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Animals

Build a chicken feeder on the cheep cheep cheep

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

Is that a good pig?

Building

A salvaged oak floor for $5

By Robert L. Williams Issue #59 • September/October, 1999 Several months ago we decided we did not want to install a traditional bedroom floor of plywood...

A Kid-Friendly Chicken Coop

Free pallet wood and birdhouses add up to big country dollars

Build a cistern out of corrugated road culvert

Build a log crib

Farm and Garden

Leafy Green Vegetables — The Underrated Heroes of the Garden

By Jackie Clay Issue #104 • March/April, 2007 When you mention "garden," everybody immediately thinks of sweet corn, green beans, and tomatoes, with a few peppers...

Use Non-Hybrid Seeds and Save Big Bucks in This Year’s Garden

How to become a backyard beekeeper

Rotten Luck: The Skinny on Composting

Start a Self-Sufficiency Garden Even in a Cramped Apartment

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;...

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

The time-travel ad

Fly it proudly and properly

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

Food and recipes

Your kitchen pharmacy — How common culinary herbs and spices can help you feel better

The best apple pie you’ll ever bake

Easy-to-make farmer’s cheese

Making dandelions palatable

Self-reliance

New yarn from old sweaters

Medical kits for self-reliant families

Just for Kids: Life in the forest

Moving to the wilderness — Turning the dream to reality

Energy

Solar Power 101 — Solar arrays

Power your bug-out bag

Add solar power to your truck camper

Water: a safe supply when you’re off the grid

Guns and Hunting

Answering some well asked questions about personal defense

By Massad Ayoob Issue #97 • January/February, 2006 Jeff Yago, Backwoods Home's energy writer, recently completed a couple of concealed carry handgun courses. The classes apparently...

Big boomer guns

Bury a gun and ammo for 15 years

The M1A — A rifle that makes a statement

Choose your ammo… police style

Science

Theories of the universe

By Dave Duffy Issue #66 • November/December, 2000 In a relatively short span of time, mankind has travelled from profound ignorance of our planet and the...