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Animals

Raising rabbits for profit

Llamas guarding sheep? — Not such a far-fetched idea

Build a poultry killing cone

Fermenting Chicken Feed

Building

Parge the ugly out of your concrete wall

By Bill Leonard Issue #57 • May/June, 1999 You can say a great deal in favor of cement block (or, if you prefer, concrete block) building....

Choosing a chain saw

Solar Building Design

Build a graceful footbridge

A house a tornado helped build

Farm and Garden

Converting a Gasoline-Powered Rototiller to Electric

By Glenn Willis, Jr. Issue #87 • May/June, 2004 Several years ago my sister and her husband had an 8-horse gas-powered rototiller that went belly up....

Use Old Newspapers to Make Your Starter Pots

Naughty Peppers

How to Grow Great Carrots

Plant Once Harvest for Years

Americana and History

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

Action of Second Continental Congress, July 4, 1776 When in the Course of human Events, it becomes necessary for one People to dissolve the Political...

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

From Martha and Abigail to Dolley and Louisa, America’s earliest First...

The summer of ’35

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

Food and recipes

Honey Crunch Baked Apples

Braised rabbit with red wine

Canning chickens for the pantry

Vegetarian and semi-vegetarian: Healthy meals that satisfy the omnivore

Self-reliance

Help your home survive in the path of a wildfire

Cut your grocery bill in half

Caring for wounds in the field

Boost your income by adding a processing step to what you sell

Energy

Solar-powered refrigerators

Build a simple solar-powered outdoor light

Converting a Gasoline-Powered Rototiller to Electric

Solar hot water systems

Guns and Hunting

An economical battery of guns for the backwoods home

By Massad Ayoob Issue #114 • November/December, 2008 Everything's getting more expensive. Food. Gasoline. Guns and ammunition. Not everyone who appreciates the rural lifestyle was "born...

Firearms — Tools of rural living

Firearms and cold weather considerations

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

How to shoot a handgun accurately

Science

Gee-Whiz: Dinosaurs

By O.E. MacDougal July/August 2014 Backwoods Home Biologists and paleontologists are now pretty certain that birds are part of the dinosaur lineage. Their extinct relatives include...