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Animals

Bovine basics for beginners

Are aliens stealing our honeybees?

Switch your family to goat’s milk

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

Building

Building your chicken coop

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #139 • January/February, 2013 Here's a coop we built from pallets and scrap lumber. The goats lived in one end and the...

Rural Building

Free pallet wood and birdhouses add up to big country dollars

Build a pizza oven

Build a cold smoker so you can make delicious squaw candy

Farm and Garden

How to Grow Garlic

By Melissa Souza Issue #167 • September/October, 2017 Garlic is easy and rewarding to grow. I use it throughout the year, as it is extremely easy...

Build a Top-Bar Bee Hive

Meat For the Homestead

The ‘Chocolate Tree’ Isn’t Just for Kids

Converting a Gasoline-Powered Rototiller to Electric

Americana and History

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

By Martin Waterman Issue #37 • January/February, 1996 I can remember taking a trip as a child and seeing my first Burma Shave signs. Technically speaking,...

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

Constitution of the united States of America

Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document

Former first ladies — Beautiful, brilliant, crazy

Food and recipes

Deconstructing a bowl of red

Texas Fireballs By Randy Young

Elegant desserts for entertaining

Braised venison pepper steak

Self-reliance

In the classroom and at home, this system will help you grow self-reliant kids

A guide to buying silver and gold

I heat my house by burning corn

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

Energy

Walden Pond — the solar version: Part 2

Just for Kids: Sun-kabobs and solar sizzle

Generators alone are not enough

Power Up Light, Water, Communications in Emergencies

Guns and Hunting

Answering some well asked questions about personal defense

By Massad Ayoob Issue #97 • January/February, 2006 Jeff Yago, Backwoods Home's energy writer, recently completed a couple of concealed carry handgun courses. The classes apparently...