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Animals

Switch your family to goat’s milk

Khaki Campbell ducks — The other egg layer

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

Bovine basics for beginners

Building

Save Time and Energy with the Fenced Chicken Coop/Garden

By John Silveira Issue #44 • March/April, 1997 My engineer father was not fond of wasting time or energy. He was always searching for a better,...

A simple backwoods hay baler

Eye-catching signs with mirrors

Building and using wattle fences

Build a holz hausen to dry firewood

Farm and Garden

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...

Green or Yellow: Grow Your Best Bush Beans Ever

Making Apple Cider with a Homemade Press

How to Grow Potatoes

A New Use for Old Tires: A Garden Using Tires

Americana and History

Constitution of the united States of America

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common...

Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 4 — Cunning, vindictive, and...

The barnyard scramble

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

Food and recipes

Make sourdough with wild yeast

Pheasant and dumplings

Winter baking warms the house

Lamb Curry with Yogurt

Self-reliance

Food security 101, part 3: Why I love my vacuum sealer (and more)

35 country jobs — How folks make a living near my hometown

Dollar Store to the Rescue

Moving on: A small town can be a haven during a depression

Energy

Sunny Solutions for north slope applications

Get the most out of your vehicle and your maintenance dollar

Installing your own small, remote off-grid solar system

Don’t discount a generator, especially a diesel generator, as your primary power source

Guns and Hunting

Firearms handling refresher Part I: Handguns

By Massad Ayoob Website Exclusive • December, 2003 One of our readers e-mailed John Silveira to tell him that taking a handgun afield after a long...

Firearms handling refresher Part II: Shotguns

Sight and sound enhancement

Reload your own brass

Centennial of the All-American .30-06

Science

Gee-Whiz: Insects

By O. E. MacDougal November/December 2015, Backwoods Home Some 400 million years ago, in the Devonian Period, insects evolved from crustaceans. Since that time, they have...