Backwoods Home Magazine #117 - May/June 2009

Back issue No. 117 contains: A major article depicting the lives of 12 fascinating people and detailing how each makes a living in today’s down economy; another major article detailing how to survive difficult economic conditions by practicing a variety of self-reliance techniques; making homemade pre-mixed foods; living on less by simplifying your life; part 10 of John Silveira’s series, The Coming American Dictatorship; using whole wheat in various bread recipes; making a Survival Key Ring; how to install fiber cement board; making two legume soups; a discussion of same-caliber rifles and handguns; tips on how to stretch your food budget; a garden primer; a discussion of how the government is taking us on a path to another Depression; an commentary about how the government will pay for social security with inflated money in the future. Plus, Jackie Clay answers questions about high sodium in soil, learning about seeds, growing pepper plants, chipotles in adobo sauce, carbonated beverages, powdered dairy products, taking care of chickens in winter, frozen canned foods, dehydrated margarine, shelling peas, no-debt homesteading, fixing dead soil, stream canning, making butter from goat’s milk, canning frozen vegetables, redeeming bad soil, and the mantis tiller.