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Animals

Good-bye old friend

Raising quail — A home grown delicacy

How to butcher a chicken in 20 minutes or less

Get to know your spiders

Building

Build a portable woodstove for $30

By David Scott Matthews Issue #78 • November/December, 2002 I had a problem. Other men love football, baseball, basketball, or golf. I love to hunt. And...

For large quantity food dehydration try this homemade gem from the...

Build a log crib

Easy awnings

Build Your Own Car Wash

Farm and Garden

Use Plastic to Get a Head Start on Corn in the...

By Mark and Lynn Klammer Issue #41 • September/October, 1996 As spring approaches each year, we can hardly wait for the feel of warm earth between...

A New Use for Old Tires: A Garden Using Tires

The Home Citrus Orchard

Use Old Newspapers to Make Your Starter Pots

Flowers Brighten the Garden

Americana and History

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 4 — Cunning, vindictive, and...

By John Silveira Issue #35 • September/October, 1995 (This is a four-part series. Click the links to navigate to parts one, two, three, and four.) Do you...

Feeling nostalgic? Now you’ll rave! Here’s the story of Burma Shave.

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

Constitution of the united States of America

The greatest American who was never President

Food and recipes

American food — It’s as varied as the melting pot

The healthy kitchen — Good spoons, knives, and food

Sweet Potato-Pecan Pie

Honey whole wheat bread

Self-reliance

Circle of friends

Just for Kids: Sun-kabobs and solar sizzle

Brood X

Harvesting the wild: Acorns

Energy

Solar Power 101 — Batteries: Part 1

Solar-powered chicken coop

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

Emergency solar power for $950

Guns and Hunting

Consider the 20-gauge shotgun

By Massad Ayoob Issue #120 • November/December, 2009 A year or more ago in these pages, I made the suggestion that sometimes less is more, and...

A used shotgun bargain: The Browning Auto-5

How big a gun do you need?

Cold weather shooting considerations

Just because

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...