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Animals

Kinder goats — A small breed for milk and meat

Home Dairying

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

Raising rabbits for profit

Building

Build a chicken house in a day

By Anita Evangelista Issue #136 • July/August, 2012 We built our chicken house for around $200. We could have done it for less if we were...

A river rock shower

Build your own portable forge

Vise Dremel Moto Tool mount

Yurt Magic — Building an Enchanting Instant House

Farm and Garden

Slug Zapper

By Joel Winters Issue #142 • July/August, 2013 I live in a small clearing in a big forest. This is on the rainy side of the...

Vermicomposting — Raise Worms to Consume Waste, Amend Soil, and Earn...

Build an Old-Fashioned Hotbed and Start Your Seeds in Style

Currants and Gooseberries

Leaf Mold is Another Way to Build Your Soil

Americana and History

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

By John Silveira Issue #32 • March/April, 1995 It was snowing and three of us were up at the office. Dave Duffy, the fellow who publishes...

Doesn’t anyone remember Tom Paine

Grandpa’s justice

Feeling nostalgic? Now you’ll rave! Here’s the story of Burma Shave.

Catfish Biscuits

Food and recipes

Cool dishes for formal summer dining

Pickled nopalitos

Healthy holiday munchies — Guaranteed to take the sneak out of snacking

Gather rose hips for health

Self-reliance

Paring down for off-grid living

Seed art — It’s fun to collect the seeds and create these unusual pictures

Saving money on the homestead

Defeating debt

Energy

Build a community assistance recharging station

Don’t discount a generator, especially a diesel generator, as your primary power source

Prepper power! Part 2

Sunny Solutions for north slope applications

Guns and Hunting

Tailoring guns to females

By Massad Ayoob Issue #131 • September/October, 2011 So, I'm sitting here in a hotel writing this, less than three hours after getting off the witness...

A used shotgun bargain: The Browning Auto-5

Air power superiority

Sight and sound enhancement

Savage Model 110 — A proven economical backwoods rifle

Science

Gee-Whiz: Trees

By O. E. Macdougal September/October 2015, Backwoods Home We’re told they include some of the oldest and largest living organisms on the planet. But do...