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Animals

How to butcher a chicken in 20 minutes or less

Bovine basics for beginners

Beekeeping basics

Animal disease traceability

Building

How to Install a Steel Roof

By Morgan Barker  Issue #159 • May/June, 2016 Steel roofing isn't just for factories and barns...

Build a cold smoker so you can make delicious squaw candy

Turning a $10,000 House into a Home — Part 1: Salvaging...

Make your own effective fishing tackle while you save money and...

Build a cistern out of corrugated road culvert

Farm and Garden

Gardening in the Desert Using Only Rainwater

By Joe Mooney Issue #147 • May/June, 2014 I've always found the use of seasonal rains by native peoples very fascinating. From the diversion of floodwaters...

Plant Once Harvest for Years

The ‘Chocolate Tree’ Isn’t Just for Kids

Green or Yellow: Grow Your Best Bush Beans Ever

Grow Garlic and Reap Health Benefits

Americana and History

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

By John Silveira Issue #32 • March/April, 1995 It was snowing and three of us were up at the office. Dave Duffy, the fellow who publishes...

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

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 3

Fly it proudly and properly

Fried chicken for breakfast

Food and recipes

Four Breads for the Bread Machine

Apple Coffee Cake

Pickled Sweet Green Tomatoes

How to tell a bad egg

Self-reliance

Drive your own freshwater well

The many benefits of garlic

How to maintain your chimney

10 ways to make money on your land

Energy

Build a community assistance recharging station

A small creek provides plenty of power for this off-grid home

Walden Pond — the solar version: Part 2

Install a mobile, solar powered toilet

Guns and Hunting

Answering some well asked questions about personal defense

By Massad Ayoob Issue #97 • January/February, 2006 Jeff Yago, Backwoods Home's energy writer, recently completed a couple of concealed carry handgun courses. The classes apparently...

The Appleseed Project

How to shoot a handgun accurately

Bury a gun and ammo for 15 years

Teaching a 10-year-old to shoot

Science

How big is the solar system?

By John Silveira Issue #60 • November/December, 1999 In artists' renderings of the solar system we often see the sun represented by a small sphere with...