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Animals

Build a poultry killing cone

Bottle-raise a calf

Hog butchering — Using everything but the squeal

Raising your own beef

Building

Build a Top-Bar Bee Hive

By Jereme Zimmerman Issue #175 • January/February/March, 2019 My journey to becoming a beekeeper has been a long one, and I’m still not quite there yet....

Build a Simple, Inexpensive Greenhouse

Building and using wattle fences

Build a cold smoker so you can make delicious squaw candy

Herb Boxes from Fence Boards

Farm and Garden

Gardening in the Desert Using Only Rainwater

By Joe Mooney Issue #147 • May/June, 2014 I've always found the use of seasonal rains by native peoples very fascinating. From the diversion of floodwaters...

For Extra Production, Try Mound Gardening

Sweet Potato Greens

Secure and Economical Livestock Feed

A New Use for Old Tires: A Garden Using Tires

Americana and History

The greatest American who was never President

By John Silveira Issue #60a • November/December, 1999 "The election's next year, right?" I asked. Dave Duffy, the publisher of Backwoods Home Magazine, was editing a rather...

Farm baseball … with ghost runners!

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

Doesn’t anyone remember Tom Paine

Former first ladies — Beautiful, brilliant, crazy

Food and recipes

Challah

Goat milk recipes

Penne with Provencal eggplant and peppers

Dandelion recipes

Self-reliance

Annie on Everfree Farm, Part II

Caveman walking stick

Raising kids simply

Harvest your own firewood

Energy

What if the electricity GOES OFF?

Design calculations for overshot waterwheels

Grid-down battery devices

Water pumping windmills

Guns and Hunting

The M1A — A rifle that makes a statement

By Massad Ayoob Issue #45 • May/June, 1997 I take the Springfield Armory rifle out of the box, and savor it. I seldom do that with...

Canning game meat

The subtleties of safe firearms handling

Consider the 20-gauge shotgun

Sight and sound enhancement

Science

The many benefits of garlic

By Joe Knight Issue #113 • September/October, 2008 Garlic, used throughout the world for the taste it adds to foods, is also well known for its...

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

The MTHFR mutation and why it may matter to you

A doomsday scenario to sleep on

Subduction zone tsunami — What the residents of the Pacific Northwest...

Politics and Commentary

Common sense about burglary prevention

Reflections on the Second Amendment

My View: Three Cheers for Free Enterprise

The false argument about defending our freedom

Animals

How to buy your first sheep without getting shorn

By Anita Evangelista Issue #32 • March/April, 1995 Multimillionaire J. Paul Getty was once asked the secret of becoming rich. He's reported to have said, "I...

Redworm farming

By Charles Sanders Issue #112 • July/August, 2008 If you are looking for a way to earn extra income, a retirement job, or even a new...

Forget the dog, chicken is man’s best friend

Is that a good pig?

Raising your own beef

Bovine basics for beginners

Self-Reliance

Brood X

How to Resurrect Old, Rusted Tools

Vinegar — A splash is all you need for healthful eating, natural healing, and sparkling home

The Trigger Line

Farm and Garden

Elderberries — Hospitality, Health, And Beauty

By Gail Butler Issue #124 • July/August, 2010 When friends stop by for a visit I like to offer them a hospitable and healthful libation of elderberry cordial. When served in a small aperitif glass or...

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No Worrying About Fire Blight with Orient and Kieffer Pears

By Alice B. Yeager Issue #52 • July/August, 1998 Everyone likes a good success story, and if I were called upon to name the most successful tree in our small orchard I'd have to say it's...

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