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Animals

Raising quail — A home grown delicacy

Raising Rabbits

Mountain lions — Attacks are still rare, but just in case…

Goat birthing and raising kids

Building

A cabin for one

By Lee Greiman Issue #109 • January/February, 2008 Between 1989 and 1990 I built a 20 by 20-foot log house on the Musselshell River in Montana....

Build an inexpensive but durable jackleg fence

Building and stocking your pantry

Build your own portable forge

Composite lumber helps outdoor projects resist water, weather, and sun

Farm and Garden

The Home Citrus Orchard

By Anita Evangelista Issue #81 • May/June, 2003 It may seem like an impossible dream if you live outside of southern Florida, California, or Texas, but...

A Child’s Garden — More than Child’s Play

Growing and Using Peppers

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

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

Americana and History

the gee-whiz! page: Animals, humans, extraterrestrials, and tools

By O. E. MacDougal Issue #154 • July/August, 2015 There was a time when it was thought that a defining difference between humans and animals was:...

The summer of ’35

Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document

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

Quilts — Masterpieces of the heart and windows into women’s history

Food and recipes

Ginger beer

Make elderberry syrup for flu season

Apple slaw

The incredible cattail — The super Wal-Mart of the swamp

Self-reliance

10 ways to make money on your land

Get out of debt, stay out of debt

Caveman walking stick

Dollar Store to the Rescue

Energy

Converting a Gasoline-Powered Rototiller to Electric

Are hydrogen-fueled cars pie-in-the-sky?

Hydronic woodstoves

Power-up bag

Guns and Hunting

Understanding the gun debate, part 3

By Massad Ayoob Issue #163 • January/February, 2017 Click Here to read Part 1 Click Here to read Part 2 As noted in the two previous parts of...

Thoughts on ammunition

The M1A — A rifle that makes a statement

Reload your own brass

Firearms — Tools of rural living

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...