Backwoods Home Magazine #105 - May/June 2007

Back issue no. 105 contains: Hydronic wood stoves; Candles, guns, and knives; Where our farm animals come from; The chicken and the egg; Cleaning a well; You can safely and easily can your own meat; Controlling mice and rats; Rodents carry disease, ruin food, and gnaw everything; The coffee mug knife sharpener; John McCormick, octogenarian; This country job really rocks; and Homemade healthy soba noodles. Plus, Dave Duffy writes about a disaster that is guaranteed to happen; John Silveira discusses Republican suicide; Massad Ayoob writes how to avoid legal traps; and, as usual, Jackie Clay answers readers’ questions about hulling buckwheat, uses of wood ashes, celiac disease, country-style ham, and sailboat living.