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Animals

Once a day milking

Dorper sheep — Revolutionizing the meat sheep industry

Brooder in a box

How to buy your first sheep without getting shorn

Building

Build your own portable forge

By Corcceigh Green Issue #51 • May/June, 1998 Looking for a handy summer project while building skills, supplies, and knowledge to put away for a rainy...

Build your own log home in the woods

Rural Building

Build a Top-Bar Bee Hive

Building your chicken coop

Farm and Garden

You Can Make Your Own Fertilizers

By Christopher and Dolores Lynn Nyerges Issue #44 • March/April, 1997 For some people, home gardening is an expensive pursuit, which seems a bit backward to...

The $1 Garden

Tomatoes, the Essential Garden Crop

Vermicomposting — Raise Worms to Consume Waste, Amend Soil, and Earn...

Growing the Eternal Tomato

Americana and History

The time-travel ad

By John Silveira Issue #125 • September/October, 2010 It's become a minor Internet phenomenon. The ad reads: It's also been read by Jay Leno on his late...

Farm baseball … with ghost runners!

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

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

The vanishing outhouse

Food and recipes

Zucchini casserole

Elissaburgettes

Lazy housewife pickles

Mint julep non-alcoholic

Self-reliance

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

For health & comfort, try wild herbal teas

Advice from second-time homesteaders

Frostbite — Don’t flirt with this sneaky danger

Energy

Solar hot water systems

A small creek provides plenty of power for this off-grid home

Keep those gadgets working after the power goes out

7 Solar Water Heating System Designs

Guns and Hunting

A used shotgun bargain: The Browning Auto-5

By Brad Rohdenburg Website Exclusive • September, 2014 A 1958 "Light Twelve" Browning Auto-5, with a 28" Improved Cylinder barrel and 'Speedfeed' loading. It weighs less...

Firearms handling refresher Part II: Shotguns

Firearms and cold weather considerations

Get a piece of history — An M1 Garand rifle

Cold weather shooting considerations

Science

Gee-Whiz: Trees

By O. E. Macdougal September/October 2015, Backwoods Home We’re told they include some of the oldest and largest living organisms on the planet. But do...