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Forget the dog, chicken is man’s best friend

Khaki Campbell ducks — The other egg layer

Three Raised Bed Designs

By Joe Mooney Issue #150 • November/December, 2014 When it comes to gardening, almost anything can be used to create a raised bed. Tires, blocks, rocks,...

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

Graft Your Own Designer Fruit Trees

By Jackie Clay Issue #121 • January/February, 2010 Although I've been homesteading for more than forty years, there's always something new to learn. (I figure that...

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

Vermicomposting — Raise Worms to Consume Waste, Amend Soil, and Earn...

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

By John Silveira Issue #49 • January/February, 1998 It was one of those days I love. We were between deadlines and Dave, Bill, Mac, and I...

President George Washington’s Farewell Address

George Washington Carver — He wrote the book on self-reliance

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

Winter in the High Desert — Understanding the music

The 7 core areas of preparedness

SARS — Is this a glimpse of the future?

Build a passive-solar food dehydrator

Emergency solar power for $950

Frontier style handguns for the modern backwoods home

By Massad Ayoob Issue #101 • September/October, 2006 The year was 1873. Samuel Colt had invented the revolveror at least introduced it to Americain 1836. The...

1911: The classic homeland security pistol

Firearms handling refresher Part I: Handguns

Savage Model 110 — A proven economical backwoods rifle

Gee-Whiz: Trees

By O. E. Macdougal September/October 2015, Backwoods Home We’re told they include some of the oldest and largest living organisms on the planet. But do...

Gee-Whiz: Ice Ages, Past and Future

We don’t need no steenking 2nd Amendment

Want proof of luck, ESP, and psychic powers?

Every group needs a black sheep

Khaki Campbell ducks — The other egg layer

By Amanda J. Kemp Issue #126 • November/December, 2010 Spring brings the pitter-patter of little feet in the mud, games of tag, and raucous quacks. While...

Good-bye old friend

By Lucy Shober Issue #27 • May/June, 1994 Big Poney died today. He was 34 years old and had been going down pretty rapidly over this...

Shearing, carding, spinning, weaving and creating with Margaret Boos

Raising quail — A home grown delicacy

Switch your family to goat’s milk

Intake and exhaust upgrades for better mileage and performance

Couponing, refunding, and stockpiling will make your money stretch

Your survival depends on water

By Sylvia Gist Issue #155 • September/October, 2015 Currants and gooseberries all belong to the genus Ribes (pronounced "rye-bees"). There are varieties of currants and gooseberries native to Europe and North America, along with some developed...

For Extra Production, Try Mound Gardening

By Edward Love Johnson Issue #44 • March/April, 1997 I began experimenting with mound gardening several years ago, due to limited garden space. Then as time went by, I found other reasons (or should I say...