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Animals

Hog butchering — Using everything but the squeal

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

Build a poultry killing cone

Bovine basics for beginners

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....

How to Resurrect Old, Rusted Tools

Build a pallet fence

Build an all-purpose ladder

Shelves and benches

Farm and Garden

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

By Rebekah L. Cowell Photos by Amanda Egdorf-Sand Issue #124 • July/August, 2010 Vermicomposting takes composting to another level using Eisenia foetida (commonly known as red wiggler,...

Nut Trees on Your Homestead

Home-Grown Eggs

Here’s a Mighty Creative Way to Protect Your Plants from Animals

Elderberries — Hospitality, Health, And Beauty

Americana and History

Feeling nostalgic? Now you’ll rave! Here’s the story of Burma Shave.

By Martin Waterman Issue #37 • January/February, 1996 I can remember taking a trip as a child and seeing my first Burma Shave signs. Technically speaking,...

President George Washington’s Farewell Address

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

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

The barnyard scramble

Food and recipes

Ham and sausage jambalaya

Fudge macaroon pie

Dehydrating food

Beef & Wild Mushroom Lasagna

Self-reliance

Build a holz hausen to dry firewood

Earning money from home

Modify an E-Tool to make your own Combi-Tool

Roger Clark: Cane syrup maker

Energy

Solar system codes — Build it right!

Install a mobile, solar powered toilet

Solar Power 101 — Batteries: Part 1

Walden Pond — the solar version: Part 2

Guns and Hunting

Teaching a 10-year-old to shoot

By John Moody Issue #174 • November/December, 2018 In my youth, I remember my dad dragging my brother and me out of bed in the middle...

The Appleseed Project

Consider the 20-gauge shotgun

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

Get a piece of history — An M1 Garand rifle

Science

Gee-Whiz: Bad Fish, Big Fish

By O.E. MacDougal January/February 2015, Backwoods Home Fish were the very first vertebrates. That is, they were the first animals with backbones, the purpose of which...