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Animals

Animal disease traceability

Raising your own beef

Hog butchering — Using everything but the squeal

Brooder in a box

Building

A Kid-Friendly Chicken Coop

By Melissa Souza  Issue #159 • May/June, 2016 My family is committed to becoming as self-sufficient...

A salvaged oak floor for $5

Shake update

The Mini-Skyline — A homemade yarder to bring firewood up a...

Life-long siding with fiber cement board

Farm and Garden

Use Non-Hybrid Seeds and Save Big Bucks in This Year’s Garden

By Jackie Clay Issue #51 • May/June, 1998 Every person who is striving for self-reliance should, and most do, plant a garden from which to raise...

Rotten Luck: The Skinny on Composting

Start a Self-Sufficiency Garden Even in a Cramped Apartment

Clover — From Livestock Forage to Medicinal Tea, This Humble Plant...

Seven tactics for planning next year’s garden

Americana and History

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 3

By John Silveira Issue #34 • July/August, 1995 (This is a four-part series. Click the links to navigate to parts one, two, three, and four.) Do I...

Was the first government gun confiscation attempt foiled by an unsung...

Former first ladies — Beautiful, brilliant, crazy

The time-travel ad

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

Food and recipes

Never too busy to make bread

Spider rice casserole

Dublin Coddle

Jo’s Kentucky-fried cole slaw

Self-reliance

Swedish log candle

Sew a baby quilt in two days… for a lifetime of memories

A view of self-reliance from a more timid perspective — A woman’s opinion

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

Energy

Add solar power to your truck camper

Making and using a solar cooker

Prepper power! Part 1

Power your bug-out bag

Guns and Hunting

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

By Massad Ayoob Issue #139 • January/February, 2013 Long a supporter of the Appleseed concept, Backwoods Home Magazine hosted one in Gold Beach, Oregon, in second...