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Animals

Slaughtering and Butchering

Raising your own beef

How to butcher a chicken in 20 minutes or less

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

Building

Claw Hammers

By R.E. Rawlinson Scottish writer and philosopher Thomas Carlyle observed that “Man is a tool using animal … without tools he is nothing, with tools...

A house a tornado helped build

Make a Quick and Easy Tipi

Build a Composter

Free pallet wood and birdhouses add up to big country dollars

Farm and Garden

Growing and Using Bamboo on the Homestead

By Jereme Zimmerman  Issue #161 • September/October, 2016 Bamboo: The very word evokes an image of...

Use Plastic to Get a Head Start on Corn in the...

Herb Boxes from Fence Boards

Gardening for Treasure

Build a Heated Germination Bed

Americana and History

The summer of ’35

By John Graesch Issue #64 • July/August, 2000 Sixty five years ago I was living in that part of Seattle, Washington, known as South Park. Few...

Feeling nostalgic? Now you’ll rave! Here’s the story of Burma Shave.

Biological and chemical weapons through history

Habeeb Salloum — Poet, Traveler, Recipe Writer

The greatest American who was never President

Food and recipes

Elegant desserts for entertaining

Apples and sweet potatoes

American food — It’s as varied as the melting pot

Boiled crawfish

Self-reliance

No dentist? Oh, no!

For safety’s sake, homestead fuel storage must be handled properly

Medicinal uses of garlic

How to organize an outdoor canning party

Energy

Solar power trailer Part 2

Solar hot water systems

Waterpower for personal use

Solar Power 101 — Batteries: Part 2

Guns and Hunting

Cold weather shooting considerations

By Massad Ayoob Issue #126 • November/December, 2010 Winter will soon be upon us. Cold weather makes a lot of things more difficult. Running. Walking. Navigating...

How to shoot a handgun accurately

Frontier style handguns for the modern backwoods home

Answering some well asked questions about personal defense

Catch your own bait

Science

Gee-Whiz: Trees

By O. E. Macdougal September/October 2015, Backwoods Home We’re told they include some of the oldest and largest living organisms on the planet. But do...