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Animals

Redworm farming

Slaughtering and Butchering

Hog butchering — Using everything but the squeal

Brooder in a box

Building

Build a deluxe barrel stove

By David Lee Issue #108 • November/December, 2007 Winter is coming again, pretty much on schedule in spite of global warming, and it will be cold,...

Turning a $10,000 House into a Home — Part 1: Salvaging...

Getting logs

How to Resurrect Old, Rusted Tools

Build a barrel stove

Farm and Garden

Growing and Using Bamboo on the Homestead

By Jereme Zimmerman  Issue #161 • September/October, 2016 Bamboo: The very word evokes an image of...

Pruning Blueberries

Prevent Foodborne Illness with Safe Gardening Methods

Growing Microgreens

Growing Productive Strawberries

Americana and History

Habeeb Salloum — Poet, Traveler, Recipe Writer

Habeeb Salloum, 95, a poet, world traveler, linguist, and author of recipe books on Middle Eastern cuisine, has written recipe articles for Backwoods Home...

President George Washington’s Farewell Address

Fly it proudly and properly

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

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

Food and recipes

7 Mistakes of food storage

Baklava

No fuss, no muss, one-pan grouse supper

Sorrento Salad

Self-reliance

Survival/utility vest

Make a fully functional cold storage pit/mound and enjoy your garden’s production all winter

For health & comfort, try wild herbal teas

Brood X

Energy

Converting a Gasoline-Powered Rototiller to Electric

Intake and exhaust upgrades for better mileage and performance

Just for Kids: Sun-kabobs and solar sizzle

Add solar power to your truck camper

Guns and Hunting

How big a gun do you need?

By Massad Ayoob Issue #99 • May/June, 2006 We Americans like to do things in a big way. Big houses. Big cars. Big boats. And, yes,...

Centennial of the All-American .30-06

Building the coyote rifle

The light at the end of the gun

Firearms — Tools of rural living

Science

The many benefits of garlic

By Joe Knight Issue #113 • September/October, 2008 Garlic, used throughout the world for the taste it adds to foods, is also well known for its...

Gee-Whiz: Coffee

Gee-Whiz: Presidents

The coming ice age

Can we make a Tyrannosaurus rex from a chicken?

Politics and Commentary

Lessons for My Children, Chapter 2: Statistics, history, and the rise of the Underground Economy

Stumbling over your own stupidity

The ‘Curious Guy’ and the ‘Offended Woman’

Do we need a Taxpayers’ Bill of Rights?

Animals

A contrary guide to feeding animals

By Beth Greenwood Issue #135 • May/June, 2012 The Purinas, Cargills, and Con-Agras of the world would have you believe that they and they alone have...

Raising cattle on your own place

By Charles Sanders Issue #85 • January/February, 2004 Winter won't last forever. It won't be long before spring will arrive and pastures will start to green...

Animal disease traceability

Is that a good pig?

Kinder goats — A small breed for milk and meat

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

Self-Reliance

There’s no such thing as free land!

How to organize an outdoor canning party

Bugging out in place

Here’s how to make a musical bamboo flute

Farm and Garden

Build Your Own Hoop House

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #171 • May/June, 2018 I’ve had my own garden for more than half a century, and I have learned a few things after all these years. One of the most valuable things...

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Put Your Garden to Bed for the Winter

By Jackie Clay Issue #95 • September/October, 2005 During the crispy fall afternoons, we listen often and intently to the weather forecasts. "It's going to be clear tonight," I'd tell my late husband, Bob, and my...

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