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Animals

Redworm farming

Switch your family to goat’s milk

Forget the dog, chicken is man’s best friend

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

Building

Build an attached solar greenhouse

By David Lee Issue #125 • September/October, 2010 We planned it to be permanent, well built, and able to withstand the extremes of temperature, humidity, and...

Build A Hybrid Go-Kart For Kids For $150

Build Your Own Car Wash

Installing a steel roof

Five building tricks for super strong framing

Farm and Garden

Jackie’s Garden Primer

By Jackie Clay Issue #117 • May/June, 2009 The birds are singing. The sunshine makes the day feel soft and warm. The soil is mellow and...

Grow Garlic and Reap Health Benefits

The ‘Chocolate Tree’ Isn’t Just for Kids

Grow Open Pollinated Seeds for Self-Reliant Gardening

Secure and Economical Livestock Feed

Americana and History

Remembering what grandma used

By Marjorie Burris Issue #57 • May/June, 1999 My grandmother, Mary Etta Dillman Graham, was one of those frontier women who took life as it came;...

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

Catfish Biscuits

George Washington Carver — He wrote the book on self-reliance

The barnyard scramble

Food and recipes

Avoiding common canning mistakes

Earth’s greatest cookies

Stuffed Eggplant

Turkey the old-fashioned way

Self-reliance

Make a Quick and Easy Tipi

Start your food storage on $10 a week

The cholesterol in your stovepipe can be fatal

In the classroom and at home, this system will help you grow self-reliant kids

Energy

Solar-Powered Electric Fencing

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

How to select the right backup generator

Power-up bag

Guns and Hunting

Picking a holster

By Massad Ayoob Issue #69 • May/June, 2001 One good thing about being out in the boonies by yourself is that you can carry a gun...

Just because

Firearms — Tools of rural living

Military surplus and military “clone” rifles

How big a gun do you need?

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...