the publisher

Letters

Editorial:
The militia movement

Columns:

Ayoob on firearms:
Mossberg Model 500: the backwoods shotgun

Think of it this way:
Science and truth — are they related?

Recipes:
Get the taste of India in your kitchen tonight
Jerusalem Artichoke: food for man and beast
Make lemonade without lemons

Book Review:
101 Things to do ’til the Revolution

Original Poem:
Ryan Thornsberry

Contents

Making a living

• Multi-level marketing — is it the road to riches or disaster?
• Build a seed starter and make a nice part time income
• Roadside marketing: the best of two worlds
• A canoe livery — an honest, clean business
• Get paid to take vacations
• How about them $mushrooms$
• Collect (almost) free money by gathering readily available wild plants and botanicals
• Substitute teaching — the pay is good, but it ain’t always easy

Building/Tools

• Yesterday’s furniture today — a puncheon bench
• Heat your household from the outside

Independent energy

• Cool your home with this simple device while you also meet your hot water needs

Education

• Here’s 5 reasons adults should read kids books

Farm/Garden

• Drip irrigation saves a lot of water and weeding
• Wild garlic — independent and delicious

Crafts

• Grandma will love this personal “Helping Hands” wall hanging

Self sufficiency

• Build a “solar powered” clock — it’s fun, educational and even useful

Country living

• For lots of summer fun, make a super squirt gun
• Build a bat house to control insect pests