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Animals

A contrary guide to feeding animals

Kinder goats — A small breed for milk and meat

Keeping homestead animals healthy

Forget the dog, chicken is man’s best friend

Building

Build your own portable forge

By Corcceigh Green Issue #51 • May/June, 1998 Looking for a handy summer project while building skills, supplies, and knowledge to put away for a rainy...

Building your chicken coop

Our Unconventional House

PVC pipe in the home, garden, farm, and workshop

Build a graceful footbridge

Farm and Garden

Grow some winter squash this year

By Lisa Nourse I love summertime — I love the green of the trees, the warm weather, and growing my own food. I especially love...

Your Manure Pile — For Fuel, Fertilizer, and Maybe Even Improved...

Home-Grown Eggs

Want More Fruit From Less Space? Espalier Your Trees!

Sweet Potato Greens

Americana and History

Was the first government gun confiscation attempt foiled by an unsung...

By John Silveira Issue #119 • September/October, 2009 Gun control people don't seem to get just how deeply etched into the American psyche gun ownership goes...

Biological and chemical weapons through history

Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document

Fly it proudly and properly

The barnyard scramble

Food and recipes

Cast iron loaf pans from breakfast to dessert

Cracklin’s — An irresistible snack that you can’t stop sneakin’

Hamburger soup

The enchanting Chanterelle — Gourmet goodies free from the forest

Self-reliance

Drawing the line on timber trespass

Garden injuries Part 2

A worthwhile journey

The Trigger Line

Energy

Keep the Ice On

Build a passive-solar food dehydrator

Energy class: Part 3

Just for Kids: Sun-kabobs and solar sizzle

Guns and Hunting

An economical battery of guns for the backwoods home

By Massad Ayoob Issue #114 • November/December, 2008 Everything's getting more expensive. Food. Gasoline. Guns and ammunition. Not everyone who appreciates the rural lifestyle was "born...

Firearms handling refresher Part III: Rifles

Understanding the gun debate, part 3

Hunting, processing, and serving black bear

Of guns and snakes

Science

Gee-Whiz: Sleep

By O.E. MacDougal November/December 2017, Backwoods Home For thousands of years, sleep has been one of life’s great mysteries. As humans, we spend about one-third of...