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Animals

Forget the dog, chicken is man’s best friend

Llamas guarding sheep? — Not such a far-fetched idea

Animal disease traceability

Build a chicken feeder on the cheep cheep cheep

Building

Build a portable woodstove for $30

By David Scott Matthews Issue #78 • November/December, 2002 I had a problem. Other men love football, baseball, basketball, or golf. I love to hunt. And...

Build a Trail

Build A Hybrid Go-Kart For Kids For $150

Parge the ugly out of your concrete wall

Radiant floor heating — Alternative to forced-air heating is solar-powered, too...

Farm and Garden

Graft Your Own Designer Fruit Trees

By Jackie Clay Issue #121 • January/February, 2010 Although I've been homesteading for more than forty years, there's always something new to learn. (I figure that...

Okra — Not Just for the South

Home-Grown Eggs

Grow Open Pollinated Seeds for Self-Reliant Gardening

Rotten Luck: The Skinny on Composting

Americana and History

Catfish Biscuits

By Danny Fulks Issue #87 • May/June, 2004 Danny Fulks, 71, grew up in southern Ohio where his parents worked the land and milked cows, and...

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

Constitution of the united States of America

Former first ladies — Beautiful, brilliant, crazy

Declaration of Independence: The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States...

Food and recipes

Winter baking warms the house

Spicy Beef and Peppers

How to tell a bad egg

Elegant desserts for entertaining

Self-reliance

Cast iron

Jim Van Camp: Coffee roaster, painter

Based on years of personal experience, here are 10 good tips for homeschooling your children

Couponing, refunding, and stockpiling will make your money stretch

Energy

Build your own battery charging station

Build your own solar-powered water pumping station

Grid-tied, Grid-connected, Off-grid. What’s the difference?

Energy class: Part 3

Guns and Hunting

Choose your ammo… police style

By Massad Ayoob Issue #93 • May/June, 2005 One of our greatest modern gun experts, Lt. Col. Jeff Cooper, USMC, Ret., once made the observation that...

Just because

Centennial of the All-American .30-06

Reload your own brass

A used shotgun bargain: The Browning Auto-5

Science

Gee-Whiz: Bad Fish, Big Fish

By O.E. MacDougal January/February 2015, Backwoods Home Fish were the very first vertebrates. That is, they were the first animals with backbones, the purpose of which...