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Animals

Beekeeping basics

Raising your own beef

Forget the dog, chicken is man’s best friend

Is that a good pig?

Building

Claw Hammers

By R.E. Rawlinson Scottish writer and philosopher Thomas Carlyle observed that “Man is a tool using animal … without tools he is nothing, with tools...

Build a Composter

Build an Old-Fashioned Hotbed and Start Your Seeds in Style

Making and using a solar cooker

Trusses — Low cost marvels to roof over most large spaces

Farm and Garden

Plant Your Irish Potatoes This Fall or Winter

By Robert L. Williams Issue #48 • November/December, 1997 My family has made a practice of planting Irish potatoes in the fall rather than in the...

Home-Grown Eggs

Secure and Economical Livestock Feed

Plant Once Harvest for Years

For Extra Production, Try Mound Gardening

Americana and History

Feeling nostalgic? Now you’ll rave! Here’s the story of Burma Shave.

By Martin Waterman Issue #37 • January/February, 1996 I can remember taking a trip as a child and seeing my first Burma Shave signs. Technically speaking,...

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 3

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 4 — Cunning, vindictive, and...

Constitution of the united States of America

The time-travel ad

Food and recipes

Corn and nopalito salsa

Betty’s Bread Pudding with Whiskey Sauce

The chicken and the egg

Making baby food at home

Self-reliance

The saga of Benjamin, the backwoods, homeschool boy who wanted to get a job

Survival/utility vest

Bath herbs

Clover — From Livestock Forage to Medicinal Tea, This Humble Plant is One of Nature’s Best Gifts

Energy

Solar-powered refrigerators

Are hydrogen-fueled cars pie-in-the-sky?

Solar Building Design

Prepper power! Part 1

Guns and Hunting

A used shotgun bargain: The Browning Auto-5

By Brad Rohdenburg Website Exclusive • September, 2014 A 1958 "Light Twelve" Browning Auto-5, with a 28" Improved Cylinder barrel and 'Speedfeed' loading. It weighs less...

Firearms — Tools of rural living

An economical battery of guns for the backwoods home

Get a piece of history — An M1 Garand rifle

Thoughts on ammunition

Science

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...