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Animals

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

Are aliens stealing our honeybees?

Bovine basics for beginners

A contrary guide to feeding animals

Building

Shake update

By David Lee Website Exclusive • January, 2005 Since my shake article was published in Backwoods Home Magazine, Issue #88, I have learned that some of...

Build a chicken house in a day

Trusses — Low cost marvels to roof over most large spaces

Stairs — The next level

New invention— The Fencerunner

Farm and Garden

Testing Soil

By Tom Kovach Issue #119 • September/October, 2009 Testing the soil content of a garden is very important and is quite easy to do. Soil tests...

A Small Space Yields a Big Crop of Garlic

Plant Your Irish Potatoes This Fall or Winter

Elderberries — Hospitality, Health, And Beauty

Clover — From Livestock Forage to Medicinal Tea, This Humble Plant...

Americana and History

The barnyard scramble

By Michelle Hampton Issue #106 • July/August, 2007 Each year during our local county fair, one of the best-attended events happens when farm animals, donated by...

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 3

The greatest American who was never President

Fried chicken for breakfast

Declaration of Independence: The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States...

Food and recipes

Cooking with seeds — A surefire way to sow good health into your family’s diet

You can become a hardcore forager

Cast iron loaf pans from breakfast to dessert

German green beans

Self-reliance

The saga of Benjamin, the backwoods, homeschool boy who wanted to get a job

Woodstove cooking

Buying a used mobile home

Just for Kids: Some good clean fun!

Energy

Power Up

Solar Power 101 — Batteries: Part 1

Build Your Own Car Wash

Energy class: Part 1

Guns and Hunting

Women and guns

By Massad Ayoob Issue #121 • January/February, 2010 In a time when what used to be called "the women's liberation movement" has achieved many of its...