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Animals

Where our farm animals come from

Finding the best dog for the country life

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

Kinder goats — A small breed for milk and meat

Building

Build a graceful footbridge

By Harrison Stone Issue #77 • September/October, 2002 Tap your heels together three times and repeat after me, "There is no place like homeThere is no...

Build your own log home in the woods

From triumph to tragedy to triumph again. Dorothy Ainsworth makes her...

Build a pizza oven

Herb Boxes from Fence Boards

Farm and Garden

You Can Make Your Own Fertilizers

By Christopher and Dolores Lynn Nyerges Issue #44 • March/April, 1997 For some people, home gardening is an expensive pursuit, which seems a bit backward to...

Woodchuck-Proof the Garden

Growing and Using Peppers

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

Plant Your Trees in the Spring

Americana and History

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

By Alice B. Yeager and James O. Yeager Issue #115 • January/February, 2009 I was a girl of 8 when the stock market crashed in 1929....

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document

Catfish Biscuits

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

Food and recipes

Fiery Frittata

The real “Q” — Barbecue the way it’s supposed to be

Brew your own root beer

Raspberry Pears with Chocolate Sauce

Self-reliance

Start a post-construction cleaning business

Homestead Helpers

Used bookstores can be sucessful in the hinterlands

Frostbite — Don’t flirt with this sneaky danger

Energy

Job site solar power

Our journey to modern off-grid living

Is steam power in your future?

Keep those gadgets working after the power goes out

Guns and Hunting

An economical battery of guns for the backwoods home

By Massad Ayoob Issue #114 • November/December, 2008 Everything's getting more expensive. Food. Gasoline. Guns and ammunition. Not everyone who appreciates the rural lifestyle was "born...

Hunting, processing, and serving black bear

Hiding a gun — The rules of three

Reload your own brass

The subtleties of safe firearms handling

Science

Gee-Whiz: Dinosaurs

By O.E. MacDougal July/August 2014 Backwoods Home Biologists and paleontologists are now pretty certain that birds are part of the dinosaur lineage. Their extinct relatives include...