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Building

Build a Trapper’s Tilt

By Robert Van Putten Issue #177 • July/August/September, 2019 For as long as I can remember, I’ve always wanted a rustic log cabin deep in the...

Build a pallet fence

Easy awnings

Rural Building

Build a Composter

Farm and Garden

The Potato Hole

By Sylvia Gist Issue #137 • September/October, 2012 Carrots go in sand in the green pail and potatoes can be sorted by type into plastic mesh...

Plant Once Harvest for Years

Making Apple Cider with a Homemade Press

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

Hügelkultur for the Homestead

Americana and History

Food and recipes

Self-reliance

Energy

Guns and Hunting

Centennial of the All-American .30-06

By Massad Ayoob Issue #100 • July/August, 2006 In the long love affair between America and the rifle, there has never been an interlude quite as...

Consider the 20-gauge shotgun

The subtleties of safe firearms handling

How long should your gun’s barrel length be?

Tailoring guns to females

Science

Gee-Whiz: Ice Ages, Past and Future

By O. E. MacDougal January/February 2016, Backwoods Home Most people don’t know that we’re currently in an ice age and have been for the last 2.58...

Gee-Whiz: Alcohol

Theories of the universe

Science and truth. Are they related?

Gee-Whiz: Trees

Politics and Commentary

Animals

Home Dairying

By Marcella Shaffer Issue #64 • July/August, 2000 There is a big difference between home dairying to produce food for your family and dairying to sell...

The homestead cat

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson We have had at least one cat in our home ever since I was a young child. So it’s no wonder we...

Finding the best dog for the country life

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

Keeping homestead animals healthy

Slaughtering and Butchering

Self-Reliance

Farm and Garden

Nut Trees on Your Homestead

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #149 • September/October, 2014 While growing up in Detroit, we had no nut trees in our yard (though we did have seedlings before I left home). That didn't stop my parents, though....
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Leaf Mold is Another Way to Build Your Soil

By John Fuchs Issue #41 • September/October, 1996 Leaves are an excellent way to add organic matter to the garden. However, using raw—or unprocessed—leaves has some drawbacks. Raw leaves are more acidic than composted leaves, and...
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