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Animals

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

Animal disease traceability

Brooder in a box

Is that a good pig?

Building

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

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #44 • March/April, 1997 My long time friend Hearold Ruby passed away. Death came as sort of a reprieve. He'd been...

Choosing a chain saw

Build your own repeating mouse trap

A river rock shower

Making a wooden kitchen countertop

Farm and Garden

Secure and Economical Livestock Feed

By Sherry Willis Issue #145 • January/February, 2014 The recent droughts in the midwest have meant hard times for many livestock owners. Areas without irrigation saw...

Grow Open Pollinated Seeds for Self-Reliant Gardening

How to become a backyard beekeeper

Growing Strawberries

Grow some winter squash this year

Americana and History

Habeeb Salloum — Poet, Traveler, Recipe Writer

Habeeb Salloum, 95, a poet, world traveler, linguist, and author of recipe books on Middle Eastern cuisine, has written recipe articles for Backwoods Home...

From Martha and Abigail to Dolley and Louisa, America’s earliest First...

Constitution of the united States of America

The time-travel ad

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

Food and recipes

Potato Bread

Chicken and dumpling stew

Bread pudding

Basic brown stock

Self-reliance

There’s no such thing as free land!

Drawing the line on timber trespass

Build a holz hausen to dry firewood

The accidental homesteader

Energy

Add solar power to your truck camper

Solar power for farm and ranch

Keep the Ice On

Energy class: Part 3

Guns and Hunting

Inexpensive retired Russian military rifles can be the ideal backwoods meat...

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #47 • September/October, 1997 Like many another rural person, I've often found a firearm to be my most important tool. No,...

Hiding a gun — The rules of three

How long should your gun’s barrel length be?

Sight and sound enhancement

The M1A — A rifle that makes a statement

Science

Theories of the universe

By Dave Duffy Issue #66 • November/December, 2000 In a relatively short span of time, mankind has travelled from profound ignorance of our planet and the...