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Animals

Raising cattle on your own place

Raising your own beef

Where our farm animals come from

How to buy your first sheep without getting shorn

Building

Build a 6500-gallon concrete water tank for $1500

By Dorothy Ainsworth Issue #101 • September/October, 2006 When I bought 10 dry barren "affordable" acres back in 1981 I got what I paid for: No...

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

Build a holz hausen to dry firewood

Simplify life in your backwoods home by using these easy mountain...

Installing a steel roof

Farm and Garden

Home-Grown Eggs

By Allen Easterly Issue #165 • May/June, 2017 Maybe you’ve thought about keeping a few chickens for their eggs but didn’t want to be awakened at...

Secure and Economical Livestock Feed

Flowers Brighten the Garden

Growing Productive Strawberries

Woodchuck-Proof the Garden

Americana and History

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

By Don Lewis Issue #176 • April/May/June, 2019 The year was 1834, a year that didn’t really stand out as all that particularly important in American...

Catfish Biscuits

President George Washington’s Farewell Address

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

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

Food and recipes

Boston Baked Beans

Canning Steelhead and Tuna

Ham and sausage jambalaya

Bacon-Avocado Potato Salad

Self-reliance

Funerals don’t have to be expensive

10 day survival pack for your vehicle for just $25

Step onto the ice and catch tonight’s dinner

Medicinal uses of garlic

Energy

Standby battery charging techniques can ensure engine startups

Solar-powered refrigerators

Solar system codes — Build it right!

Add solar power to your truck camper

Guns and Hunting

Cold weather shooting considerations

By Massad Ayoob Issue #126 • November/December, 2010 Winter will soon be upon us. Cold weather makes a lot of things more difficult. Running. Walking. Navigating...

Understanding the gun debate, part 3

How to shoot a handgun accurately

1911: The classic homeland security pistol

Thoughts on ammunition

Science

Gee-Whiz: Alcohol

By O.E. MacDougal Backwoods Home Did early man first cultivate grains just to get drunk? The brewing of beer is older than civilization and goes back at...