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Build a wood crib with free materials

By Mark R. Roach Issue #156 • November/December, 2015 Trying to stack wood so it stays up without falling can be a challenge. Just when you...

Yurt Magic — Building an Enchanting Instant House

Build Your Own Car Wash

Build a wood-fired stock tank heater

Building and Using Wattle Fences

Farm and Garden

Propagating Grapes

By Sylvia Gist Issue #107 • September/October, 2007 As a kid in western South Dakota, I enjoyed picking wild grapes and using the delightful juice they...

Build a Heated Germination Bed

Swiss Chard — The Leaf Vegetable That Keeps on Giving!

Growing Microgreens

Gardening the Year ‘Round

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 —...

Fried chicken for breakfast

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 3

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

Catfish Biscuits

Food and recipes

Self-reliance

Energy

Guns and Hunting

Bury a gun and ammo for 15 years

(and be assured everything still works when you dig it up) By Charles Wood Issue #115 • January/February, 2009 Back in the early 1990s the outlook for the...

Reload your own brass

Tailoring guns to females

Consider the 20-gauge shotgun

Moderate power firearms

Science

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

<!-- Subduction zone tsunami --> By John Silveira Issue #94 • July/August, 2004 I was sitting in my cubicle poring over a map of the Oregon coast—actually, just that...

Theories of the universe

Gee-Whiz: Trees

How big is the solar system?

The many benefits of garlic

Politics and Commentary

Animals

Raising rabbits for profit

By Carrie Peterson Issue #106 • July/August, 2007 Whether or not you are fond of rabbit stew, raising rabbits for meat can be a great experience...

Switch your family to goat’s milk

By Tanya Kelley Issue #128 • March/April, 2011 If you milk goats, there's no doubt you've heard it—"Eww! Goat's milk! Gross!" To be perfectly honest, goat...

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

The homestead cat

Forget the dog, chicken is man’s best friend

Khaki Campbell ducks — The other egg layer

Self-Reliance

Farm and Garden

Okra — Not Just for the South

By Alice B. Yeager Photos by James O. Yeager Issue #58 • July/August, 1999 No one is quite sure about how okra seeds came to this country. Okra is of African origin and the seeds could have...
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How to Grow Great Carrots

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #153 • May/June, 2015 Carrots are an old-time homesteader favorite. They can be frozen, canned, dehydrated, or simply stored in a cool location. They are nutritious, too, being a great source of beta...
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