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Animals

Build a poultry killing cone

Good-bye old friend

This St. Bernard backwoods hero saved old Grandma’s life

Goat birthing and raising kids

Building

The poor man’s ceramic knife sharpener

By Rick Brannan Issue #87 • May/June, 2004 There are few things more frustrating and dangerous than working with a dull knife. In my quest for...

Make a Quick and Easy Tipi

Building your chicken coop

Never underestimate a woman

Rural Building

Farm and Garden

Slug Zapper

By Joel Winters Issue #142 • July/August, 2013 I live in a small clearing in a big forest. This is on the rainy side of the...

Propagating Grapes

Fruit Trees

Leaf Mold is Another Way to Build Your Soil

Build Your Own Hoop House

Americana and History

Doesn’t anyone remember Tom Paine

By Robert L. Williams Issue #19 • January/February, 1993 Many years ago, before I came to my senses and left public education for good, I was...

Farm baseball … with ghost runners!

Grandpa’s justice

the gee-whiz! page: Animals, humans, extraterrestrials, and tools

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

Food and recipes

Tetsukabuto squash pie

Old-fashioned hot chocolate

Red flannel hash

Garlic Soup

Self-reliance

Homemade skin care products

Brood X

10 day survival pack for your vehicle for just $25

Bugging out in place

Energy

Don’t discount a generator, especially a diesel generator, as your primary power source

Waterpower for personal use

Keep the Ice On

What if the electricity GOES OFF?

Guns and Hunting

A used shotgun bargain: The Browning Auto-5

By Brad Rohdenburg Website Exclusive • September, 2014 A 1958 "Light Twelve" Browning Auto-5, with a 28" Improved Cylinder barrel and 'Speedfeed' loading. It weighs less...

Firearms handling refresher Part II: Shotguns

The Appleseed Project

Firearms handling refresher Part III: Rifles

The M1A — A rifle that makes a statement

Science

Gee-Whiz: Insects

By O. E. MacDougal November/December 2015, Backwoods Home Some 400 million years ago, in the Devonian Period, insects evolved from crustaceans. Since that time, they have...