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Animals

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

Animal disease traceability

Building

Build a wood crib with free materials

By Mark R. Roach Issue #156 • November/December, 2015 Trying to stack wood so it stays up without falling can be a challenge. Just when you...

Shake update

Build a Trapper’s Tilt

The Mini-Skyline — A homemade yarder to bring firewood up a...

The house that Dorothy built

Farm and Garden

Grow Open-Pollinated Tomatoes

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #166 • July/August, 2017 Nearly all of us homesteaders grow tomatoes in our gardens. Tomatoes are hugely valuable as a homestead crop....

Save Time and Energy with the Fenced Chicken Coop/Garden

Gardening Tips and Tricks

Flowers Brighten the Garden

The Potato Hole

Americana and History

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

By O. E. MacDougal Issue #154 • July/August, 2015 There was a time when it was thought that a defining difference between humans and animals was:...

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

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

Biological and chemical weapons through history

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

Food and recipes

Making dandelions palatable

Country-style Pork Stew

Pecan twerps

Breakfast Cereal

Self-reliance

The raging torrent — Respect it even when you play

Saving money on the homestead

Dealing with heat stress

The adventures of a first-time homesteader

Energy

How to select the right backup generator

Solar Power 101: Inverters

Are hydrogen-fueled cars pie-in-the-sky?

Generators alone are not enough

Guns and Hunting

Of guns and snakes

By Massad Ayoob Issue #151 • January/February, 2015 Mas safely kills a rattlesnake in a populated area. (Note angle of gun and trajectory.) Pistol is a...

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

Thoughts on ammunition

Military surplus and military “clone” rifles

1911: The classic homeland security pistol

Science

Gee-Whiz: Sleep

By O.E. MacDougal November/December 2017, Backwoods Home For thousands of years, sleep has been one of life’s great mysteries. As humans, we spend about one-third of...