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Animals

Where our farm animals come from

Raising rabbits for profit

The homestead cat

How to butcher a chicken in 20 minutes or less

Building

Build a barrel stove

By Nick Weston Issue #133 • January/February, 2012 This stove kept me warm and provided an excellent cooking surface for more than six months while I...

Making and using a solar cooker

Tools and hardware for the backwoods home

A house a tornado helped build

Determined woman builds distinctive vertical log studio

Farm and Garden

Growing Microgreens

By Lisa Nourse Issue #176 • April/May/June, 2019 The small town where I live has two small grocery stores and getting a good variety of organic...

Use Non-Hybrid Seeds and Save Big Bucks in This Year’s Garden

Propagating Grapes

For Extra Production, Try Mound Gardening

Growing Potatoes in Straw

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...

George Washington Carver — He wrote the book on self-reliance

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

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

Biological and chemical weapons through history

Food and recipes

How to use those leftovers

Apricot stuffed Lamb Chops

Texas Fireballs By Randy Young

Apples and sweet potatoes

Self-reliance

Pump water for free

Build a holz hausen to dry firewood

An easier way to cut firewood By Larry LaVan

Hypothermia — A real winter danger

Energy

Amateur Ham Radio – The Ultimate Tool for Survival Communications

Why you need to addsolar to your emergencypower backup plans

Radiant floor heating — Alternative to forced-air heating is solar-powered, too An interview with Stephen Heckeroth

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

Guns and Hunting

Sight and sound enhancement

By Massad Ayoob Issue #71 • September/October, 2001 Enhancing vision and hearing can make you a safer, more effective shooter, and sometimes can save human lives. Captain...