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Animals

Animal disease traceability

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

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

Kinder goats — A small breed for milk and meat

Building

Build a ski sled

By Kai Moessle Issue #138 • November/December, 2012 Since my property is almost half a mile away from the nearest road and I can't keep the...

Our Unconventional House

Parge the ugly out of your concrete wall

Eye-catching signs with mirrors

The Forever Floor

Farm and Garden

Leafy Green Vegetables — The Underrated Heroes of the Garden

By Jackie Clay Issue #104 • March/April, 2007 When you mention "garden," everybody immediately thinks of sweet corn, green beans, and tomatoes, with a few peppers...

The ‘Chocolate Tree’ Isn’t Just for Kids

By Hook or Crook: A Billhook is a Handy Homestead Tool

Gardening with a Chicken Tractor

Making Apple Cider with a Homemade Press

Americana and History

Farm baseball … with ghost runners!

By Tom Kovach Growing up on a farm in north-central Minnesota wasn’t all chores and hard work … although there was plenty of that too....

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

Quilts — Masterpieces of the heart and windows into women’s history

President George Washington’s Farewell Address

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 4 — Cunning, vindictive, and...

Food and recipes

Asparagus au gratin

Preserve the harvest naturally through wild fermentation

Lenie in the kitchen: Pumpkin sweet bread with walnuts

Can she bake an apple pie, Billy Boy?

Self-reliance

Woodstove cooking

Caveman walking stick

Lessons learned from an ice storm

Build a holz hausen to dry firewood

Energy

Our journey to modern off-grid living

Amateur Ham Radio – The Ultimate Tool for Survival Communications

Solar Power 101 — Solar arrays

Make your own biodiesel for 80¢ per gallon

Guns and Hunting

Frontier style handguns for the modern backwoods home

By Massad Ayoob Issue #101 • September/October, 2006 The year was 1873. Samuel Colt had invented the revolveror at least introduced it to Americain 1836. The...

Air power superiority

Catch your own bait

The Appleseed Project

Women and guns

Science

Gee-Whiz: Alcohol

By O.E. MacDougal Backwoods Home Did early man first cultivate grains just to get drunk? The brewing of beer is older than civilization and goes back at...