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Animals

Raising your own beef

Finding the best dog for the country life

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

Bovine basics for beginners

Building

Build a compost tumbler

By Joe Mooney Issue #151 • January/February, 2015 A few years back, I caught myself becoming a bit frustrated with my compost pile. It seemed that...

Building and stocking your pantry

Build Your Own Hoop House

Build a Top-Bar Bee Hive

Here’s how to make a musical bamboo flute

Farm and Garden

Woodchuck-Proof the Garden

By Setanta O'Ceillaigh  Issue #160 • July/August, 2016 The cycle never ends: As soon as one...

Start a Self-Sufficiency Garden Even in a Cramped Apartment

Time to Forget About Snail and Slug Bait

Rotten Luck: The Skinny on Composting

Elderberries — Hospitality, Health, And Beauty

Americana and History

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

By O. E. MacDougal Issue #154 • July/August, 2015 There was a time when it was thought that a defining difference between humans and animals was:...

Constitution of the united States of America

The vanishing outhouse

Remembering what grandma used

Biological and chemical weapons through history

Food and recipes

Elissaburgettes

Egg thingies

Turkey Tetrazzini

Cherries and Chocolate Cake

Self-reliance

Woodstove cooking

Self-reliance for women — Surviving a biochemical attack

Teach your kids math with the banking game

Shearing, carding, spinning, weaving and creating with Margaret Boos

Energy

Use solar landscape lights for emergencies

Are hydrogen-fueled cars pie-in-the-sky?

Grid-tie solar-powered farm

For a truly independent energy system, your choices are solar, wind, and water

Guns and Hunting

Military surplus and military “clone” rifles

By Massad Ayoob Issue #116 • March/April, 2009 One reader writes to ask if military surplus rifles are still a good idea for hunting, recreational shooting,...

Firearms handling refresher Part II: Shotguns

Understanding the gun debate, part 3

How big a gun do you need?

Hunting, processing, and serving black bear

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...