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Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

Hog butchering — Using everything but the squeal

Finding the best dog for the country life

Build a Groundhog Snare

By Allen Easterly Issue #98 • March/April, 2006 In just a few minutes your completed snare is ready to put an end to your groundhog woes....

A recycled dresser makes a useful bathroom vanity

PVC pipe in the home, garden, farm, and workshop

Eye-catching signs with mirrors

Propagating Plants

By Jackie Clay Issue #128 • March/April, 2011 We all love the idea of having a big, productive garden, full of all the nutritious, tasty foods...

You Can Make Your Own Fertilizers

Graft Your Own Designer Fruit Trees

Put Your Garden to Bed for the Winter

Biological and chemical weapons through history

By John Silveira Issue #81 • May/June, 2003 The weather here on the coast of Oregon is nice almost all year-round, and there almost always seems...

President George Washington’s Farewell Address

Preparing for a Temporary Catastrophe

Easy-to-make reusable coffee filters

Energy class: Part 2 — Understanding your electric bill

Battery-Powered Tools are Changing

Build a community assistance recharging station

Centennial of the All-American .30-06

By Massad Ayoob Issue #100 • July/August, 2006 In the long love affair between America and the rifle, there has never been an interlude quite as...

Answering some well asked questions about personal defense

The subtleties of safe firearms handling

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...

Three more ways the world can end … and I’m not...

We don’t need no steenking 2nd Amendment

Which is better, a small town or city?

Do we need a Taxpayers’ Bill of Rights?

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...

Raising your own beef for your family

By Charles Sanders Issue #57 • May/June, 1999 For most homesteaders, the raising of livestock plays a crucial role in the home based economy. The types...

Kinder goats — A small breed for milk and meat

Hog butchering — Using everything but the squeal

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

Finding the best dog for the country life

Drive your own freshwater well

Caring for wounds in the field

Get out of debt, stay out of debt

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 dusk? Do you really need to raise enough vegetables to...

Grow Open Pollinated Seeds for Self-Reliant Gardening

By Jackie Clay Issue #56 In the past I've grown hybrid vegetables, mostly the varieties that have been developed to produce early yields. Because of this, I was able to grow things like sweet corn in...