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Animals

Raising rabbits for profit

Mountain lions — Attacks are still rare, but just in case…

Raising quail — A home grown delicacy

Raising cattle on your own place

Building

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...

Build an Old-Fashioned Hotbed and Start Your Seeds in Style

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

Build a wood-fired stock tank heater

Livestock fencing for the small homesteader

Farm and Garden

Plant Your Trees in the Spring

By Tom Kovach Issue #61 • January/February, 2000 Winter is a good time to plan your spring tree plantings, deciding what and where you want to...

Mid-season planting

Green or Yellow: Grow Your Best Bush Beans Ever

Grow Open Pollinated Seeds for Self-Reliant Gardening

Jackie’s Garden Primer

Americana and History

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

By Don Lewis Issue #176 • April/May/June, 2019 The year was 1834, a year that didn’t really stand out as all that particularly important in American...

The summer of ’35

The greatest American who was never President

Catfish Biscuits

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

Food and recipes

The best apple pie you’ll ever bake

Cooking from long-term food storage

Root vegetable casserole

Cornmeal sour cream biscuits

Self-reliance

SARS — Is this a glimpse of the future?

Homemade pest traps

How to begin taking wildlife photographs

Roger Clark: Cane syrup maker

Energy

Amateur Ham Radio – The Ultimate Tool for Survival Communications

Solar Food Drying

A solar primer — How it works, how it’s made, what it costs

Build your own solar-powered water pumping station

Guns and Hunting

Big boomer guns

By Massad Ayoob Issue #125 • September/October, 2010 For you long time readers, I know what you're thinkin'"Hey, isn't this the guy who within the last...

Use the right ammunition!

Affordable firearms

Firearms handling refresher Part III: Rifles

Canning game meat

Science

Gee-Whiz: From Paper to Canning

By John Silveira (aka O.E. MacDougal) May/June 2017 Backwoods Home The greatest inventions in history are the ones we now take for granted. Fire and the...