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Animals

This St. Bernard backwoods hero saved old Grandma’s life

Goat birthing and raising kids

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Keeping homestead animals healthy

Building

A simple backwoods hay baler

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #82 • July/August, 2003 During the winter months, Steve and his wife Tandy feed between 120 and 150 bales of hay...

Life-long siding with fiber cement board

Build a compost tumbler

Build a 6500-gallon concrete water tank for $1500

Gabion walls for form and function

Farm and Garden

An Introduction to Small-Scale Home Hydroponics

By Ben Richards Issue #154 • July/August, 2015 As most people are already aware, hydroponics is the practice of growing plants without soil. This is done...

Build a Top-Bar Bee Hive

Propagating Plants

Making Apple Cider with a Homemade Press

The ‘Chocolate Tree’ Isn’t Just for Kids

Americana and History

Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document

By the President of the United States of America: A PROCLAMATIONWhereas on the 22nd day of September, A.D. 1862, a proclamation was issued by the...

Catfish Biscuits

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 3

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

Fly it proudly and properly

Food and recipes

Colorado Cowboy Cookies

Sourdough simplified

Grouse Hunting — The Ultimate Joy of Autumn

Food security 101: part 2 — Convenience mixes make life easier

Self-reliance

Sewing and using cloth diapers is easier than you think

Seed art — It’s fun to collect the seeds and create these unusual pictures

Water: a safe supply when you’re off the grid

Make a Quick and Easy Tipi

Energy

For a truly independent energy system, your choices are solar, wind, and water

Homemade electric power

Emergency solar power for $950

What if the electricity GOES OFF?

Guns and Hunting

Picking a holster

By Massad Ayoob Issue #69 • May/June, 2001 One good thing about being out in the boonies by yourself is that you can carry a gun...

Military surplus and military “clone” rifles

The Appleseed Project

Inexpensive retired Russian military rifles can be the ideal backwoods meat...

Answering some well asked questions about personal defense

Science

Gee-Whiz: From Paper to Canning

By John Silveira (aka O.E. MacDougal) May/June 2017 Backwoods Home The greatest inventions in history are the ones we now take for granted. Fire and the...