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Switch your family to goat’s milk

Raising quail — A home grown delicacy

Finding the best dog for the country life

Determined woman builds distinctive vertical log studio

By Dorothy Ainsworth Issue #27 • May/June, 1994 When I graduated from high school in 1960, my father wrote in my autograph book, "When you get...

Tomatoes, the Essential Garden Crop

By Charles Sanders Issue #123 • May/June, 2010 Tomatoes are one of the most favored of all garden crops. They originated in South America, but in...

A New Use for Old Tires: A Garden Using Tires

Garden Spaces for Small Places

Gee-Whiz: Presidents

By O.E. MacDougal November/December 2016, Backwoods Home I could spend all day coming up with interesting trivia about the Presidents and those who surround them —...

Farm baseball … with ghost runners!

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

Biological and chemical weapons through history

Old-fashioned hot dog pepper relish

10 day survival pack for your vehicle for just $25

Easy-to-make reusable coffee filters

Build a simple solar-powered outdoor light

Phantom solar — The crucial invisible system needed before you install solar

Why you need to addsolar to your emergencypower backup plans

Just because

By Massad Ayoob Issue #144 • November/December, 2013 I generally recommend that people buy guns the way they'd buy power tools, or automobiles, or homes. Assess...

Firearms handling refresher Part III: Rifles

Frontier style handguns for the modern backwoods home

Firearms — Tools of rural living

How long should your gun’s barrel length be?

The gee-whiz! page — Cats: Why they rule our world

By O. E. MacDougal Issue #170 • March/April, 2018 House cats A recent Gallup poll showed that cat ownership is pretty much evenly distributed between men and...

The threat of electromagnetic pulse!

Animal rights loonies save the chickens but ruin the County Fair

ID cards are an idea whose time should never come

Reflections on the Second Amendment

Dealing with Liberals and History

Are aliens stealing our honeybees?

By John Silveira Issue #106 • July/August, 2007 What would happen if all the honeybees disappeared? According to some pundits we'd see a collapse in much...

Hog butchering — Using everything but the squeal

By Charles Sanders Issue #142 • July/August, 2013 A 450-pound hog will provide a lot of delicious meat. Hogs are raised throughout our neighboring Amish community for...

How to buy your first sheep without getting shorn

Build a holz hausen to dry firewood

Moving on: A small town can be a haven during a depression

Small Town America: Thermopolis, WY — Horses and hot springs

Growing Productive Strawberries

By Edna Manning Issue #86 • March/April, 2004 Here on the Canadian prairies, I have found strawberries to be perhaps one of the most delicious, least-demanding and productive fruits I can grow in our Zone 2...

You Can Make Your Own Fertilizers

By Christopher and Dolores Lynn Nyerges Issue #44 • March/April, 1997 For some people, home gardening is an expensive pursuit, which seems a bit backward to us. At one time, people gardened because home-grown produce was...