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Animals

Khaki Campbell ducks — The other egg layer

Is that a good pig?

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

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

Building

Making a wooden kitchen countertop

By Patrice Lewis One of the advantages of living a homesteading lifestyle is participants can kick aside the ever-changing concepts of what constitutes “classy” home...

Building David’s Cabin, Part One

Build this sturdy large-capacity food dehydrator

How safe is your electric fence?

Build Your Own Hoop House

Farm and Garden

Currants and Gooseberries

By Sylvia Gist Issue #155 • September/October, 2015 Currants and gooseberries all belong to the genus Ribes (pronounced "rye-bees"). There are varieties of currants and gooseberries...

Raised Bed Gardening — Neat and Productive

Victory Gardens

Sweet Potato Greens

Use Plastic to Get a Head Start on Corn in the...

Americana and History

The greatest American who was never President

By John Silveira Issue #60a • November/December, 1999 "The election's next year, right?" I asked. Dave Duffy, the publisher of Backwoods Home Magazine, was editing a rather...

Biological and chemical weapons through history

The time-travel ad

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

Former first ladies — Beautiful, brilliant, crazy

Food and recipes

Food security 101: Part 1

Boost your immune system with fast and easy fish dishes

Dehydrating food

You can become a hardcore forager

Self-reliance

Preserve the harvest naturally through wild fermentation

No dentist? Oh, no!

10 country do’s and don’ts

Picking your pressure canner — All American or Presto?

Energy

Portable solar power

Radiant floor heating — Alternative to forced-air heating is solar-powered, too An interview with Stephen Heckeroth

Power Up Light, Water, Communications in Emergencies

Build a simple solar-powered outdoor light

Guns and Hunting

Hiding a gun — The rules of three

By Claire Wolfe Issue #140 • March/April, 2013 My friend Jack pulled the car into a grassy clearing. We donned rubber boots, fetched a metal detector...

A used shotgun bargain: The Browning Auto-5

Firearms handling refresher Part III: Rifles

1911: The classic homeland security pistol

Reload your own brass

Science

The MTHFR mutation and why it may matter to you

By John Silveira Issue #170 • March/April, 2018 This is an article with both anecdotal evidence and science. It is about me, anxiety and depression, a...