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Animals

Building

Farm and Garden

Propagating Plants

By Jackie Clay Issue #128 • March/April, 2011 We all love the idea of having a big, productive garden, full of all the nutritious, tasty foods...

Build a Top-Bar Bee Hive

Herb Boxes from Fence Boards

Prevent Foodborne Illness with Safe Gardening Methods

Graft Your Own Designer Fruit Trees

Americana and History

Doesn’t anyone remember Tom Paine

By Robert L. Williams Issue #19 • January/February, 1993 Many years ago, before I came to my senses and left public education for good, I was...

Habeeb Salloum — Poet, Traveler, Recipe Writer

The barnyard scramble

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 3

The summer of ’35

Food and recipes

Self-reliance

Energy

Guns and Hunting

Firearms handling refresher Part II: Shotguns

By Massad Ayoob Website Exclusive • December, 2003 In Part I, we began a series of refreshers on safety and proper handling of firearms. This time,...

Cold weather shooting considerations

Firearms — Tools of rural living

Reload your own brass

Firearms and cold weather 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...

The gee-whiz! page — Cats: Why they rule our world

Theories of the universe

Science and truth. Are they related?

Gee-Whiz: Alcohol

Politics and Commentary

Animals

Good-bye old friend

By Lucy Shober Issue #27 • May/June, 1994 Big Poney died today. He was 34 years old and had been going down pretty rapidly over this...

Build a poultry killing cone

By Allen Easterly Issue #135 • May/June, 2012 You've worked hard and spent many hours raising your pretty flock of meat chickens from eggs or chicks...

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

Finding the best dog for the country life

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Is that a good pig?

Self-Reliance

Farm and Garden

No Worrying About Fire Blight with Orient and Kieffer Pears

By Alice B. Yeager Issue #52 • July/August, 1998 Everyone likes a good success story, and if I were called upon to name the most successful tree in our small orchard I'd have to say it's...
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Blueberry Cash Crop

By Ed Mashburn Issue #130 • July/August, 2011 My almost two-year-old grandson loves blueberries. Put a bowl of those round blue jewels in front of him, and he's a happy little man. He's not alone. Many...
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