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Animals

Finding, buying, milking, and living with the family milk cow

Llamas guarding sheep? — Not such a far-fetched idea

Redworm farming

A contrary guide to feeding animals

Building

Rural Building

By Martin Harris Issue #63 • May/June, 2000 Q. We have just purchased 15 acres, and our question is how to install our septic system, how...

Stairs — The next level

Our Unconventional House

A recycled dresser makes a useful bathroom vanity

For summertime baking needs, build yourself an outdoor horno

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...

Flowers Brighten the Garden

Testing Soil

Exotic Plants for the Homestead

How to become a backyard beekeeper

Americana and History

Quilts — Masterpieces of the heart and windows into women’s history

By Marlene Parkin Issue #22 • July/August, 1993 Many of the quilts of yesterday took a lifetime to make. Perhaps the mystical part of quiltsthe aspect...

Constitution of the united States of America

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

Catfish Biscuits

Was the first government gun confiscation attempt foiled by an unsung...

Food and recipes

Emergency casserole

Sweet Pickles

Spicy Beef and Peppers

Venison — From the Field to the Fork

Self-reliance

Based on years of personal experience, here are 10 good tips for homeschooling your children

The art of living in small spaces

Jim Van Camp: Coffee roaster, painter

You could furnish an entire homestead at Lehman’s ‘Non-electric’ Hardware Store

Energy

Walden Pond, the solar version: Part 1

Amateur Ham Radio – The Ultimate Tool for Survival Communications

Power Up

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

Guns and Hunting

Savage Model 110 — A proven economical backwoods rifle

By Massad Ayoob Website Exclusive • July, 2008 Fifty years ago, Savage Arms introduced a new bolt-action sporting rifle. In the gun world, this was news....

Use the right ammunition!

Teaching a 10-year-old to shoot

Military surplus and military “clone” rifles

Answering some well asked questions about personal defense

Science

Gee-Whiz: Presidents

By O.E. MacDougal November/December 2016, Backwoods Home I could spend all day coming up with interesting trivia about the Presidents and those who surround them —...