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Raising quail — A home grown delicacy

Install rafters alone the easy way

By Robert L. Williams Issue #35 • September/October, 1995 Anyone who has ever worked on roof framing knows that nailing up rafters is a two-man job...

How to Resurrect Old, Rusted Tools

Livestock fencing for the small homesteader, part 2

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

Swiss Chard — The Leaf Vegetable That Keeps on Giving!

By Raymond Nones Issue #92 • March/April, 2005 For years every spring I planted spinach in my garden. For those who have never tasted home grown...

Raised Bed Gardening — Neat and Productive

An Introduction to Small-Scale Home Hydroponics

Remembering what grandma used

By Marjorie Burris Issue #57 • May/June, 1999 My grandmother, Mary Etta Dillman Graham, was one of those frontier women who took life as it came;...

Farm baseball … with ghost runners!

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

A guide to buying silver and gold

Learning to love the high desert

Amateur Ham Radio – The Ultimate Tool for Survival Communications

Why you need to addsolar to your emergencypower backup plans

Emergency solar power for $950

How big a gun do you need?

By Massad Ayoob Issue #99 • May/June, 2006 We Americans like to do things in a big way. Big houses. Big cars. Big boats. And, yes,...

How long should your gun’s barrel length be?

Savage Model 110 — A proven economical backwoods rifle

Firearms handling refresher Part I: Handguns

Gee-Whiz: Trees

By O. E. Macdougal September/October 2015, Backwoods Home We’re told they include some of the oldest and largest living organisms on the planet. But do...

The threat of electromagnetic pulse!

Running your own business: a mother’s perspective

How a high school band triumphed over a bureaucracy and union that tried to kill it

Reaching for the stars during a recession

Animal disease traceability

By Patrice Lewis Issue #137 • September/October, 2012 In 2009, small farmers and ranchers breathed a sigh of relief. So did people worried about another curtailment...

How to buy your first sheep without getting shorn

By Anita Evangelista Issue #32 • March/April, 1995 Multimillionaire J. Paul Getty was once asked the secret of becoming rich. He's reported to have said, "I...

Dorper sheep — Revolutionizing the meat sheep industry

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

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

Just for Kids: Take a nite hike!

Used bookstores can be sucessful in the hinterlands

Growing Productive Strawberries

By Edna Manning Issue #86 • March/April, 2004 Here on the Canadian prairies, I have found strawberries to be perhaps one of the most delicious, least-demanding and productive fruits I can grow in our Zone 2...

Prevent Foodborne Illness with Safe Gardening Methods

By Donna Insco  Issue #158 March/April, 2016 According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) website, "CDC estimates that each year roughly 1 in 6 Americans (or 48 million people) get sick, 128,000 are hospitalized, and...