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Animals

Goat birthing and raising kids

Raising cattle on your own place

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Is that a good pig?

Building

Build a pallet fence

By Clay Sawyer Issue #69 • May/June, 2001 If you have access to various sizes of free pallets, consider this idea for your next fence. Now...

Building a Ferro-Cement Shed

Trusses — Low cost marvels to roof over most large spaces

Claw Hammers

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

Farm and Garden

The Potato Hole

By Sylvia Gist Issue #137 • September/October, 2012 Carrots go in sand in the green pail and potatoes can be sorted by type into plastic mesh...

Home-Grown Eggs

Save Time and Energy with the Fenced Chicken Coop/Garden

How to Grow Great Carrots

Growing the Eternal Tomato

Americana and History

Biological and chemical weapons through history

By John Silveira Issue #81 • May/June, 2003 The weather here on the coast of Oregon is nice almost all year-round, and there almost always seems...

Former first ladies — Beautiful, brilliant, crazy

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

Doesn’t anyone remember Tom Paine

Fried chicken for breakfast

Food and recipes

Baked Beans, Two

Cheesy fish chowder

Glazed spiced mocha brownies

If you can boil water you can make a good stew

Self-reliance

The return of home emergency shelters takes on a dual-purpose approach

Storm survivors

Roger Clark: Cane syrup maker

Nursing: A perfect backwoods career

Energy

Installing your own small, remote off-grid solar system

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

Solar power for farm and ranch

Use solar landscape lights for emergencies

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,...

Frontier style handguns for the modern backwoods home

Hunting, processing, and serving black bear

Inexpensive retired Russian military rifles can be the ideal backwoods meat...

Affordable firearms

Science

Gee-Whiz: Presidents

By O.E. MacDougal November/December 2016, Backwoods Home I could spend all day coming up with interesting trivia about the Presidents and those who surround them —...