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Animals

Finding the best dog for the country life

Animal disease traceability

How to buy your first sheep without getting shorn

Fermenting Chicken Feed

Building

Building and Using Wattle Fences

By Kathryn Wingrove Issue #139 • January/February, 2013 Wattle fences are made by weaving material in and out of posts in the ground. They were often...

A house a tornado helped build

Build a pallet fence

Build a wood-fired stock tank heater

The Forever Floor

Farm and Garden

Vermicomposting — Raise Worms to Consume Waste, Amend Soil, and Earn...

By Rebekah L. Cowell Photos by Amanda Egdorf-Sand Issue #124 • July/August, 2010 Vermicomposting takes composting to another level using Eisenia foetida (commonly known as red wiggler,...

A New Use for Old Tires: A Garden Using Tires

Grow Your Own Dishrags

How to become a backyard beekeeper

Fruit Trees

Americana and History

Constitution of the united States of America

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common...

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

Who were the best…and worst U.S. Presidents?

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

The vanishing outhouse

Food and recipes

Tomato-Avocado-Buttermilk Soup

A Native American feast

Making sausage

Seven secrets of Dutch oven cooking

Self-reliance

Seventeen great tips for caring for windows, mirrors, and other household glass

Everybody talks about lightning and yes, there are things you can do about it

Just for Kids: Sun-kabobs and solar sizzle

Your kitchen pharmacy — How common culinary herbs and spices can help you feel better

Energy

Solar-powered chicken coop

Battery powered weekend retreat

Handy Keychain Mini-Gadgets

Design calculations for overshot waterwheels

Guns and Hunting

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...

How big a gun do you need?

Answering some well asked questions about personal defense

Consider the 20-gauge shotgun

Air power superiority

Science

Gee-Whiz: Sleep

By O.E. MacDougal November/December 2017, Backwoods Home For thousands of years, sleep has been one of life’s great mysteries. As humans, we spend about one-third of...