Backwoods Home Magazine #87 - May/June 2004

Back issue no. 87 contains: The poor man’s ceramic knife sharpener; Protect your house from lightning; Double wall adobe construction; Converting a gasoline-powered rototiller to electric; Vegetarian pies; Harvesting, husking, and storing black walnuts; Tree planting tips; Sweet big fat squash that keep all winter; Controlling aphids; Solar power 101 – Batteries; Catfish biscuits; Dairy goats are for you!; The essentials of estate planning; For fuel, fertilizer, and maybe even improved water quality, look no further than your manure pile; Living with kerosene; Removing pine sap; and Fortine, Montana. Plus, Dave Duffy writes an article on being a reluctant coach; John Silveira discusses the tenuous hold of honesty in modern America; Massad Ayoob examines body language and threat recognition; and Jackie Clay answers readers’ questions about hairballs, canned tomatoes, grass cuttings, cast iron cookware, pressure canning, Goats Produce Too, vacuum sealers, pickles and peppers, homemade cereal, canned venison, potato soup, and tomatillo jam.