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Animals

Kinder goats — A small breed for milk and meat

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

Keeping homestead animals healthy

Mountain lions — Attacks are still rare, but just in case…

Building

Radiant floor heating — Alternative to forced-air heating is solar-powered, too...

By Michael Hackleman Issue #64 • July/August, 2000 Hydronic, or radiant floor heating is a method of heating a home, shop, or other building with the...

Build a wood-fired stock tank heater

Renovating old walls

Build a Concrete Root Cellar

Build a holz hausen to dry firewood

Farm and Garden

How to Grow Great Carrots

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #153 • May/June, 2015 Carrots are an old-time homesteader favorite. They can be frozen, canned, dehydrated, or simply stored in a cool...

Start a Self-Sufficiency Garden Even in a Cramped Apartment

Three Raised Bed Designs

Starting a Roadside Farm Stand

Companion Planting

Americana and History

Grandpa’s justice

By Tom Kovach Issue #65 • September/October, 2000 Having the best vegetable garden in the village might put food on the table and make some money...

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 4 — Cunning, vindictive, and...

Fly it proudly and properly

Was the first government gun confiscation attempt foiled by an unsung...

Food and recipes

Hummingbird Cake

Chicken Curry

Chicken Saltimbocca with Escarole

Minestrone-hamburger soup

Self-reliance

Teach your kids math with the banking game

Food security 101: part 2

The community treasure chest

Emergency planning beyond the bug-out bag

Energy

A solar primer — How it works, how it’s made, what it costs

Build a simple solar-powered outdoor light

Solar-powered water purifiers

Dim bulbs in California

Guns and Hunting

The light at the end of the gun

By Massad Ayoob Issue #128 • March/April, 2011 Dave writes, "A few weeks ago I had to shoot a skunk in the chicken house, but the...

The time for modern; the time for traditional

The subtleties of safe firearms handling

The M1A — A rifle that makes a statement

Sight and sound enhancement

Science

Gee-Whiz: Sleep

By O.E. MacDougal November/December 2017, Backwoods Home For thousands of years, sleep has been one of life’s great mysteries. As humans, we spend about one-third of...