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Building

Life-long siding with fiber cement board

By Jay Stoler Issue #117 • May/June, 2009 Fiber cement board siding is one of a number of siding materials that is replacing wood these days...

Building and Using Wattle Fences

Rural Building

Build A Hybrid Go-Kart For Kids For $150

Five building tricks for super strong framing

Farm and Garden

Your Manure Pile — For Fuel, Fertilizer, and Maybe Even Improved...

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #87 • May/June, 2004 It's been well over a decade now since I first heard my friend Pete voice his amazement...

Grow Open-Pollinated Tomatoes

Gleaning — An Old Tradition Made New

Okra — Not Just for the South

Hügelkultur for the Homestead

Americana and History

Food and recipes

Self-reliance

Energy

Guns and Hunting

The subtleties of safe firearms handling

By Massad Ayoob Issue #103 • January/February, 2007 There are so many makes and models of firearms in existence that no one has ever counted them...

Consider the 20-gauge shotgun

Picking a holster

Air power superiority

Bury a gun and ammo for 15 years

Science

Gee-Whiz: Coffee

By O.E. MacDougal May/June 2018, Backwoods Home Every second of every day about 26,000 cups of coffee are drunk around the world. That’s about 2¼ billion...

Gee-Whiz: Alcohol

Gee-Whiz: Sleep

Gee-Whiz: Ice Ages, Past and Future

Testing Soil

Politics and Commentary

Animals

Beekeeping basics

<!-- Beekeeping basics By Charles Sanders --> Issue #88 • July/August, 2004 Bees have been managed for their honey production for about 5000 years or so. Especially for the...

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...

How to butcher a chicken in 20 minutes or less

Home Dairying

Where our farm animals come from

Kinder goats — A small breed for milk and meat

Self-Reliance

Farm and Garden

Grow some winter squash this year

By Lisa Nourse I love summertime — I love the green of the trees, the warm weather, and growing my own food. I especially love growing vegetables that will store well and provide that great...
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For Extra Production, Try Mound Gardening

By Edward Love Johnson Issue #44 • March/April, 1997 I began experimenting with mound gardening several years ago, due to limited garden space. Then as time went by, I found other reasons (or should I say...
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