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Animals

Finding the best dog for the country life

Raising your own beef

Slaughtering and Butchering

A contrary guide to feeding animals

Building

Building and using wattle fences

By Kathryn Wingrove Issue #139 • January/February, 2013 Wattle fences are made by weaving material in and out of posts in the ground. They were often...

Build an Off-Grid Root Cellar, Garage, and Bunkhouse

Ambidextrous chainsaw filing

For summertime baking needs, build yourself an outdoor horno

Build an inexpensive but durable jackleg fence

Farm and Garden

Plant Your Irish Potatoes This Fall or Winter

By Robert L. Williams Issue #48 • November/December, 1997 My family has made a practice of planting Irish potatoes in the fall rather than in the...

Currants and Gooseberries

Naughty Peppers

Green or Yellow: Grow Your Best Bush Beans Ever

Gleaning — An Old Tradition Made New

Americana and History

Former first ladies — Beautiful, brilliant, crazy

By John Silveira Issue #30 • November/December, 1994 (This is a four-part series. Click the links to navigate to parts one, two, three, and four.) (When we...

From Martha and Abigail to Dolley and Louisa, America’s earliest First...

Fly it proudly and properly

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

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

Food and recipes

Hearty stews for the soul

Irish coffee

Hamburger soup

Blanching vegetables

Self-reliance

For safety’s sake, homestead fuel storage must be handled properly

10 country do’s and don’ts

Pysanki — You can make those biddies pay!

Medical kits for self-reliant families

Energy

Energy class: Part 3

Solar system codes — Build it right!

Install a mobile, solar powered toilet

Are hydrogen-fueled cars pie-in-the-sky?

Guns and Hunting

Firearms and cold weather considerations

By Massad Ayoob Issue #79 • January/February, 2003 Many of our readers have established their abodes in places which, during the winter months, do not exactly...

Cold weather shooting considerations

Affordable firearms

Frontier style handguns for the modern backwoods home

Hunting, processing, and serving black bear

Science

Gee-Whiz: Trees

By O. E. Macdougal September/October 2015, Backwoods Home We’re told they include some of the oldest and largest living organisms on the planet. But do...