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Animals

Khaki Campbell ducks — The other egg layer

Raising rabbits for profit

Forget the dog, chicken is man’s best friend

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

Building

PVC pipe in the home, garden, farm, and workshop

By Charles Sanders Issue #94 • July/August, 2005 Perhaps one of the most important innovations in modern plumbing has been the development of polyvinyl chloride (PVC),...

Build a Heated Germination Bed

Make your own effective fishing tackle while you save money and...

Dorothy Ainsworth update: Out of the ashes

Building a Ferro-Cement Shed

Farm and Garden

Currants and Gooseberries

By Sylvia Gist Issue #155 • September/October, 2015 Currants and gooseberries all belong to the genus Ribes (pronounced "rye-bees"). There are varieties of currants and gooseberries...

Save Time and Energy with the Fenced Chicken Coop/Garden

Prevent Foodborne Illness with Safe Gardening Methods

Here’s a Mighty Creative Way to Protect Your Plants from Animals

Your Manure Pile — For Fuel, Fertilizer, and Maybe Even Improved...

Americana and History

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

By Alice B. Yeager and James O. Yeager Issue #115 • January/February, 2009 I was a girl of 8 when the stock market crashed in 1929....

President George Washington’s Farewell Address

Fly it proudly and properly

Habeeb Salloum — Poet, Traveler, Recipe Writer

Biological and chemical weapons through history

Food and recipes

The chicken and the egg

Homemade pizza

Growing and Using Cilantro

Kentucky Country Ribs

Self-reliance

Survival/utility vest

How we found our remote backwoods home

Caveman walking stick

Cold process goat milk soap

Energy

Solar-powered refrigerators

Installing your own small, remote off-grid solar system

Prepper power! Part 2

How to select the right backup generator

Guns and Hunting

Firearms handling refresher Part II: Shotguns

By Massad Ayoob Website Exclusive • December, 2003 In Part I, we began a series of refreshers on safety and proper handling of firearms. This time,...

Thoughts on ammunition

Moderate power firearms

Bury a gun and ammo for 15 years

Canning game meat

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...