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Animals

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

Raising Rabbits

Bottle-raise a calf

Hog butchering — Using everything but the squeal

Building

Shake update

By David Lee Website Exclusive • January, 2005 Since my shake article was published in Backwoods Home Magazine, Issue #88, I have learned that some of...

Building and stocking your pantry

Turning a $10,000 House into a Home — Part 1: Salvaging...

A river rock shower

Build a pizza oven

Farm and Garden

Growing Productive Strawberries

By Edna Manning Issue #86 • March/April, 2004 Here on the Canadian prairies, I have found strawberries to be perhaps one of the most delicious, least-demanding...

The Best City Garden

Nut Trees on Your Homestead

Currants and Gooseberries

Swiss Chard — The Leaf Vegetable That Keeps on Giving!

Americana and History

Was the first government gun confiscation attempt foiled by an unsung...

By John Silveira Issue #119 • September/October, 2009 Gun control people don't seem to get just how deeply etched into the American psyche gun ownership goes...

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

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

Remembering what grandma used

The summer of ’35

Food and recipes

Root vegetable casserole

Gritted bread

Liver Fricassee

Canning meat plus how to use your canned meat

Self-reliance

Sewing and using cloth diapers is easier than you think

Start a post-construction cleaning business

Lessons learned from an ice storm

Medicinal uses of garlic

Energy

Solar charge controllers — myths, hype, and facts

Grid-down battery devices

Build a community assistance recharging station

Solar suitcase

Guns and Hunting

Firearms handling refresher Part I: Handguns

By Massad Ayoob Website Exclusive • December, 2003 One of our readers e-mailed John Silveira to tell him that taking a handgun afield after a long...

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

Firearms handling refresher Part II: Shotguns

Women and guns

Understanding the gun debate, part 3

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...