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Animals

Forget the dog, chicken is man’s best friend

Slaughtering and Butchering

Build a chicken feeder on the cheep cheep cheep

Brooder in a box

Building

Make your own lumber with a chainsaw mill

By Jacqueline Tresl Issue #39 • May/June, 1996 Milling a board with a chainsaw lumber-maker. Figure1: The pieces. Beams, joists and walls were made with a chainsaw mill. Figure...

Livestock fencing for the small homesteader

Build a 6500-gallon concrete water tank for $1500

Building Eric’s house

Easy awnings

Farm and Garden

Put Your Garden to Bed for the Winter

By Jackie Clay Issue #95 • September/October, 2005 During the crispy fall afternoons, we listen often and intently to the weather forecasts. "It's going to be...

Leaf Mold is Another Way to Build Your Soil

Home-Grown Eggs

Gardening with a Chicken Tractor

By Hook or Crook: A Billhook is a Handy Homestead Tool

Americana and History

Grandpa’s justice

By Tom Kovach Issue #65 • September/October, 2000 Having the best vegetable garden in the village might put food on the table and make some money...

Quilts — Masterpieces of the heart and windows into women’s history

From Martha and Abigail to Dolley and Louisa, America’s earliest First...

The greatest American who was never President

Fly it proudly and properly

Food and recipes

Mairead’s Fabulous Flan

Raspberry ketchup

Aunt Mildred’s honey cake

Lenie in the kitchen: Hamburger and potato casserole

Self-reliance

Food security 101

Gee-Whiz: From Paper to Canning

Roasting coffee on a wood stove

Food security 101: part 2

Energy

Solar-powered chicken coop

Solar-powered refrigerators

Solar Food Drying

Energy class: Part 2 — Understanding your electric bill

Guns and Hunting

Military surplus and military “clone” rifles

By Massad Ayoob Issue #116 • March/April, 2009 One reader writes to ask if military surplus rifles are still a good idea for hunting, recreational shooting,...

Bury a gun and ammo for 15 years

Sight and sound enhancement

Centennial of the All-American .30-06

Tailoring guns to females

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 —...