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Khaki Campbell ducks — The other egg layer

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

Hog butchering — Using everything but the squeal

Raising quail — A home grown delicacy

Build an Off-Grid Root Cellar, Garage, and Bunkhouse

By Robert Van Putten Issue #166 • July/August, 2017 My wife and I built our homestead by hand. I’m not a professional builder, so once in...

Build a holz hausen to dry firewood

Yurt Magic — Building an Enchanting Instant House

Propagating Grapes

By Sylvia Gist Issue #107 • September/October, 2007 As a kid in western South Dakota, I enjoyed picking wild grapes and using the delightful juice they...

Converting a Gasoline-Powered Rototiller to Electric

Solar-Powered Electric Fencing

Gee-Whiz: Presidents

By O.E. MacDougal November/December 2016, Backwoods Home I could spend all day coming up with interesting trivia about the Presidents and those who surround them —...

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 4 — Cunning, vindictive, and...

Declaration of Independence: The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States...

Canning 101 — Pickles, fruits, jams, jellies, etc.

Buying the right emergency radio

Make coiled rugs from scrap material

Build a community assistance recharging station

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

Reload your own brass

By Dale Petry Issue #132 • November/December, 2011 Not long ago a friend called to say he had seen an unusual rifle at the local gun...

The M1A — A rifle that makes a statement

The subtleties of safe firearms handling

Savage Model 110 — A proven economical backwoods rifle

A doomsday scenario to sleep on

By John Silveira Issue #109 • January/February, 2008 I once wrote a science fiction novel that I never tried to sell. Titled The Perfect Defense, its...

The world is coming to an end… and this time, I’m...

Climate Change Theory: science or religion?

Introducing the international tax cartel

Lessons for My Children…Chapter 3: Hiding from the government

We don’t need no steenking 2nd Amendment

Raising quail — A home grown delicacy

By Allen Easterly Issue #101 • September/October, 2006 Raising quail is inexpensive, easy, provides very healthy low-fat white meat, and supplies the fertilizer you need for...

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

By Annie Duffy Issue #52 • July/August, 1998 "If you're going to make something that you want to last, why not start with good quality material,"...

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

Khaki Campbell ducks — The other egg layer

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

Woolen winter mittens in minutes

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

By Jackie Clay Issue #128 • March/April, 2011 We all love the idea of having a big, productive garden, full of all the nutritious, tasty foods our hearts desire. But the prices in the nursery catalogs...

Grow Garlic and Reap Health Benefits

By Alice B. Yeager Photos by James O. Yeager Issue #98 • March/April, 2006 Garlic is one of our oldest herbs on record. Anyone can grow garlic without having to hover over it, hoping that it produces....