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Forget the dog, chicken is man’s best friend

Raising your own beef for your family

The Forever Floor

By David Lee Issue #92 • March/April, 2005 It is pretty devious starting off an article with an exaggeration but now that I have your attention...

Parge the ugly out of your concrete wall

Garden Spaces for Small Places

By Dorothy Ainsworth Issue #116 • March/April, 2009 When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden. Minnie Aumonier Yes, and if...

Gardening in the Desert Using Only Rainwater

A New Use for Old Tires: A Garden Using Tires

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...

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

Farm baseball … with ghost runners!

Get out of debt, stay out of debt

Build your own solar-powered water pumping station

Is steam power in your future?

For a truly independent energy system, your choices are solar, wind, and water

Women and guns

By Massad Ayoob Issue #121 • January/February, 2010 In a time when what used to be called "the women's liberation movement" has achieved many of its...

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

Gee-Whiz: Bad Fish, Big Fish

By O.E. MacDougal January/February 2015, Backwoods Home Fish were the very first vertebrates. That is, they were the first animals with backbones, the purpose of which...

Avian Flu — How afraid of this

Why we have no “constitutional” rights

How environmental ideology hurts the solar energy industry

My View: Learn to Do One Thing Well

Want proof of luck, ESP, and psychic powers?

Raising your own beef

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #175 • January/February/March, 2019 Every time I sit down to enjoy a wonderful beef roast or perfectly grilled steak, I am so...

Hog butchering — Using everything but the squeal

By Charles Sanders Issue #142 • July/August, 2013 A 450-pound hog will provide a lot of delicious meat. Hogs are raised throughout our neighboring Amish community for...

Dorper sheep — Revolutionizing the meat sheep industry

A contrary guide to feeding animals

Switch your family to goat’s milk

Make elderberry syrup for flu season

Just for Kids: Life in the forest

Growing and Using Bamboo on the Homestead

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...

Herb Boxes from Fence Boards

By Maggie Larsen Issue #86 • March/April, 2004 During a binge of spring cleaning, I ventured outside and began to renovate the exterior of my home, a 47-foot trailer in a mobile home park. While waiting...