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Raising cattle on your own place

Kinder goats — A small breed for milk and meat

Make a fully functional cold storage pit/mound and enjoy your garden’s...

By Armand O. Deblois Issue #47 • September/October, 1997 Cold stored fruits and vegetables are the next best thing to fresh-picked. Flavor and texture change little...

Build a wood-fired stock tank heater

Build a 6500-gallon concrete water tank for $1500

Eye-catching signs with mirrors

Mid-season planting

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson As the saying goes “Life happens…” Maybe events have kept you from getting your garden planted early in the spring. When we...

Elderberries — Hospitality, Health, And Beauty

Gardening with a Chicken Tractor

Grandpa’s justice

By Tom Kovach Issue #65 • September/October, 2000 Having the best vegetable garden in the village might put food on the table and make some money...

President George Washington’s Farewell Address

Vegetable Salad with Yogurt Dressing

Cash in on your household junk

With commonsense planning, you can survive hard times

Power Up Light, Water, Communications in Emergencies

Solar charge controllers — myths, hype, and facts

Walden Pond, the solar version: Part 1

Build a passive-solar food dehydrator

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...

An economical battery of guns for the backwoods home

Testing Soil

By Tom Kovach Issue #119 • September/October, 2009 Testing the soil content of a garden is very important and is quite easy to do. Soil tests...

Body language and threat recognition

Self-reliance is a mindset — A woman’s opinion

Once a day milking

By Patrice Lewis Issue #99 • May/June, 2006 It sounds bucolic, doesn't it? The simple joys of milking your own cow. Fresh milk, fresh cream, homemade...

Raising rabbits for profit

By Carrie Peterson Issue #106 • July/August, 2007 Whether or not you are fond of rabbit stew, raising rabbits for meat can be a great experience...

Build a chicken feeder on the cheep cheep cheep

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

Llamas guarding sheep? — Not such a far-fetched idea

Khaki Campbell ducks — The other egg layer

Just for Kids: Some farinaceous folly

For Extra Production, Try Mound Gardening

By Edward Love Johnson Issue #44 • March/April, 1997 I began experimenting with mound gardening several years ago, due to limited garden space. Then as time went by, I found other reasons (or should I say...

A Child’s Garden — More than Child’s Play

By Jackie Clay Issue #69 • May/June, 2001 There are many things parents can give their children, other than plastic toys or a few bucks to play video games at the mall. And one of the...