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Dave Duffy is the founder of Backwoods Home Magazine (), which covers preparedness, gardening, canning, alternative energy, & firearms.

Corvallis, OR 97330
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Joined December 2008
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  1. 29 Sep 2020

    Can a home air purifier protect Oregonians from coronavirus and wildfire smoke? An expert weighs in

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  2. 17 Sep 2020

    I just donated to . Support free knowledge!

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  3. 22 Mar 2020

    Aren't we who have been practicing self-reliance and preparedness for years fortunate. We can weather this pandemic relatively well. We have our supplies and our understanding of what needs to be done.

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  4. 5 Dec 2019

    Habeeb Salloum, a Toronto-based writer who has written for Backwoods Home Magazine for the last 19 years, died unexpectedly yesterday. He was 95. He was a superb writer! His biography is here:

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  5. 26 Oct 2019

    LIFE IS PRECIOUS -- Wow! I started crying after I read this. I am very close to my daughter, Annie Tuttle, and she's had a couple of close calls, including a car accident in which she almost drove over a cliff. A tree saved her.

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  6. 11 Aug 2019

    Lenie holds one of our twelve new baby chicks.

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  7. 8 Aug 2019

    This is just the perfect way to start the day.

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  8. 16 Jul 2019

    A handbook on keeping your pantry stocked no matter the economy. Topics include • Long-term food storage • Can your pantry last a year? • Successful cold storage • Canning basics • Canning meat safely • Canning meals in a jar • Canning salmon • Jerky and many more.

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  9. 13 Jul 2019

    Been hanging out in Colorado this past week with Don Childers, now 88 years old and in excellent health. He has been painting Backwoods Home Magazine covers since the first issue, and we got 3 more roughed out on this trip.

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  10. 12 Jun 2019

    Sam Duffy has been reorganizing the website so articles are more accessible and appealing, including my columns from the past 30 years: . I even like reading my old columns.

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  11. 24 May 2019

    MOTHER EARTH NEWS FAIR IN MARYLAND -- Lenie and I will have a booth for Backwoods Home Magazine and Self-Reliance at the Mother Earth News Fair in Frederick, Maryland June 1-2. We'll be selling subscriptions for both magazines. If you're in the area, please drop by and say hi.

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  12. 17 Apr 2019

    Annie Tuttle and Sam Duffy on deadline for the next issue of Self-Reliance magazine.

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  13. 14 Apr 2019

    This comeback for Tiger Woods sure has me captivated:

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  14. 17 Mar 2019

    Annie, who is the managing editor of Self-Reliance magazine and the former ME of Backwoods Home Magazine, wrote her first article for BHM at about age 9.

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  15. 14 Mar 2019

    Lenie, a competitive swimmer in college, taught Annie to swim in nearby Jenny Creek.

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  16. 14 Mar 2019

    Lenie came along not long after I launched the magazine. She got caught up in the dream too -- build your own house in the woods, start a new life, etc.

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  17. 14 Mar 2019

    And here she is tricycling inside the cabin before I put insulation in the walls. That's our dog, Springer.

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  18. 14 Mar 2019

    Here's Annie on a makeshift swing I put up for her.

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  19. 13 Mar 2019

    I eventually put in indoor plumbing but it took me a while.

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  20. 13 Mar 2019

    We took our baths outdoors in a container once used to haul fish to market, after heating our water in an old bathtub I placed atop rocks around a campfire in front of the porch.

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