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Animals

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

Slaughtering and Butchering

Beekeeping basics

Where our farm animals come from

Building

Build a homestead Copy Cart

By Charles Sanders Issue #45 • July/August, 1997 I don't know too many homesteaders, gardeners, or small farmers who haven't at one time or another wished...

Build a chicken house in a day

Build a pallet fence

A simple backwoods hay baler

Make your own effective fishing tackle while you save money and...

Farm and Garden

Starting a Roadside Farm Stand

By John Murray  Issue #158 • March/April, 2016 For country landowners who desire a way to supplement their income, operating a small roadside farm stand is...

A Small Space Yields a Big Crop of Garlic

How to Grow Potatoes

Plant Your Trees in the Spring

Want More Fruit From Less Space? Espalier Your Trees!

Americana and History

Gee-Whiz: Presidents

By O.E. MacDougal November/December 2016, Backwoods Home I could spend all day coming up with interesting trivia about the Presidents and those who surround them —...

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

Constitution of the united States of America

Former first ladies — Beautiful, brilliant, crazy

The summer of ’35

Food and recipes

Veal Goulash

Black & Blue Mango Pie

Hummus

No fuss, no muss, one-pan grouse supper

Self-reliance

Self-reliance for women — Surviving a biochemical attack

Breastfeeding — A primer

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

Roasting coffee on a wood stove

Energy

Solar-powered water purifiers

Solar power for farm and ranch

Why you need to addsolar to your emergencypower backup plans

Just for Kids: Sun-kabobs and solar sizzle

Guns and Hunting

Catch your own bait

By Gary Gresh Issue #91 • January/February, 2005 Expensive lures and pricey tackle shop baits can sometimes make fishing an expensive proposition, raising the cost of...

How big a gun do you need?

A used shotgun bargain: The Browning Auto-5

Moderate power firearms

The Appleseed Project

Science

The coming ice age

By John Silveira Issue #139 • January/February, 2013 I'm putting my apocalyptic ice age novel, Danielle Kidnapped, on Amazon's Kindle and also producing a paperback version...