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Animals

Kinder goats — A small breed for milk and meat

Where our farm animals come from

Dorper sheep — Revolutionizing the meat sheep industry

Animal disease traceability

Building

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

By Roy Martin Issue #104 • March/April, 2007 A hotbed is a miniature greenhouse that is heated to protect new seedlings from cold. The hotbed differs...

From triumph to tragedy to triumph again. Dorothy Ainsworth makes her...

Build this sturdy large-capacity food dehydrator

Trusses — Low cost marvels to roof over most large spaces

Ambidextrous chainsaw filing

Farm and Garden

Fermenting Chicken Feed

By Melissa Souza Issue #174 • November/December, 2018 On our homestead, we eat yogurt, kombucha (fermented tea), sauerkraut, and kimchi to add probiotics to our diet....

Garden Seeds — A Great Winter Pastime

Gardening Tips and Tricks

Graft Your Own Designer Fruit Trees

Three Raised Bed Designs

Americana and History

Grandpa’s justice

By Tom Kovach Issue #65 • September/October, 2000 Having the best vegetable garden in the village might put food on the table and make some money...

Doesn’t anyone remember Tom Paine

President George Washington’s Farewell Address

The summer of ’35

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

Food and recipes

Honey whole wheat bread

Pita bread

Making apple pectin

The healthy and tantalizing pomegranate

Self-reliance

Jim Van Camp: Coffee roaster, painter

The adventures of a first-time homesteader

Paring down for off-grid living

Teach speed reading to your children even if you can’t speed read yourself

Energy

Water: a safe supply when you’re off the grid

Walden Pond, the solar version: Part 1

Portable solar power

Build a simple solar-powered outdoor light

Guns and Hunting

Hunting, processing, and serving black bear

By Linda Gabris Issue #162 • November/December, 2016 Bear was a popular meat in our house when I was growing up in the rural woods. Black...

How to shoot a handgun accurately

The Appleseed Project

The M1A — A rifle that makes a statement

Firearms handling refresher Part I: Handguns

Science

Gee-Whiz: From Paper to Canning

By John Silveira (aka O.E. MacDougal) May/June 2017 Backwoods Home The greatest inventions in history are the ones we now take for granted. Fire and the...