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Build a chicken feeder on the cheep cheep cheep

Installing a steel roof

By Norman Bennett Issue #126 • November/December, 2010 One of the reasons steel roofs have become so popular is the simplicity and economy with which they...

Install rafters alone the easy way

Make your own lumber with a chainsaw mill

A Child’s Garden — More than Child’s Play

By Jackie Clay Issue #69 • May/June, 2001 There are many things parents can give their children, other than plastic toys or a few bucks to...

Prevent Foodborne Illness with Safe Gardening Methods

The time-travel ad

By John Silveira Issue #125 • September/October, 2010 It's become a minor Internet phenomenon. The ad reads: It's also been read by Jay Leno on his late...

The greatest American who was never President

President George Washington’s Farewell Address

Former first ladies — Beautiful, brilliant, crazy

Old-fashioned meat pie casserole

Stashing Junk Silver for Bad Times

Preserve the harvest naturally through wild fermentation

Build your own solar-powered water pumping station

Powering medical equipment during a utility blackout

7 Solar Water Heating System Designs

Women and guns

By Massad Ayoob Issue #121 • January/February, 2010 In a time when what used to be called "the women's liberation movement" has achieved many of its...

Cold weather shooting considerations

Inexpensive retired Russian military rifles can be the ideal backwoods meat...

The time for modern; the time for traditional

Gee-Whiz: Time

By O.E. MacDougal July/August 2016, Backwoods Home Time. We can’t see, feel, hear, smell, or taste it, but we can measure it and we break it...

Avian Flu — How afraid of this

Gee-Whiz: Ice Ages, Past and Future

Armed civilians can help fight terrorism

Which is better, a small town or city?

Some thoughts on growing older in the backwoods

Raising your own beef for your family

By Charles Sanders Issue #57 • May/June, 1999 For most homesteaders, the raising of livestock plays a crucial role in the home based economy. The types...

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

By Jackie Clay Issue #111 • May/June, 2008 It goes without saying that preparedness is not for "radicals" or "weirdos" anymore. I picked up a preparedness...

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Kinder goats — A small breed for milk and meat

Goat birthing and raising kids

How to butcher a chicken in 20 minutes or less

Help your home survive in the path of a wildfire

Get the most out of your vehicle and your maintenance dollar

By Anita Evangelista Issue #103 • January/February, 2007 City gardens and country gardens are differentnot only in the amount of space each can fill, but in the types and quantities of...

Mid-season planting

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson As the saying goes “Life happens…” Maybe events have kept you from getting your garden planted early in the spring. When we moved to New Mexico, it was in late June and...