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Animals

Once a day milking

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

This St. Bernard backwoods hero saved old Grandma’s life

Building

Build a ski sled

By Kai Moessle Issue #138 • November/December, 2012 Since my property is almost half a mile away from the nearest road and I can't keep the...

Three Raised Bed Designs

Build a holz hausen to dry firewood

For summertime baking needs, build yourself an outdoor horno

Woodbarrow

Farm and Garden

Build an Old-Fashioned Hotbed and Start Your Seeds in Style

By Roy Martin Issue #104 • March/April, 2007 A hotbed is a miniature greenhouse that is heated to protect new seedlings from cold. The hotbed differs...

The Potato Hole

Secure and Economical Livestock Feed

The $1 Garden

Making Apple Cider with a Homemade Press

Americana and History

Habeeb Salloum — Poet, Traveler, Recipe Writer

Habeeb Salloum, 95, a poet, world traveler, linguist, and author of recipe books on Middle Eastern cuisine, has written recipe articles for Backwoods Home...

Doesn’t anyone remember Tom Paine

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

Fly it proudly and properly

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 3

Food and recipes

Lemons: the versatile fruit

Stewed tomatoes

Nana V’s fire sauce

Fail-proof white bread

Self-reliance

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

Survival infection control

Annie on Everfree Farm, Part I

Just for Kids: Sun-kabobs and solar sizzle

Energy

Solar hot water systems

Why you need to addsolar to your emergencypower backup plans

Solar-powered refrigerators

Install a mobile, solar powered toilet

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...

Of guns and snakes

Firearms handling refresher Part III: Rifles

Firearms — Tools of rural living

Consider the 20-gauge shotgun

Science

The world is coming to an end… and this time, I’m...

By John Silveira Issue #114 • November/December, 2008 If you haven't already heard, on September 10, 2008, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), located on the border...