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Animals

Raising Rabbits

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

Raising rabbits for profit

Build a poultry killing cone

Building

Three Raised Bed Designs

By Joe Mooney Issue #150 • November/December, 2014 When it comes to gardening, almost anything can be used to create a raised bed. Tires, blocks, rocks,...

Rural Building

Make your own effective fishing tackle while you save money and...

This coop is for the birds

Build a cold smoker so you can make delicious squaw candy

Farm and Garden

Mid-season planting

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson As the saying goes “Life happens…” Maybe events have kept you from getting your garden planted early in the spring. When we...

Okra — Not Just for the South

Slug Zapper

Nut Trees on Your Homestead

Meat For the Homestead

Americana and History

Former first ladies — Beautiful, brilliant, crazy

By John Silveira Issue #30 • November/December, 1994 (This is a four-part series. Click the links to navigate to parts one, two, three, and four.) (When we...

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

Habeeb Salloum — Poet, Traveler, Recipe Writer

Who were the best…and worst U.S. Presidents?

Biological and chemical weapons through history

Food and recipes

Creating and maintaining your own sourdough starter

Stuffed Eggplant

Cool dishes for formal summer dining

Lamb Curry with Yogurt

Self-reliance

Just for Kids: Take a nite hike!

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

How we found our remote backwoods home

Jim Van Camp: Coffee roaster, painter

Energy

Homemade electric power

Solar charge controllers — myths, hype, and facts

7 Solar Water Heating System Designs

Amateur Ham Radio – The Ultimate Tool for Survival Communications

Guns and Hunting

Building the coyote rifle

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #107 • September/October, 2007 Feral dogs, coyotes, and those odd-looking "coy dogs" like to feed on my neighbors' livestock on occasion...

Reload your own brass

Of guns and snakes

Understanding the gun debate, part 3

1911: The classic homeland security pistol

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...