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Goat birthing and raising kids

The house that Dorothy built

By Dorothy Ainsworth Issue #86 • March/April, 2004 This isn't the first time we've had an article by and about...

Building and stocking your pantry

Dorothy Ainsworth update: Out of the ashes

Save Time and Energy with the Fenced Chicken Coop/Garden

By John Silveira Issue #44 • March/April, 1997 My engineer father was not fond of wasting time or energy. He was always searching for a better,...

A Child’s Garden — More than Child’s Play

Fried chicken for breakfast

By Danny Fulks Issue #88 • July/August, 2004 Danny Fulks, 71, is one of those rare writers capable of painting a vivid picture of life back...

Declaration of Independence: The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States...

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

Clover — From Livestock Forage to Medicinal Tea, This Humble Plant is One of Nature’s Best Gifts

Flea market stories and strategies

Build a holz hausen to dry firewood

Walden Pond, the solar version: Part 1

Make your own biodiesel for 80¢ per gallon

How to select the right backup generator

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

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #47 • September/October, 1997 Like many another rural person, I've often found a firearm to be my most important tool. No,...

Firearms and cold weather considerations

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...

Avian Flu — How afraid of this

Subduction zone tsunami — What the residents of the Pacific Northwest...

Biological & chemical terrorism

Self-reliance is a mindset — A woman’s opinion

A contrary guide to feeding animals

By Beth Greenwood Issue #135 • May/June, 2012 The Purinas, Cargills, and Con-Agras of the world would have you believe that they and they alone have...

Redworm farming

By Charles Sanders Issue #112 • July/August, 2008 If you are looking for a way to earn extra income, a retirement job, or even a new...

Hog butchering — Using everything but the squeal

Dorper sheep — Revolutionizing the meat sheep industry

Switch your family to goat’s milk

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

How to organize an outdoor canning party

Your survival depends on water

Power Up Light, Water, Communications in Emergencies

Raised Bed Gardening — Neat and Productive

By Alice B. Yeager Issue #74 • March/April, 2002 Are you tired of raising a big row crop gardenone that keeps you busy from dawn until dusk? Do you really need to raise enough vegetables to...

By Anita Evangelista Issue #103 • January/February, 2007 City gardens and country gardens are differentnot only in the amount of space each can fill, but in the types and quantities of...