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Animals

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

Dorper sheep — Revolutionizing the meat sheep industry

Raising rabbits for profit

Once a day milking

Building

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...

Parge the ugly out of your concrete wall

Dorothy Ainsworth update: Out of the ashes

Livestock fencing for the small homesteader

Build a Trapper’s Tilt

Farm and Garden

Use Old Newspapers to Make Your Starter Pots

By Darlene Polachic Issue #49 • January/February, 1998 Why spend money buying plant starter packs when you can make all you need from old newspapers? The...

Victory Gardens

Growing the Eternal Tomato

Love Those Green Beans

Gleaning — An Old Tradition Made New

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 —...

President George Washington’s Farewell Address

Quilts — Masterpieces of the heart and windows into women’s history

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

George Washington Carver — He wrote the book on self-reliance

Food and recipes

Old-fashioned hot dog pepper relish

Making hard cider

Sourdough simplified

7 Mistakes of food storage

Self-reliance

Homestead burnout — What it is and how to avoid it

Making a great rug from the rag bag

Caring for wounds in the field

Finding wealth you can wear at yard sales

Energy

A solar primer — How it works, how it’s made, what it costs

Converting a Gasoline-Powered Rototiller to Electric

Solar system codes — Build it right!

Build a simple solar-powered outdoor light

Guns and Hunting

Of guns and snakes

By Massad Ayoob Issue #151 • January/February, 2015 Mas safely kills a rattlesnake in a populated area. (Note angle of gun and trajectory.) Pistol is a...

1911: The classic homeland security pistol

A used shotgun bargain: The Browning Auto-5

Bury a gun and ammo for 15 years

The Appleseed Project

Science

The gee-whiz! page — Cats: Why they rule our world

By O. E. MacDougal Issue #170 • March/April, 2018 House cats A recent Gallup poll showed that cat ownership is pretty much evenly distributed between men and...