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Animals

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Raising Rabbits

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

How to butcher a chicken in 20 minutes or less

Building

Three Raised Bed Designs

By Joe Mooney Issue #150 • November/December, 2014 When it comes to gardening, almost anything can be used to create a raised bed. Tires, blocks, rocks,...

From triumph to tragedy to triumph again. Dorothy Ainsworth makes her...

Build this sturdy large-capacity food dehydrator

Renovating old walls

Build a Simple, Inexpensive Greenhouse

Farm and Garden

Elderberries — Hospitality, Health, And Beauty

By Gail Butler Issue #124 • July/August, 2010 When friends stop by for a visit I like to offer them a hospitable and healthful libation of...

Build a Keyhole Garden

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

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

Growing Microgreens

Americana and History

Former first ladies — Beautiful, brilliant, crazy

By John Silveira Issue #30 • November/December, 1994 (This is a four-part series. Click the links to navigate to parts one, two, three, and four.) (When we...

Fried chicken for breakfast

Gee-Whiz: Presidents

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

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

Food and recipes

Mango Delight

Cheddar Breakfast Pizza

Garlic Soup

Recipes from my mother’s kitchen

Self-reliance

Your survival depends on water

Cast iron

Your kitchen pharmacy — How common culinary herbs and spices can help you feel better

Handy Keychain Mini-Gadgets

Energy

Build a simple solar-powered outdoor light

Design calculations for overshot waterwheels

Build Your Own Car Wash

7 Solar Water Heating System Designs

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...

Firearms handling refresher Part I: Handguns

Thoughts on ammunition

Affordable firearms

Canning game meat

Science

How big is the solar system?

By John Silveira Issue #60 • November/December, 1999 In artists' renderings of the solar system we often see the sun represented by a small sphere with...