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Animals

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

Raising quail — A home grown delicacy

The homestead cat

Redworm farming

Building

For summertime baking needs, build yourself an outdoor horno

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #57 • May/June, 1999 My family has always been big on birthdays and holidaysincluding Thanksgiving, Christmas, Memorial Day, Fourth of July,...

Build your own home in two years — Get a PhD...

Small engine maintenance for women

New invention— The Fencerunner

Build a wood crib with free materials

Farm and Garden

By Hook or Crook: A Billhook is a Handy Homestead Tool

By R.E. Rawlinson Issue #173 • September/October, 2018 When compared to our ancestors, we are very lucky to have readily-available tools. Stores are full of anything...

Build a Top-Bar Bee Hive

How to Grow Great Carrots

Plant Once Harvest for Years

The Homestead Greenhouse

Americana and History

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

By John Silveira Issue #35 • September/October, 1995 (This is a four-part series. Click the links to navigate to parts one, two, three, and four.) Do you...

The barnyard scramble

Farm baseball … with ghost runners!

Doesn’t anyone remember Tom Paine

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

Food and recipes

Making baby food at home

A Native American feast

Layered Casserole & Pea Salad

Sweet & Sour Cabbage

Self-reliance

Seventeen great tips for caring for windows, mirrors, and other household glass

10 tips for selling your homemade product

Preserve the harvest naturally through wild fermentation

Survival firebuilding skills

Energy

Design calculations for no-head, low-head waterwheels

Grid-tied, Grid-connected, Off-grid. What’s the difference?

Grid-down battery devices

An $89 backup generator

Guns and Hunting

Understanding the gun debate, part 3

By Massad Ayoob Issue #163 • January/February, 2017 Click Here to read Part 1 Click Here to read Part 2 As noted in the two previous parts of...

Picking a holster

Air power superiority

Hiding a gun — The rules of three

Firearms handling refresher Part II: Shotguns

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...