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Animals

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

How to butcher a chicken in 20 minutes or less

Once a day milking

Fermenting Chicken Feed

Building

Ambidextrous chainsaw filing

By Thomas Brewer Issue #57 • May/June, 1999 I am not ambidextrous. My wife, Judith, uses chopsticks with either hand or even both hands at once....

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

Build a pallet fence

A cabin for one

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

Farm and Garden

Use Non-Hybrid Seeds and Save Big Bucks in This Year’s Garden

By Jackie Clay Issue #51 • May/June, 1998 Every person who is striving for self-reliance should, and most do, plant a garden from which to raise...

Blueberry Cash Crop

Flowers Brighten the Garden

Growing and Using Bamboo on the Homestead

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

Americana and History

Grandpa’s justice

By Tom Kovach Issue #65 • September/October, 2000 Having the best vegetable garden in the village might put food on the table and make some money...

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

Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document

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

The time-travel ad

Food and recipes

Picnicking with class!

Mint julep non-alcoholic

Four Breads for the Bread Machine

Green Shrimp Soup

Self-reliance

Caveman walking stick

A determined Rose Bley escaped the city

Preparing for winter

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

Energy

Generators alone are not enough

Solar system codes — Build it right!

Emergency solar power for $950

Prepper power! Part 2

Guns and Hunting

Military surplus and military “clone” rifles

By Massad Ayoob Issue #116 • March/April, 2009 One reader writes to ask if military surplus rifles are still a good idea for hunting, recreational shooting,...

Moderate power firearms

How big a gun do you need?

Canning game meat

Tailoring guns to females

Science

Gee-Whiz: Presidents

By O.E. MacDougal November/December 2016, Backwoods Home I could spend all day coming up with interesting trivia about the Presidents and those who surround them —...