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Animals

Khaki Campbell ducks — The other egg layer

Beekeeping basics

Bottle-raise a calf

Raising rabbits for profit

Building

How to Install a Steel Roof

By Morgan Barker  Issue #159 • May/June, 2016 Steel roofing isn't just for factories and barns...

Build a Top-Bar Bee Hive

For summertime baking needs, build yourself an outdoor horno

Determined woman builds distinctive vertical log studio

Gabion walls for form and function

Farm and Garden

Plant Your Trees in the Spring

By Tom Kovach Issue #61 • January/February, 2000 Winter is a good time to plan your spring tree plantings, deciding what and where you want to...

Raised Bed Gardening — Neat and Productive

Graft Your Own Designer Fruit Trees

Currants and Gooseberries

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

Americana and History

Fried chicken for breakfast

By Danny Fulks Issue #88 • July/August, 2004 Danny Fulks, 71, is one of those rare writers capable of painting a vivid picture of life back...

Remembering what grandma used

Constitution of the united States of America

Who were the best…and worst U.S. Presidents?

From Martha and Abigail to Dolley and Louisa, America’s earliest First...

Food and recipes

Canning Steelhead and Tuna

Galumbki

Apple-Mango Scallops

Easy, no-knead bread by Melissa Souza

Self-reliance

Drawing the line on timber trespass

Fully Involved

Digging a shallow well

Earning money from home

Energy

Sunny Solutions for north slope applications

Solar suitcase

Power-up bag

Solar power trailer Part 1

Guns and Hunting

Catch your own bait

By Gary Gresh Issue #91 • January/February, 2005 Expensive lures and pricey tackle shop baits can sometimes make fishing an expensive proposition, raising the cost of...

How long should your gun’s barrel length be?

Hiding a gun — The rules of three

Centennial of the All-American .30-06

Canning game meat

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...