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Animals

Finding the best dog for the country life

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

Beekeeping basics

Raising quail — A home grown delicacy

Building

Build a Concrete Root Cellar

By Dorothy Ainsworth Issue #168 • November/December, 2017 I should have been a mole — it feels so safe and cool and quiet to be underground....

Adventures with a portable sawmill

Build Your Own Hoop House

Make adobe bricks

Determined woman builds distinctive vertical log studio

Farm and Garden

Leafy Green Vegetables — The Underrated Heroes of the Garden

By Jackie Clay Issue #104 • March/April, 2007 When you mention "garden," everybody immediately thinks of sweet corn, green beans, and tomatoes, with a few peppers...

Propagating Grapes

Grow Open Pollinated Seeds for Self-Reliant Gardening

Growing Productive Strawberries

Slug Zapper

Americana and History

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

By John Silveira Issue #29 • September/October, 1994 (This is a four-part series. Click the links to navigate to parts one, two, three, and four.) It was...

Biological and chemical weapons through history

Feeling nostalgic? Now you’ll rave! Here’s the story of Burma Shave.

The barnyard scramble

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 3

Food and recipes

Chicken with galanga in coconut milk soup

The wonderful world of lavender

Bob’s basic breads for beginners, bachelors, barbarians, and backwoodsmen

Fermented dill pickles

Self-reliance

I heat my house by burning corn

The saga of Benjamin, the backwoods, homeschool boy who wanted to get a job

For health & comfort, try wild herbal teas

The return of home emergency shelters takes on a dual-purpose approach

Energy

Keep the Ice On

Solar hot water systems

Design calculations for no-head, low-head waterwheels

Homemade electric power

Guns and Hunting

Firearms handling refresher Part I: Handguns

By Massad Ayoob Website Exclusive • December, 2003 One of our readers e-mailed John Silveira to tell him that taking a handgun afield after a long...

Centennial of the All-American .30-06

Choose your ammo… police style

Bury a gun and ammo for 15 years

Tailoring guns to females

Science

Gee-Whiz: Dinosaurs

By O.E. MacDougal July/August 2014 Backwoods Home Biologists and paleontologists are now pretty certain that birds are part of the dinosaur lineage. Their extinct relatives include...