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Animals

Finding, buying, milking, and living with the family milk cow

Build a poultry killing cone

Raising Rabbits

Once a day milking

Building

Vise Dremel Moto Tool mount

By Dana Martin Batory Issue #84 • November/December, 2003 Sometimes it seems two hands are not enough—three would be nice, four even better. This economical, easy...

Building a $3,000 Barn

Build a ski sled

Build a poultry killing cone

Dorothy Ainsworth update: Out of the ashes

Farm and Garden

Exotic Plants for the Homestead

By Corcceigh Green Issue #85 • January/February, 2004 Isn't it funny how even the things we step on while walking on the lawn have value? I...

Home-Grown Eggs

How to become a backyard beekeeper

By Hook or Crook: A Billhook is a Handy Homestead Tool

Hügelkultur for the Homestead

Americana and History

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

By Alice B. Yeager and James O. Yeager Issue #115 • January/February, 2009 I was a girl of 8 when the stock market crashed in 1929....

Who were the best…and worst U.S. Presidents?

Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document

The vanishing outhouse

Constitution of the united States of America

Food and recipes

Breakfast Sausage Casserole

Herbed cheese

Pecan Crusted Trout

Tricia’s chicken chili

Self-reliance

Sewing and using cloth diapers is easier than you think

Preparedness for travelers

Storing dry foods

Just for Kids: Killing some time (Create an afternoon time warp)

Energy

Solar-Powered Electric Fencing

Amateur Ham Radio – The Ultimate Tool for Survival Communications

A solar primer — How it works, how it’s made, what it costs

Battery-Powered Tools are Changing

Guns and Hunting

Military surplus and military “clone” rifles

By Massad Ayoob Issue #116 • March/April, 2009 One reader writes to ask if military surplus rifles are still a good idea for hunting, recreational shooting,...

The M1A — A rifle that makes a statement

Big boomer guns

Get a piece of history — An M1 Garand rifle

A used shotgun bargain: The Browning Auto-5

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...