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Animals

Build a poultry killing cone

This St. Bernard backwoods hero saved old Grandma’s life

Hog butchering — Using everything but the squeal

Finding, buying, milking, and living with the family milk cow

Building

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

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #41 • September/October, 1996 The thing I like the most about Backwoods Home is that, unlike a lot of other magazines,...

Make a fully functional cold storage pit/mound and enjoy your garden’s...

Build a poultry killing cone

Make a Quick and Easy Tipi

Vise Dremel Moto Tool mount

Farm and Garden

Tea for the garden

By Lisa Nourse We have poor soil and do our best to amend it with compost and manure every year. However, we feel our plants...

Companion Planting

Growing Potatoes in Straw

You Can Make Your Own Fertilizers

Meat For the Homestead

Americana and History

the gee-whiz! page: Animals, humans, extraterrestrials, and tools

By O. E. MacDougal Issue #154 • July/August, 2015 There was a time when it was thought that a defining difference between humans and animals was:...

Gee-Whiz: Presidents

Fried chicken for breakfast

Grandpa’s justice

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

Food and recipes

The dandelion is a healthful, great tasting weed you can eat

Dishpan cookies

Baked chili relleno casserole

Terrific tamale pie

Self-reliance

Breastfeeding — Babies love it, and for good reason

Fire resistant property

Digging a shallow well

Just for Kids: Take a nite hike!

Energy

Don’t discount a generator, especially a diesel generator, as your primary power source

Solar charge controllers — myths, hype, and facts

Grid-tied, Grid-connected, Off-grid. What’s the difference?

7 Solar Water Heating System Designs

Guns and Hunting

How long should your gun’s barrel length be?

By Massad Ayoob Issue #136 • July/August, 2012 The person new to guns is like the person new to timepieces. "How many of these things are...

Teaching a 10-year-old to shoot

Bury a gun and ammo for 15 years

Women and guns

1911: The classic homeland security pistol

Science

The coming ice age

By John Silveira Issue #86 • March/April, 2004 As little as 30 years ago the talk wasn't about global warming, it was about an imminent ice...

Avian Flu — How afraid of this

The many benefits of garlic

The ‘risks’ with Swine Flu

The world is ending! … Again?

Politics and Commentary

Of kids and guns

Defunding government is a sensible voter solution to reining in local government

Should both drugs and guns be legal?

Why oil and other fossil fuels are good