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Animals

Good-bye old friend

Mountain lions — Attacks are still rare, but just in case…

Khaki Campbell ducks — The other egg layer

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

Building

Build A Hybrid Go-Kart For Kids For $150

By Dorothy Ainsworth Website Exclusive • May, 2010 Grandma Clara used to delight in telling us the story of our Dad's first complete sentence at age...

Build a pizza oven

Build a log crib

Adventures with a portable sawmill

Our Unconventional House

Farm and Garden

Victory Gardens

By Alice B. Yeager Issue #54 • November/December, 1998 There have been very few times in our nation's history when "We, the people" have banded together...

Garden Spaces for Small Places

A Small Space Yields a Big Crop of Garlic

The $1 Garden

The ‘Chocolate Tree’ Isn’t Just for Kids

Americana and History

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 3

By John Silveira Issue #34 • July/August, 1995 (This is a four-part series. Click the links to navigate to parts one, two, three, and four.) Do I...

Fried chicken for breakfast

Former first ladies — Beautiful, brilliant, crazy

President George Washington’s Farewell Address

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

Food and recipes

Persimmon cookies

Stovetop Teriyaki

Hunting, processing, and serving black bear

Some unusual jellies for your sweet tooth

Self-reliance

Get the most out of your vehicle and your maintenance dollar

Just for Kids: Sun-kabobs and solar sizzle

Used bookstores can be sucessful in the hinterlands

Shopping to beat inflation

Energy

Power your bug-out bag

Intake and exhaust upgrades for better mileage and performance

Solar hot water systems

Emergency solar power for $950

Guns and Hunting

Answering some well asked questions about personal defense

By Massad Ayoob Issue #97 • January/February, 2006 Jeff Yago, Backwoods Home's energy writer, recently completed a couple of concealed carry handgun courses. The classes apparently...

Picking a holster

Centennial of the All-American .30-06

Hunting, processing, and serving black bear

Firearms — Tools of rural living

Science

The world is ending! … Again?

By John Silveira Issue #85 • January/February, 2004 People love to talk about scary stuff. Especially when it's end-of-the-world scary, such as the big asteroid recently...