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Animals

How to buy your first sheep without getting shorn

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

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

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

Building

Here’s how to make a musical bamboo flute

By Robert E. Kramer Issue #42 • November/December, 1996 Materials 1 propane or butane torch or campfire to heat up metal rod. 1 steel rod at...

Parge the ugly out of your concrete wall

A recycled dresser makes a useful bathroom vanity

Build a Trail

Our Unconventional House

Farm and Garden

The Best City Garden

By Anita Evangelista Issue #103 • January/February, 2007 City gardens and country gardens are differentnot only in the amount of space...

Raised Bed Gardening — Neat and Productive

Gardening Tips and Tricks

Grow Garlic and Reap Health Benefits

Your Manure Pile — For Fuel, Fertilizer, and Maybe Even Improved...

Americana and History

Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document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...

Grandpa’s justice

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

Habeeb Salloum — Poet, Traveler, Recipe Writer

Former first ladies — Beautiful, brilliant, crazy

Food and recipes

Duane’s shrimp dip

Just for Kids: Some pioneer recipes

CHILI MANIA — This all-American food came out of Texas to conquer the whole culinary world

Apple and berry pies

Self-reliance

The coffee mug knife sharpener

Garden injuries

The many benefits of garlic

Jackie’s tips for hardcore homesteading

Energy

Keeping your food cold — Solutions to refrigeration when electricity is scarce

Solar Power 101 — Batteries: Part 2

Water pumping windmills

Make your own biodiesel for 80¢ per gallon

Guns and Hunting

Firearms handling refresher Part III: Rifles

By Massad Ayoob Website Exclusive • January, 2004 Our three part series on firearms handling ends with this installment. In Part I, we covered handguns and...

Women and guns

How big a gun do you need?

Catch your own bait

Cold weather shooting considerations

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...