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Animals

Llamas guarding sheep? — Not such a far-fetched idea

Raising cattle on your own place

Raising your own beef for your family

Build a poultry killing cone

Building

Life-long siding with fiber cement board

By Jay Stoler Issue #117 • May/June, 2009 Fiber cement board siding is one of a number of siding materials that is replacing wood these days...

Make a fully functional cold storage pit/mound and enjoy your garden’s...

Build an Off-Grid Root Cellar, Garage, and Bunkhouse

Build a stone wall

Stairs — The next level

Farm and Garden

Growing and Using Bamboo on the Homestead

By Jereme Zimmerman  Issue #161 • September/October, 2016 Bamboo: The very word evokes an image of...

Gardening the Year ‘Round

Meat For the Homestead

Home-Grown Eggs

Fruit Trees

Americana and History

Biological and chemical weapons through history

By John Silveira Issue #81 • May/June, 2003 The weather here on the coast of Oregon is nice almost all year-round, and there almost always seems...

Fly it proudly and properly

Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document

Feeling nostalgic? Now you’ll rave! Here’s the story of Burma Shave.

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

Food and recipes

Hearty stews for the soul

Demystifying real rye bread

Zucchini custard pie

Root vegetable casserole

Self-reliance

Woolen winter mittens in minutes

Medical kits for self-reliant families

How to maintain your chimney

Intake and exhaust upgrades for better mileage and performance

Energy

Grid-tie solar-powered farm

Prepper power! Part 2

Solar charge controllers — myths, hype, and facts

Build your own solar-powered water pumping station

Guns and Hunting

Thoughts on ammunition

By Massad Ayoob Issue #108 • November/December, 2007 Ammunition is to firearms as gasoline is to automobiles. However, with guns and ammo, the fit isn't quite...

The subtleties of safe firearms handling

Teaching a 10-year-old to shoot

Get a piece of history — An M1 Garand rifle

Use the right ammunition!

Science

Gee-Whiz: Dinosaurs

By O.E. MacDougal July/August 2014 Backwoods Home Biologists and paleontologists are now pretty certain that birds are part of the dinosaur lineage. Their extinct relatives include...