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Animals

Raising Rabbits

Beekeeping basics

Redworm farming

Raising your own beef for your family

Building

Getting logs

By Dorothy Ainsworth Website Exclusive • March, 2004 Online Exclusive April 2003 Attention: Would-be loggers. There have been changes in policy at the United States Forest Service...

Build a wood-fired stock tank heater

Build a Top-Bar Bee Hive

Making a wooden kitchen countertop

This coop is for the birds

Farm and Garden

The Potato Hole

By Sylvia Gist Issue #137 • September/October, 2012 Carrots go in sand in the green pail and potatoes can be sorted by type into plastic mesh...

Starting a Roadside Farm Stand

A Small Space Yields a Big Crop of Garlic

Growing and Using Bamboo on the Homestead

Three Raised Bed Designs

Americana and History

The summer of ’35

By John Graesch Issue #64 • July/August, 2000 Sixty five years ago I was living in that part of Seattle, Washington, known as South Park. Few...

Feeling nostalgic? Now you’ll rave! Here’s the story of Burma Shave.

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document

Gee-Whiz: Presidents

Food and recipes

Tomato and basil sauce

Crispy onion rings

Honey Roasted Pheasant

Fish — This gourmet food is fun to catch, relatively easy to cook, and healthy to eat

Self-reliance

Preparedness for travelers

10 ways to make money on your land

Everybody talks about lightning and yes, there are things you can do about it

Garden injuries Part 2

Energy

Use solar landscape lights for emergencies

Solar charge controllers — myths, hype, and facts

Water pumping windmills

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

Guns and Hunting

Tailoring guns to females

By Massad Ayoob Issue #131 • September/October, 2011 So, I'm sitting here in a hotel writing this, less than three hours after getting off the witness...

Firearms and cold weather considerations

Choose your ammo… police style

Bury a gun and ammo for 15 years

The light at the end of the gun

Science

Gee-Whiz: Coffee

By O.E. MacDougal May/June 2018, Backwoods Home Every second of every day about 26,000 cups of coffee are drunk around the world. That’s about 2¼ billion...