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Raising cattle on your own place

A contrary guide to feeding animals

The Forever Floor

By David Lee Issue #92 • March/April, 2005 It is pretty devious starting off an article with an exaggeration but now that I have your attention...

Build this sturdy large-capacity food dehydrator

You Can Make Your Own Fertilizers

By Christopher and Dolores Lynn Nyerges Issue #44 • March/April, 1997 For some people, home gardening is an expensive pursuit, which seems a bit backward to...

No Worrying About Fire Blight with Orient and Kieffer Pears

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

Action of Second Continental Congress, July 4, 1776 When in the Course of human Events, it becomes necessary for one People to dissolve the Political...

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

My garden — A springboard of food, pleasure, and history

Food security 101: part 2 — Convenience mixes make life easier

Moving on: A small town can be a haven during a depression

Emergency solar power for $950

Keep those gadgets working after the power goes out

Solar system codes — Build it right!

Firearms — Tools of rural living

By Massad Ayoob Issue #91 • January/February, 2005 So, editor Dave Duffy and I got to talking about guns. We agreed that for some people they...

An economical battery of guns for the backwoods home

Savage Model 110 — A proven economical backwoods rifle

Centennial of the All-American .30-06

Firearms and cold weather considerations

Gee-Whiz: Insects

By O. E. MacDougal November/December 2015, Backwoods Home Some 400 million years ago, in the Devonian Period, insects evolved from crustaceans. Since that time, they have...

Gee-Whiz: Ice Ages, Past and Future

My View: Gaining an Appreciation for Risk

Every group needs a black sheep

Loading the gun for a dictatorship

Home Dairying

By Marcella Shaffer Issue #64 • July/August, 2000 There is a big difference between home dairying to produce food for your family and dairying to sell...

Once a day milking

By Patrice Lewis Issue #99 • May/June, 2006 It sounds bucolic, doesn't it? The simple joys of milking your own cow. Fresh milk, fresh cream, homemade...

Goat birthing and raising kids

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

Kinder goats — A small breed for milk and meat

Switch your family to goat’s milk

Funerals don’t have to be expensive

Shearing, carding, spinning, weaving and creating with Margaret Boos

There’s no such thing as free land!

Water: a safe supply when you’re off the grid

By Kristina Seleshanko When we purchased our mountaintop homestead, I was excited to discover four blueberry bushes that were already established on our property. Not all of them were large, but they were an excellent...

Leafy Green Vegetables — The Underrated Heroes of the Garden

By Jackie Clay Issue #104 • March/April, 2007 When you mention "garden," everybody immediately thinks of sweet corn, green beans, and tomatoes, with a few peppers and cucumbers thrown in. But a whole lot of folks,...