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Animals

Raising cattle on your own place

Redworm farming

Forget the dog, chicken is man’s best friend

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

Building

We built John Silveira’s chicken coop/garden

By Suzy Lowry Geno Website Exclusive • April, 2007 I have what seems like mountains of great "fertilizer" from my barn full of English Angora rabbits....

Build A Hybrid Go-Kart For Kids For $150

New invention— The Fencerunner

Build a Groundhog Snare

Build a Vertical Storage Rack for Cans

Farm and Garden

Gleaning — An Old Tradition Made New

By Daniel Furtney Issue #147 • May/June, 2014 Gleaning. You may remember the term from Sunday School or your Bible studies. In the book of Ruth,...

Love Those Green Beans

Gardening in the Desert Using Only Rainwater

Raised Bed Gardening — Neat and Productive

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

Americana and History

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

By Don Lewis Issue #176 • April/May/June, 2019 The year was 1834, a year that didn’t really stand out as all that particularly important in American...

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

Doesn’t anyone remember Tom Paine

Grandpa’s justice

Constitution of the united States of America

Food and recipes

Root vegetable casserole

Pita bread

Toffee Bars, Maple Kisses, and Chocolate-Nut Cloud Candy

Bean Salad With Fresh Herbs

Self-reliance

Just for Kids: Sun-kabobs and solar sizzle

Homestead security for women

Homemade pest traps

Jackie’s tips for hardcore homesteading

Energy

Homemade electric power

Water: a safe supply when you’re off the grid

Build a passive-solar food dehydrator

Grid-tied, Grid-connected, Off-grid. What’s the difference?

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...