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Hog butchering — Using everything but the squeal

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Shearing, carding, spinning, weaving and creating with Margaret Boos

Build a log crib

By Dorothy Ainsworth Issue #69 • May/June, 2001 Baby Zane is probably the only newborn in Hollywood sleeping in a log crib made by his grandmother...

Seven tactics for planning next year’s garden

By Kristina Seleshanko There are few things I enjoy more than snuggling up next to the woodstove with a cup of coffee and my garden...

Leaf Mold is Another Way to Build Your Soil

The summer of ’35

By John Graesch Issue #64 • July/August, 2000 Sixty five years ago I was living in that part of Seattle, Washington, known as South Park. Few...

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 3

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

Just for Kids: Some pioneer recipes

Make sourdough with wild yeast

Homeschooling through high school

Get the most out of your vehicle and your maintenance dollar

Solar system codes — Build it right!

Intake and exhaust upgrades for better mileage and performance

How to shoot a handgun accurately

By Massad Ayoob Issue #85 • January/February, 2004 "I want you to do an article on how to shoot a handgun accurately," Dave Duffy told me....

Savage Model 110 — A proven economical backwoods rifle

The subtleties of safe firearms handling

An economical battery of guns for the backwoods home

The light at the end of the gun

Gee-Whiz: Sleep

By O.E. MacDougal November/December 2017, Backwoods Home For thousands of years, sleep has been one of life’s great mysteries. As humans, we spend about one-third of...

Gee-Whiz: From Paper to Canning

The MTHFR mutation and why it may matter to you

Planning the lives of generations to come

Talking to your kids about death

Defunding government is a sensible voter solution to reining in local government

Our energy crisis Part 2 — Nuclear energy is sensible and safe

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

By Kristina Seleshanko Issue #177 • July/August/September, 2019 Something we heard a lot when we first started raising chickens in the suburbs was, “For the cost...

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...

Shearing, carding, spinning, weaving and creating with Margaret Boos

A contrary guide to feeding animals

Make elderberry syrup for flu season

Power Up Light, Water, Communications in Emergencies

How we found our remote backwoods home

Step onto the ice and catch tonight’s dinner

How to become a backyard beekeeper

By Sheri Jones If you’ve been intrigued by the idea of becoming a beekeeper but think you don’t have the space, resources, or knowledge, you’re about to be pleasantly surprised. Backyard beekeeping is a lot...

Here’s a Mighty Creative Way to Protect Your Plants from Animals

By Joy Lamb Issue #39 • May/June, 1996 A huge brown beast stared at me as I drove through our apple orchard toward the house. I parked, walked quickly into the house, and said to my...