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Livestock fencing for the small homesteader

By Don Lewis In 1874, a United States patent (#157,124) was issued to Joseph F. Glidden, a long-serving sheriff in DeKalb County, Illinois. His invention...

Making a wooden kitchen countertop

Save Time and Energy with the Fenced Chicken Coop/Garden

Three Raised Bed Designs

By Joe Mooney Issue #150 • November/December, 2014 When it comes to gardening, almost anything can be used to create a raised bed. Tires, blocks, rocks,...

Graft Your Own Designer Fruit Trees

Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document

By the President of the United States of America: A PROCLAMATIONWhereas on the 22nd day of September, A.D. 1862, a proclamation was issued by the...

President George Washington’s Farewell Address

Biological and chemical weapons through history

Habeeb Salloum — Poet, Traveler, Recipe Writer

Jerusalem artichokes with brown rice

The coffee mug knife sharpener

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

Emergency solar power for $950

Don’t discount a generator, especially a diesel generator, as your primary power source

How to shoot a handgun accurately

By Massad Ayoob Issue #85 • January/February, 2004 "I want you to do an article on how to shoot a handgun accurately," Dave Duffy told me....

Teaching a 10-year-old to shoot

Firearms handling refresher Part II: Shotguns

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...

The gee-whiz! page — Cats: Why they rule our world

A doomsday scenario to sleep on

Avian Flu — How afraid of this

Terrorist attack! Was this predictable?

My View: Gaining an appreciation for risk

Concealed carry laws reduce crime

A reason for the Second Amendment

Dorper sheep — Revolutionizing the meat sheep industry

By Darlene Polachic Issue #75 • May/June, 2002 If Henry Soderberg's predictions are right, Dorper sheep could revolutionize the meat sheep industry. A South African breed...

Home Dairying

By Marcella Shaffer Issue #64 • July/August, 2000 There is a big difference between home dairying to produce food for your family and dairying to sell...

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

Moving to the wilderness — Turning the dream to reality

For safety’s sake, homestead fuel storage must be handled properly

Lessons learned from an ice storm

Start a Self-Sufficiency Garden Even in a Cramped Apartment

By Nancy Wolcott Issue #61 • January/February, 2000 You are sitting there in your recliner chair in your small city apartment desperately longing for the day when you can escape to the country and become a...

Build a Heated Germination Bed

By Charles Sanders Issue #92 • March/April, 2005 Many of us who garden have learned the benefits of starting our own vegetable and flower plants. There are several benefits to having a spot to start your...