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Animals

Kinder goats — A small breed for milk and meat

Get to know your spiders

Finding the best dog for the country life

Raising your own beef for your family

Building

Build a log crib

By Dorothy Ainsworth Issue #69 • May/June, 2001 Baby Zane is probably the only newborn in Hollywood sleeping in a log crib made by his grandmother...

Building and stocking your pantry

Free pallet wood and birdhouses add up to big country dollars

Choosing a chain saw

Making a wooden kitchen countertop

Farm and Garden

Growing and Using Peppers

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #164 • March/April, 2017 I’ve been growing peppers for more than 50 years now and can’t imagine a garden without them. There...

Okra — Not Just for the South

Tracing a bean

Growing Microgreens

How to become a backyard beekeeper

Americana and History

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

By John Silveira Issue #32 • March/April, 1995 It was snowing and three of us were up at the office. Dave Duffy, the fellow who publishes...

Catfish Biscuits

President George Washington’s Farewell Address

Habeeb Salloum — Poet, Traveler, Recipe Writer

Constitution of the united States of America

Food and recipes

Country-style Pork Stew

Elissaburgettes

7 Mistakes of food storage

Triple chocolate cheesecake

Self-reliance

Homeschooling your dylsexic kid

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

Brood X

13 steps to a life of freedom

Energy

Converting a Gasoline-Powered Rototiller to Electric

An $89 backup generator

Waterpower for personal use

Solar suitcase

Guns and Hunting

Answering some well asked questions about personal defense

By Massad Ayoob Issue #97 • January/February, 2006 Jeff Yago, Backwoods Home's energy writer, recently completed a couple of concealed carry handgun courses. The classes apparently...

Consider the 20-gauge shotgun

1911: The classic homeland security pistol

Air power superiority

The time for modern; the time for traditional

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,...