Review: Backwoods magazine is one of my favorites and getting it free is that much better.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 5, 2013
Backwoods magazine is one of my favorites and getting it free is that much better. I like the articles and get new ideas and change how I do some things. Sometimes it just gives me a different perspective on things. I have always found it to be entertaining, informative, and it hasn't lost it's vigor like some of the other DIY type books. (Sorry, Mother Earth).  Backwoods magazine gives you things to do without pushing products at you, they are provided in a reference list at the end in case you have no other source; however, the articles are not a giant sales pitch unlike some of the others have become.  Backwoods magazine has straightforward, easily understood directions on how to, when to, and why. This is important for dummies like me that I may better accomplish my task should I decide to undertake one. I find most of the other books do not explain the “why”, or even the “how” as well; they seem more interested in pushing product or how accomplished the author is. I think the DIY/ Homesteading books of the 60's and 70's were much more informative on the getting it done, why you do it and when to do it using what was on hand instead of pushing product. I like Backwoods Magazine for these reasons.  I like this version not only because it is free; the print size is adjustable to see it better right on my computer as my eyesight isn't what it was 50 years ago.