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Animals

Bovine basics for beginners

Raising Rabbits

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

Build a poultry killing cone

Building

Build a Concrete Root Cellar

By Dorothy Ainsworth Issue #168 • November/December, 2017 I should have been a mole — it feels so safe and cool and quiet to be underground....

Building a Ferro-Cement Shed

Building and stocking your pantry

Making Apple Cider with a Homemade Press

Rural Building

Farm and Garden

A New Use for Old Tires: A Garden Using Tires

By Charles Sanders Issue #98 • March/April, 2006 There are mountains of old tires out there. Americans keep on rolling and tires keep on wearing out....

Gardening in the Desert Using Only Rainwater

How to Grow Great Carrots

The Home Citrus Orchard

Prevent Foodborne Illness with Safe Gardening Methods

Americana and History

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

By John Silveira Issue #29 • September/October, 1994 (This is a four-part series. Click the links to navigate to parts one, two, three, and four.) It was...

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

the gee-whiz! page: Animals, humans, extraterrestrials, and tools

The summer of ’35

Fried chicken for breakfast

Food and recipes

Grilled Chicken with Pineapple-Peach Sauce

Basic brown stock

These salads are hearty dishes

Layered casserole

Self-reliance

Seventeen great tips for caring for windows, mirrors, and other household glass

Circle of friends

Annie on Everfree Farm, Part III

Annie on Everfree Farm, Part I

Energy

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

Prepper power! Part 2

Handy Keychain Mini-Gadgets

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

Guns and Hunting

Firearms handling refresher Part I: Handguns

By Massad Ayoob Website Exclusive • December, 2003 One of our readers e-mailed John Silveira to tell him that taking a handgun afield after a long...

Answering some well asked questions about personal defense

Women and guns

Teaching a 10-year-old to shoot

Get a piece of history — An M1 Garand rifle

Science

Gee-Whiz: From Paper to Canning

By John Silveira (aka O.E. MacDougal) May/June 2017 Backwoods Home The greatest inventions in history are the ones we now take for granted. Fire and the...