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Animals

Khaki Campbell ducks — The other egg layer

Raising Rabbits

Bovine basics for beginners

Good-bye old friend

Building

Build a lean-to greenhouse

By Dorothy Ainsworth Issue #154 • July/August, 2015 Just thinking about a greenhouse can stimulate the senses. In our minds' eyes, we can see the filtered...

Building a Ferro-Cement Shed

Build a stone wall

Installing a steel roof

Build your own log home in the woods

Farm and Garden

Build an Old-Fashioned Hotbed and Start Your Seeds in Style

By Roy Martin Issue #104 • March/April, 2007 A hotbed is a miniature greenhouse that is heated to protect new seedlings from cold. The hotbed differs...

Caring for your chickens in winter

Here’s a Mighty Creative Way to Protect Your Plants from Animals

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

How to become a backyard beekeeper

Americana and History

The time-travel ad

By John Silveira Issue #125 • September/October, 2010 It's become a minor Internet phenomenon. The ad reads: It's also been read by Jay Leno on his late...

The summer of ’35

Farm baseball … with ghost runners!

Catfish Biscuits

The vanishing outhouse

Food and recipes

Baked Spaghetti

Some unusual jellies for your sweet tooth

Dandelion recipes

Shiitake mushrooms

Self-reliance

Digging a shallow well

A view of self-reliance from a more timid perspective — A woman’s opinion

Nursing: A perfect backwoods career

Your kitchen pharmacy — How common culinary herbs and spices can help you feel better

Energy

Solar power trailer Part 2

Energy class: Part 2 — Understanding your electric bill

Radiant floor heating — Alternative to forced-air heating is solar-powered, too An interview with Stephen Heckeroth

Make your own biodiesel for 80¢ per gallon

Guns and Hunting

How to shoot a handgun accurately

By Massad Ayoob Issue #85 • January/February, 2004 "I want you to do an article on how to shoot a handgun accurately," Dave Duffy told me....

Firearms — Tools of rural living

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

The light at the end of the gun

Frontier style handguns for the modern backwoods home

Science

The world is coming to an end… and this time, I’m...

By John Silveira Issue #114 • November/December, 2008 If you haven't already heard, on September 10, 2008, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), located on the border...