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Animals

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

Keeping homestead animals healthy

How to buy your first sheep without getting shorn

Slaughtering and Butchering

Building

Gabion walls for form and function

By Joe Mooney Issue #153 • May/June, 2015 I think there has to be something ingrained in the human brain that loves things built of stone....

The poor man’s ceramic knife sharpener

Build your own home in two years — Get a PhD...

Our Unconventional House

Trusses — Low cost marvels to roof over most large spaces

Farm and Garden

Grow some winter squash this year

By Lisa Nourse I love summertime — I love the green of the trees, the warm weather, and growing my own food. I especially love...

The Potato Hole

Prevent Foodborne Illness with Safe Gardening Methods

Rotten Luck: The Skinny on Composting

Growing the Eternal Tomato

Americana and History

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

By Don Lewis Issue #176 • April/May/June, 2019 The year was 1834, a year that didn’t really stand out as all that particularly important in American...

Who were the best…and worst U.S. Presidents?

The greatest American who was never President

From Martha and Abigail to Dolley and Louisa, America’s earliest First...

The vanishing outhouse

Food and recipes

Aunt Mildred’s honey cake

Corn cob jelly

Apple-glazed Barbecued Chicken with Spring Vegetables

Harvesting the wild: Acorns

Self-reliance

Fully Involved

The accidental homesteader

Easy-to-make reusable coffee filters

Cash in on your household junk

Energy

Keeping your food cold — Solutions to refrigeration when electricity is scarce

Our journey to modern off-grid living

Build your own battery charging station

Solar power trailer Part 1

Guns and Hunting

Just because

By Massad Ayoob Issue #144 • November/December, 2013 I generally recommend that people buy guns the way they'd buy power tools, or automobiles, or homes. Assess...

Hunting, processing, and serving black bear

How big a gun do you need?

Centennial of the All-American .30-06

Consider the 20-gauge shotgun

Science

Gee-Whiz: From Paper to Canning

By John Silveira (aka O.E. MacDougal) May/June 2017 Backwoods Home The greatest inventions in history are the ones we now take for granted. Fire and the...