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Animals

Raising Rabbits

Is that a good pig?

Redworm farming

Dorper sheep — Revolutionizing the meat sheep industry

Building

A cabin for one

By Lee Greiman Issue #109 • January/February, 2008 Between 1989 and 1990 I built a 20 by 20-foot log house on the Musselshell River in Montana....

Getting logs

Building a $3,000 Barn

Three Raised Bed Designs

Building Eric’s house

Farm and Garden

Raised Bed Gardening — Neat and Productive

By Alice B. Yeager Issue #74 • March/April, 2002 Are you tired of raising a big row crop gardenone that keeps you busy from dawn until...

Propagating Plants

Victory Gardens

Rotten Luck: The Skinny on Composting

Growing Potatoes in Straw

Americana and History

The greatest American who was never President

By John Silveira Issue #60a • November/December, 1999 "The election's next year, right?" I asked. Dave Duffy, the publisher of Backwoods Home Magazine, was editing a rather...

Constitution of the united States of America

The barnyard scramble

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

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

Food and recipes

Tetsukabuto squash pie

Peloponnesian Pot Roast

Chicken with galanga in coconut milk soup

Switch your family to goat’s milk

Self-reliance

Clover — From Livestock Forage to Medicinal Tea, This Humble Plant is One of Nature’s Best Gifts

A guide to buying silver and gold

Water development for the homestead: Ponds, cisterns, and tanks

Paring down for off-grid living

Energy

Build a community assistance recharging station

Job site solar power

Walden Pond, the solar version: Part 1

Radiant floor heating — Alternative to forced-air heating is solar-powered, too An interview with Stephen Heckeroth

Guns and Hunting

Affordable firearms

By Massad Ayoob Issue #134 • March/April, 2012 Knowing that frugality is one of the cornerstones of rural living, Editor Annie Tuttle suggested that I tackle...

Bury a gun and ammo for 15 years

The time for modern; the time for traditional

The M1A — A rifle that makes a statement

Reload your own brass

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...