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Animals

Dorper sheep — Revolutionizing the meat sheep industry

Home Dairying

Redworm farming

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

Building

How to Install a Steel Roof

By Morgan Barker  Issue #159 • May/June, 2016 Steel roofing isn't just for factories and barns...

Making a wooden kitchen countertop

Building Eric’s house

Trusses — Low cost marvels to roof over most large spaces

Shelves and benches

Farm and Garden

Propagating Plants

By Jackie Clay Issue #128 • March/April, 2011 We all love the idea of having a big, productive garden, full of all the nutritious, tasty foods...

How to Grow Garlic

Raised Bed Gardening — Neat and Productive

Mid-season planting

Seven tactics for planning next year’s garden

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...

Quilts — Masterpieces of the heart and windows into women’s history

Fly it proudly and properly

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

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

Food and recipes

Breakfast Sausage Casserole

Old-fashioned hot dog pepper relish

Making hard cider

Veal Goulash

Self-reliance

Handy Keychain Mini-Gadgets

Frostbite — Don’t flirt with this sneaky danger

Stashing Junk Silver for Bad Times

Earning money from home

Energy

Solar-powered refrigerators

Solar suitcase

Are hydrogen-fueled cars pie-in-the-sky?

Making and using a solar cooker

Guns and Hunting

Consider the 20-gauge shotgun

By Massad Ayoob Issue #120 • November/December, 2009 A year or more ago in these pages, I made the suggestion that sometimes less is more, and...

The Appleseed Project

How long should your gun’s barrel length be?

Firearms — Tools of rural living

Teaching a 10-year-old to shoot

Science

Gee-Whiz: Ice Ages, Past and Future

By O. E. MacDougal January/February 2016, Backwoods Home Most people don’t know that we’re currently in an ice age and have been for the last 2.58...

Avian Flu — How afraid of this

The threat of electromagnetic pulse!

The many benefits of garlic

Gee-Whiz: From Paper to Canning

Politics and Commentary

If you don’t like it here, why don’t you move to another country?

Lessons for My Children…Chapter 3: Hiding from the government

The world’s least-free country

Helping crackpots kill kids

Animals

Animal disease traceability

By Patrice Lewis Issue #137 • September/October, 2012 In 2009, small farmers and ranchers breathed a sigh of relief. So did people worried about another curtailment...

Bovine basics for beginners

By Patrice Lewis Issue #122 • March/April, 2010 Congratulations. You've escaped the city life and are now the proud owners of your little plot of rural...

Where our farm animals come from

Khaki Campbell ducks — The other egg layer

Raising your own beef

Build a poultry killing cone

Self-Reliance

Funerals don’t have to be expensive

Help your home survive in the path of a wildfire

The many benefits of garlic

Cash in on your household junk

Farm and Garden

Jackie’s Garden Primer

By Jackie Clay Issue #117 • May/June, 2009 The birds are singing. The sunshine makes the day feel soft and warm. The soil is mellow and damp. It makes us feel like being outdoors and doing...

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Meat For the Homestead

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #137 • September/October, 2012 Meat is often the most expensive portion of our grocery bill, and it is getting more and more expensive every day. I've seen steaks "on sale" for more...

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