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Animals

Raising quail — A home grown delicacy

Raising Rabbits

Once a day milking

Fermenting Chicken Feed

Building

Getting logs

By Dorothy Ainsworth Website Exclusive • March, 2004 Online Exclusive April 2003 Attention: Would-be loggers. There have been changes in policy at the United States Forest Service...

Building Eric’s house

How to Resurrect Old, Rusted Tools

Build a chicken tractor

For large quantity food dehydration try this homemade gem from the...

Farm and Garden

Plant Your Trees in the Spring

By Tom Kovach Issue #61 • January/February, 2000 Winter is a good time to plan your spring tree plantings, deciding what and where you want to...

Mid-season planting

How to Grow Great Carrots

The ‘Chocolate Tree’ Isn’t Just for Kids

Grow Your Own Dishrags

Americana and History

Grandpa’s justice

By Tom Kovach Issue #65 • September/October, 2000 Having the best vegetable garden in the village might put food on the table and make some money...

Doesn’t anyone remember Tom Paine

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

Habeeb Salloum — Poet, Traveler, Recipe Writer

Declaration of Independence: The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States...

Food and recipes

Texas Fireballs By Randy Young

Pickled nopalitos

Six Chile Chicken

Asparagus au gratin

Self-reliance

Preparedness for travelers

Teaching the joy of reading

Dollar Store to the Rescue

This country job really rocks

Energy

Why you need to addsolar to your emergencypower backup plans

Energy class: Part 2 — Understanding your electric bill

Add solar power to your truck camper

How to select the right backup generator

Guns and Hunting

Teaching a 10-year-old to shoot

By John Moody Issue #174 • November/December, 2018 In my youth, I remember my dad dragging my brother and me out of bed in the middle...

Firearms — Tools of rural living

Cold weather shooting considerations

Firearms handling refresher Part II: Shotguns

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...