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Animals

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

Get to know your spiders

Once a day milking

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

Building

A salvaged oak floor for $5

By Robert L. Williams Issue #59 • September/October, 1999 Several months ago we decided we did not want to install a traditional bedroom floor of plywood...

Installing a steel roof

Build a homestead Copy Cart

Rural Building

The Mini-Skyline — A homemade yarder to bring firewood up a...

Farm and Garden

Garden Seeds — A Great Winter Pastime

By Jackie Clay Issue #67 • January/February, 2001 Start your garden this year while the snow is still on the ground. I start all of my...

Build a Keyhole Garden

Clover — From Livestock Forage to Medicinal Tea, This Humble Plant...

No Worrying About Fire Blight with Orient and Kieffer Pears

Use Old Newspapers to Make Your Starter Pots

Americana and History

President George Washington’s Farewell Address

Friends and Fellow Citizens: The period for a new election of a citizen, to administer the executive government of the United States, being not...

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 4 — Cunning, vindictive, and...

Grandpa’s justice

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

Food and recipes

Egg thingies

Apple-glazed Barbecued Chicken with Spring Vegetables

Corn cob jelly

Fudge macaroon pie

Self-reliance

Intake and exhaust upgrades for better mileage and performance

The cholesterol in your stovepipe can be fatal

Preparing for civil unrest

Just for Kids: Sun-kabobs and solar sizzle

Energy

Solar suitcase

Intake and exhaust upgrades for better mileage and performance

Solar Building Design

Keeping your food cold — Solutions to refrigeration when electricity is scarce

Guns and Hunting

Savage Model 110 — A proven economical backwoods rifle

By Massad Ayoob Website Exclusive • July, 2008 Fifty years ago, Savage Arms introduced a new bolt-action sporting rifle. In the gun world, this was news....

Thoughts on ammunition

Hunting, processing, and serving black bear

Cold weather shooting considerations

The M1A — A rifle that makes a statement

Science

Gee-Whiz: Insects

By O. E. MacDougal November/December 2015, Backwoods Home Some 400 million years ago, in the Devonian Period, insects evolved from crustaceans. Since that time, they have...