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Building

Make adobe bricks

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #110 • March/April, 2008 Last winter I got a phone call from an old friend in Arizona. One of his sons...

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

For large quantity food dehydration try this homemade gem from the...

Install rafters alone the easy way

Installing a steel roof

Farm and Garden

Gleaning — An Old Tradition Made New

By Daniel Furtney Issue #147 • May/June, 2014 Gleaning. You may remember the term from Sunday School or your Bible studies. In the book of Ruth,...

Tracing a bean

Caring for your chickens in winter

Elderberries — Hospitality, Health, And Beauty

Gardening with a Chicken Tractor

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,...

The greatest American who was never President

Biological and chemical weapons through history

Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document

The barnyard scramble

Food and recipes

Self-reliance

Energy

Guns and Hunting

Use the right ammunition!

By Massad Ayoob Issue #130 • July/August, 2011 The purpose of the gun is to fire ammunition. It follows that the ammunition should be the correct...

The subtleties of safe firearms handling

Hunting, processing, and serving black bear

Air power superiority

Cold weather shooting considerations

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: From Paper to Canning

Gee-Whiz: Time

Theories of the universe

Gee-Whiz: Alcohol

Politics and Commentary

Animals

Get to know your spiders

By Jerry Hourigan Issue #109 • January/February, 2008 Every landowner and homeowner creates the perfect environment for spiders. Not intentionally, of course, but spiders seem to...

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

By Jackie Clay Issue #109 • January/February, 2008 When I was a child, I used to read and re-read the chick section in our Sears and...

Good-bye old friend

Beekeeping basics

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

The homestead cat

Self-Reliance

Farm and Garden

Fruit Trees

<!-- Fruit trees By Alice B. Yeager Photos by James O. Yeager -->By Alice B. Yeager Fall winds down with the ripening of a Japanese persimmon known as the Fuyugaki variety. Issue #104 • March/April, 2007 There's not one of us who...
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Grow some winter squash this year

By Lisa Nourse I love summertime — I love the green of the trees, the warm weather, and growing my own food. I especially love growing vegetables that will store well and provide that great...
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