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Animals

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

Fermenting Chicken Feed

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

Are aliens stealing our honeybees?

Building

For large quantity food dehydration try this homemade gem from the...

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #41 • September/October, 1996 The thing I like the most about Backwoods Home is that, unlike a lot of other magazines,...

Trusses — Low cost marvels to roof over most large spaces

Build a chicken house in a day

Build a Trapper’s Tilt

Gabion walls for form and function

Farm and Garden

Converting a Gasoline-Powered Rototiller to Electric

By Glenn Willis, Jr. Issue #87 • May/June, 2004 Several years ago my sister and her husband had an 8-horse gas-powered rototiller that went belly up....

Home-Grown Eggs

How to Grow Great Carrots

No Worrying About Fire Blight with Orient and Kieffer Pears

Prevent Foodborne Illness with Safe Gardening Methods

Americana and History

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 3

By John Silveira Issue #34 • July/August, 1995 (This is a four-part series. Click the links to navigate to parts one, two, three, and four.) Do I...

Farm baseball … with ghost runners!

Habeeb Salloum — Poet, Traveler, Recipe Writer

Fly it proudly and properly

Constitution of the united States of America

Food and recipes

Orange Chiffon Cake

Pasteurizing milk

Southern cooking that doesn’t just whistle Dixie

Texas Fireballs By Randy Young

Self-reliance

Jackie’s tips for hardcore homesteading

Clean up your act!

Cut your grocery bill in half

Get the most out of your vehicle and your maintenance dollar

Energy

Amateur Ham Radio – The Ultimate Tool for Survival Communications

Why you need to addsolar to your emergencypower backup plans

Build your own battery charging station

Solar Food Drying

Guns and Hunting

How to shoot a handgun accurately

By Massad Ayoob Issue #85 • January/February, 2004 "I want you to do an article on how to shoot a handgun accurately," Dave Duffy told me....

How long should your gun’s barrel length be?

Of guns and snakes

Bury a gun and ammo for 15 years

Inexpensive retired Russian military rifles can be the ideal backwoods meat...

Science

The gee-whiz! page — Cats: Why they rule our world

By O. E. MacDougal Issue #170 • March/April, 2018 House cats A recent Gallup poll showed that cat ownership is pretty much evenly distributed between men and...