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Animals

Raising Rabbits

Raising cattle on your own place

Forget the dog, chicken is man’s best friend

Llamas guarding sheep? — Not such a far-fetched idea

Building

Stairs — The next level

By Skip Thomsen Website Exclusive • August, 2004 Any good carpenter can build a staircase. What we're talking about here is taking that staircase to the...

Build a deluxe barrel stove

Install rafters alone the easy way

Choosing a chain saw

Build a Trapper’s Tilt

Farm and Garden

Companion Planting

By Beverly Mettot Issue #81 • May/June, 2003 Companion planting is nothing new, and yet in recent years it has made an extraordinary comeback, not only...

Propagating Plants

Tea for the garden

How to Grow Potatoes

Woodchuck-Proof the Garden

Americana and History

The greatest American who was never President

By John Silveira Issue #60a • November/December, 1999 "The election's next year, right?" I asked. Dave Duffy, the publisher of Backwoods Home Magazine, was editing a rather...

Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document

Catfish Biscuits

Declaration of Independence: The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States...

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

Food and recipes

Make your own nut butters

Make grape juice the easy way

Apple slaw

Pita bread

Self-reliance

Just for Kids: Sun-kabobs and solar sizzle

Turn your passion into a business

Funerals don’t have to be expensive

Preparedness for travelers

Energy

Solar power for farm and ranch

Radiant floor heating — Alternative to forced-air heating is solar-powered, too An interview with Stephen Heckeroth

Amateur Ham Radio – The Ultimate Tool for Survival Communications

7 Solar Water Heating System Designs

Guns and Hunting

Teaching a 10-year-old to shoot

By John Moody Issue #174 • November/December, 2018 In my youth, I remember my dad dragging my brother and me out of bed in the middle...

How to shoot a handgun accurately

Firearms handling refresher Part III: Rifles

Understanding the gun debate, part 3

Firearms handling refresher Part I: Handguns

Science

Zombie Apocalypse

By John Silveira Issue #134 • March/April, 2012 "Can you survive a zombie apocalypse?" a familiar voice asked. I turned in my seat to see O.E. MacDougal,...