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Animals

Beekeeping basics

Raising rabbits for profit

Mountain lions — Attacks are still rare, but just in case…

Build a chicken feeder on the cheep cheep cheep

Building

Make a Quick and Easy Tipi

By Bob Van Putten Issue #174 • November/December, 2018 The native peoples of North America were a very practical lot. Over the centuries they developed some...

The Mini-Skyline — A homemade yarder to bring firewood up a...

Build an all-purpose ladder

Build Your Own Car Wash

Build an Off-Grid Root Cellar, Garage, and Bunkhouse

Farm and Garden

Grow some winter squash this year

By Lisa Nourse I love summertime — I love the green of the trees, the warm weather, and growing my own food. I especially love...

Time to Forget About Snail and Slug Bait

Gleaning — An Old Tradition Made New

Growing Potatoes in Straw

Build a Heated Germination Bed

Americana and History

Former first ladies — Beautiful, brilliant, crazy

By John Silveira Issue #30 • November/December, 1994 (This is a four-part series. Click the links to navigate to parts one, two, three, and four.) (When we...

The vanishing outhouse

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

Grandpa’s justice

Gee-Whiz: Presidents

Food and recipes

Making dandelions palatable

Beef & Wild Mushroom Lasagna

Elegant desserts for entertaining

Making baby food at home

Self-reliance

Making apple pectin

How to begin taking wildlife photographs

Call me plumber

Food security 101: part 2

Energy

Design calculations for overshot waterwheels

Power your bug-out bag

Get the most out of your vehicle and your maintenance dollar

Prepper power! Part 1

Guns and Hunting

Centennial of the All-American .30-06

By Massad Ayoob Issue #100 • July/August, 2006 In the long love affair between America and the rifle, there has never been an interlude quite as...

Inexpensive retired Russian military rifles can be the ideal backwoods meat...

Firearms handling refresher Part I: Handguns

Understanding the gun debate, part 3

Firearms and cold weather considerations

Science

Gee-Whiz: Coffee

By O.E. MacDougal May/June 2018, Backwoods Home Every second of every day about 26,000 cups of coffee are drunk around the world. That’s about 2¼ billion...