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Animals

Finding the best dog for the country life

Khaki Campbell ducks — The other egg layer

Kinder goats — A small breed for milk and meat

Dorper sheep — Revolutionizing the meat sheep industry

Building

Making and using a solar cooker

By Joe Radabaugh Issue #30 • November/December, 2004 Solar cooking is a delightful alternative to conventional cooking methods. The solar cookers available today really work and...

Build a stone wall

Here’s an Easier (and Cheaper) Way to Make Wooden Beams

Build a pallet fence

Trusses — Low cost marvels to roof over most large spaces

Farm and Garden

Secure and Economical Livestock Feed

By Sherry Willis Issue #145 • January/February, 2014 The recent droughts in the midwest have meant hard times for many livestock owners. Areas without irrigation saw...

Plant Once Harvest for Years

Time to Forget About Snail and Slug Bait

A Child’s Garden — More than Child’s Play

Testing Soil

Americana and History

Habeeb Salloum — Poet, Traveler, Recipe Writer

Habeeb Salloum, 95, a poet, world traveler, linguist, and author of recipe books on Middle Eastern cuisine, has written recipe articles for Backwoods Home...

Doesn’t anyone remember Tom Paine

Former first ladies — Beautiful, brilliant, crazy

Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

Food and recipes

Apple-Mango Scallops

Old World apple chutney

Grandma’s persimmon pudding

Lenie in the kitchen: Pumpkin sweet bread with walnuts

Self-reliance

Learning to love the high desert

An easier way to cut firewood By Larry LaVan

Stay clear of young wild animals

The 7 core areas of preparedness

Energy

Power Up Light, Water, Communications in Emergencies

Add solar power to your truck camper

Power-up bag

Solar Building Design

Guns and Hunting

Canning game meat

By Linda Gabris Issue #166 • July/August, 2017 Attempting to can meat (or any other low acid food, for that matter) without the use of a...

Affordable firearms

Building the coyote rifle

1911: The classic homeland security pistol

Savage Model 110 — A proven economical backwoods rifle

Science

Theories of the universe

By Dave Duffy Issue #66 • November/December, 2000 In a relatively short span of time, mankind has travelled from profound ignorance of our planet and the...