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Animals

Brooder in a box

Keeping homestead animals healthy

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

Slaughtering and Butchering

Building

Renovating old walls

By David Lee Issue #106 • July/August, 2007 Some years ago my wife and I were out searching for a new building lot when we fell...

Make adobe bricks

Build an inexpensive but durable jackleg fence

Livestock fencing for the small homesteader, part 2

Simplify life in your backwoods home by using these easy mountain...

Farm and Garden

Use Plastic to Get a Head Start on Corn in the...

By Mark and Lynn Klammer Issue #41 • September/October, 1996 As spring approaches each year, we can hardly wait for the feel of warm earth between...

Okra — Not Just for the South

Slug Zapper

An Introduction to Small-Scale Home Hydroponics

Elderberries — Hospitality, Health, And Beauty

Americana and History

The time-travel ad

By John Silveira Issue #125 • September/October, 2010 It's become a minor Internet phenomenon. The ad reads: It's also been read by Jay Leno on his late...

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

Constitution of the united States of America

President George Washington’s Farewell Address

Former first ladies — Beautiful, brilliant, crazy

Food and recipes

Broccoli-Turkey Casserole

Fish — This gourmet food is fun to catch, relatively easy to cook, and healthy to eat

Chow-chow

Start your food storage on $10 a week

Self-reliance

Start your food storage on $10 a week

Annie on Everfree Farm, Part III

Tips for finding your affordable home

Essential oils

Energy

How to select the right backup generator

Make your own biodiesel for 80¢ per gallon

Build your own battery charging station

Homemade electric power

Guns and Hunting

Reload your own brass

By Dale Petry Issue #132 • November/December, 2011 Not long ago a friend called to say he had seen an unusual rifle at the local gun...

The Appleseed Project

Moderate power firearms

The M1A — A rifle that makes a statement

Military surplus and military “clone” rifles

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 —...