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Goat birthing and raising kids

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

A contrary guide to feeding animals

Determined woman builds distinctive vertical log studio

By Dorothy Ainsworth Issue #27 • May/June, 1994 When I graduated from high school in 1960, my father wrote in my autograph book, "When you get...

Eye-catching signs with mirrors

Build a Keyhole Garden

By Katelynn Bond Issue #152 • March/April, 2015 One of the hazards of living on the side of a mountain in northern New Mexico is that...

Starting a Roadside Farm Stand

Save Time and Energy with the Fenced Chicken Coop/Garden

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

Action of Second Continental Congress, July 4, 1776 When in the Course of human Events, it becomes necessary for one People to dissolve the Political...

George Washington Carver — He wrote the book on self-reliance

The greatest American who was never President

Cannellini Bean And Mushroom Casserole

10 ways to make money on your land

Walden Pond — the solar version: Part 2

Design calculations for overshot waterwheels

Just because

By Massad Ayoob Issue #144 • November/December, 2013 I generally recommend that people buy guns the way they'd buy power tools, or automobiles, or homes. Assess...

1911: The classic homeland security pistol

The time for modern; the time for traditional

Gee-Whiz: Insects

By O. E. MacDougal November/December 2015, Backwoods Home Some 400 million years ago, in the Devonian Period, insects evolved from crustaceans. Since that time, they have...

Can we make a Tyrannosaurus rex from a chicken?

The MTHFR mutation and why it may matter to you

Reflections on the Second Amendment

The world’s least-free country

The tenuous hold of honesty in modern America

This St. Bernard backwoods hero saved old Grandma’s life

By Margaret Wright Issue #35 • September/October, 1995 When we think of a backwoods dog we generally think of a Pyrenees, German Shepherd, or other breed...

Bovine basics for beginners

By Patrice Lewis Issue #122 • March/April, 2010 Congratulations. You've escaped the city life and are now the proud owners of your little plot of rural...

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

Annie on Everfree Farm, Part III

Just for Kids: Killing some time (Create an afternoon time warp)

A survival key ring — Your everyday tool for emergency preparedness

Sew a baby quilt in two days… for a lifetime of memories

By Alice B. Yeager Website Exclusive • September, 2006 Normally, we gardeners tend to make plans to begin planting our gardens during early spring. We select vegetables such as garden peas, lettuce, mustard, radishes, onions, and...

Gardening in the Desert Using Only Rainwater

By Joe Mooney Issue #147 • May/June, 2014 I've always found the use of seasonal rains by native peoples very fascinating. From the diversion of floodwaters in earthen berms to irrigation via "aquaduct," it seemed incredible...