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Animals

Dorper sheep — Revolutionizing the meat sheep industry

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

Build a poultry killing cone

Raising your own beef

Building

Build a pizza oven

By Mike Lorenzen Issue #143 • September/October, 2013 About a year ago, my wife and I traveled around Italy by car. We had lots of wood-fired...

How to build a good fence for your homestead

Adventures with a portable sawmill

Build a holz hausen to dry firewood

Build this sturdy large-capacity food dehydrator

Farm and Garden

Woodchuck-Proof the Garden

By Setanta O'Ceillaigh  Issue #160 • July/August, 2016 The cycle never ends: As soon as one...

Build a Heated Germination Bed

Propagating Grapes

Use Non-Hybrid Seeds and Save Big Bucks in This Year’s Garden

Grow Your Own Dishrags

Americana and History

Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document

By the President of the United States of America: A PROCLAMATIONWhereas on the 22nd day of September, A.D. 1862, a proclamation was issued by the...

The time-travel ad

Doesn’t anyone remember Tom Paine

Habeeb Salloum — Poet, Traveler, Recipe Writer

Was the first government gun confiscation attempt foiled by an unsung...

Food and recipes

Deconstructing a bowl of red

Lenie in the kitchen: Pumpkin sweet bread with walnuts

Ashe Torsh

More tips and tricks for the kitchen

Self-reliance

Survival storeroom

Moving to the wilderness — Turning the dream to reality

Make a Quick and Easy Tipi

Shearing, carding, spinning, weaving and creating with Margaret Boos

Energy

Intake and exhaust upgrades for better mileage and performance

Use solar landscape lights for emergencies

Dim bulbs in California

Standby battery charging techniques can ensure engine startups

Guns and Hunting

Answering some well asked questions about personal defense

By Massad Ayoob Issue #97 • January/February, 2006 Jeff Yago, Backwoods Home's energy writer, recently completed a couple of concealed carry handgun courses. The classes apparently...

Women and guns

Just because

The M1A — A rifle that makes a statement

How long should your gun’s barrel length be?

Science

Can we make a Tyrannosaurus rex from a chicken?

By John Silveira Issue #169 • January/February, 2018 Do you have chickens, ducks, turkeys, or geese in your yard? They’re not “just birds” because scientists now...