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Animals

Building

Gabion walls for form and function

By Joe Mooney Issue #153 • May/June, 2015 I think there has to be something ingrained in the human brain that loves things built of stone....

Build a Heated Germination Bed

The Forever Floor

Here’s an Easier (and Cheaper) Way to Make Wooden Beams

Build a barrel stove

Farm and Garden

Gardening the Year ‘Round

By Alice B. Yeager Website Exclusive • September, 2006 Normally, we gardeners tend to make plans to begin planting our gardens during early spring. We select...

Currants and Gooseberries

Raised Bed Gardening — Neat and Productive

How to become a backyard beekeeper

Leaf Mold is Another Way to Build Your Soil

Americana and History

Food and recipes

Self-reliance

Energy

Guns and Hunting

Picking a holster

By Massad Ayoob Issue #69 • May/June, 2001 One good thing about being out in the boonies by yourself is that you can carry a gun...

The time for modern; the time for traditional

Answering some well asked questions about personal defense

Of guns and snakes

Teaching a 10-year-old to shoot

Science

Gee-Whiz: Time

By O.E. MacDougal July/August 2016, Backwoods Home Time. We can’t see, feel, hear, smell, or taste it, but we can measure it and we break it...

A doomsday scenario to sleep on

The threat of electromagnetic pulse!

Testing Soil

The MTHFR mutation and why it may matter to you

Politics and Commentary

Animals

Kinder goats — A small breed for milk and meat

By Kathleen Sanderson Issue #95 • September/October, 2005 I have had dairy goats for most of the last 20 years or so and have raised almost...

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...

Finding the best dog for the country life

Brooder in a box

Is that a good pig?

Bovine basics for beginners

Self-Reliance

Farm and Garden

Secure and Economical Livestock Feed

By Sherry Willis   Issue #145 • January/February, 2014     The recent droughts in the midwest have meant hard times for many livestock owners. Areas without irrigation saw parched earth without a scrap of green anywhere. Corn withered...
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Slug Zapper

By Joel Winters Issue #142 • July/August, 2013 I live in a small clearing in a big forest. This is on the rainy side of the mountains in the Cascade foothills. Slugs are underfoot nearly year-round...
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