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Animals

Once a day milking

Hog butchering — Using everything but the squeal

Brooder in a box

This St. Bernard backwoods hero saved old Grandma’s life

Building

Build a Top-Bar Bee Hive

By Jereme Zimmerman Issue #175 • January/February/March, 2019 My journey to becoming a beekeeper has been a long one, and I’m still not quite there yet....

Build an Off-Grid Root Cellar, Garage, and Bunkhouse

A cabin for one

Radiant floor heating — Alternative to forced-air heating is solar-powered, too...

A salvaged oak floor for $5

Farm and Garden

Sweet Potato Greens

By Tim Scullen Issue #168 • November/December, 2017 By now, you’ve no doubt figured out how good chard, spinach, and kale are for you. But did...

Build a Keyhole Garden

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

Grow Garlic and Reap Health Benefits

Testing Soil

Americana and History

Habeeb Salloum — Poet, Traveler, Recipe Writer

Habeeb Salloum, 95, a poet, world traveler, linguist, and author of recipe books on Middle Eastern cuisine, has written recipe articles for Backwoods Home...

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

The vanishing outhouse

Constitution of the united States of America

the gee-whiz! page: Animals, humans, extraterrestrials, and tools

Food and recipes

The real “Q” — Barbecue the way it’s supposed to be

Do you suffer from gout? Here are some recipes that might help

Blonde brownies

German green beans

Self-reliance

Make coiled rugs from scrap material

Hypothermia — A real winter danger

Teach speed reading to your children even if you can’t speed read yourself

Dealing with heat stress

Energy

Battery powered weekend retreat

Our journey to modern off-grid living

Solar Power 101: Inverters

Build a passive-solar food dehydrator

Guns and Hunting

Savage Model 110 — A proven economical backwoods rifle

By Massad Ayoob Website Exclusive • July, 2008 Fifty years ago, Savage Arms introduced a new bolt-action sporting rifle. In the gun world, this was news....

The time for modern; the time for traditional

Sight and sound enhancement

Hiding a gun — The rules of three

Air power superiority

Science

Zombie Apocalypse

By John Silveira Issue #134 • March/April, 2012 "Can you survive a zombie apocalypse?" a familiar voice asked. I turned in my seat to see O.E. MacDougal,...