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Animals

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

Keeping homestead animals healthy

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Building

Build a deluxe barrel stove

By David Lee Issue #108 • November/December, 2007 Winter is coming again, pretty much on schedule in spite of global warming, and it will be cold,...

Make a Quick and Easy Tipi

Building your chicken coop

The Forever Floor

Build your own log home in the woods

Farm and Garden

Garden Spaces for Small Places

By Dorothy Ainsworth Issue #116 • March/April, 2009 When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden. Minnie Aumonier Yes, and if...

Fruit Trees

Gardening with a Chicken Tractor

The Homestead Greenhouse

Growing Productive Strawberries

Americana and History

The barnyard scramble

By Michelle Hampton Issue #106 • July/August, 2007 Each year during our local county fair, one of the best-attended events happens when farm animals, donated by...

Farm baseball … with ghost runners!

Former first ladies — Beautiful, brilliant, crazy

Gee-Whiz: Presidents

Who were the best…and worst U.S. Presidents?

Food and recipes

Kentucky Country Ribs

Dandelion recipes

Healthy holiday munchies — Guaranteed to take the sneak out of snacking

Baklava

Self-reliance

Survival/utility vest

Moving to the wilderness — Turning the dream to reality

Preparing for a Temporary Catastrophe

Finding wealth you can wear at yard sales

Energy

Keep the Ice On

How to select the right backup generator

Energy class: Part 2 — Understanding your electric bill

Making and using a solar cooker

Guns and Hunting

Of guns and snakes

By Massad Ayoob Issue #151 • January/February, 2015 Mas safely kills a rattlesnake in a populated area. (Note angle of gun and trajectory.) Pistol is a...

Reload your own brass

Picking a holster

Understanding the gun debate, part 3

Firearms handling refresher Part III: Rifles

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 —...