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Animals

Bovine basics for beginners

Hog butchering — Using everything but the squeal

Raising your own beef for your family

A contrary guide to feeding animals

Building

Building and Using Wattle Fences

By Kathryn Wingrove Issue #139 • January/February, 2013 Wattle fences are made by weaving material in and out of posts in the ground. They were often...

Solar Building Design

A river rock shower

Build an inexpensive but durable jackleg fence

Build a holz hausen to dry firewood

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...

Secure and Economical Livestock Feed

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

Gleaning — An Old Tradition Made New

Leaf Mold is Another Way to Build Your Soil

Americana and History

Catfish Biscuits

By Danny Fulks Issue #87 • May/June, 2004 Danny Fulks, 71, grew up in southern Ohio where his parents worked the land and milked cows, and...

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

The vanishing outhouse

Habeeb Salloum — Poet, Traveler, Recipe Writer

Who were the best…and worst U.S. Presidents?

Food and recipes

Venison Stew

Cooking from long-term food storage

Sorrento Salad

Fried Foods

Self-reliance

With commonsense planning, you can survive hard times

The cholesterol in your stovepipe can be fatal

13 steps to a life of freedom

Food security 101, part 3: Why I love my vacuum sealer (and more)

Energy

Energy class: Part 2 — Understanding your electric bill

Powering medical equipment during a utility blackout

Install a mobile, solar powered toilet

Prepper power! Part 2

Guns and Hunting

The Appleseed Project

By Massad Ayoob Issue #123 • May/June, 2010 There is nothing else in the shooting world quite like the Appleseed Project, which combines American Revolutionary War...

Canning game meat

How to shoot a handgun accurately

Consider the 20-gauge shotgun

Reload your own brass

Science

Gee-Whiz: Insects

By O. E. MacDougal November/December 2015, Backwoods Home Some 400 million years ago, in the Devonian Period, insects evolved from crustaceans. Since that time, they have...