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Animals

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

Raising quail — A home grown delicacy

Dorper sheep — Revolutionizing the meat sheep industry

Build a poultry killing cone

Building

Claw Hammers

By R.E. Rawlinson Scottish writer and philosopher Thomas Carlyle observed that “Man is a tool using animal … without tools he is nothing, with tools...

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

Composite lumber helps outdoor projects resist water, weather, and sun

Build a Concrete Root Cellar

Never underestimate a woman

Farm and Garden

Time to Forget About Snail and Slug Bait

By Lyle Dykes Issue #135 • May/June, 2012 Years ago when traveling on business, I looked out of the window of my motel one morning in...

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

Gardening with a Chicken Tractor

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

Build a Keyhole Garden

Americana and History

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

By Don Lewis Issue #176 • April/May/June, 2019 The year was 1834, a year that didn’t really stand out as all that particularly important in American...

Gee-Whiz: Presidents

Farm baseball … with ghost runners!

Quilts — Masterpieces of the heart and windows into women’s history

Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document

Food and recipes

Filipino Chicken Stew

Homemade baking extracts

Pumpkin preserves

Country-style Pork Stew

Self-reliance

Shearing, carding, spinning, weaving and creating with Margaret Boos

Nursing: A perfect backwoods career

Garden injuries Part 2

Harvesting the wild: Acorns

Energy

Build a simple solar-powered outdoor light

A solar primer — How it works, how it’s made, what it costs

Make your own biodiesel for 80¢ per gallon

Solar suitcase

Guns and Hunting

How long should your gun’s barrel length be?

By Massad Ayoob Issue #136 • July/August, 2012 The person new to guns is like the person new to timepieces. "How many of these things are...

Firearms handling refresher Part II: Shotguns

Choose your ammo… police style

Tailoring guns to females

Women and guns

Science

Gee-Whiz: Presidents

By O.E. MacDougal November/December 2016, Backwoods Home I could spend all day coming up with interesting trivia about the Presidents and those who surround them —...