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Americana and History

Fried chicken for breakfast

By Danny Fulks Issue #88 • July/August, 2004 Danny Fulks, 71, is one of those rare writers capable of painting a vivid picture of life back...

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

the gee-whiz! page: Animals, humans, extraterrestrials, and tools

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

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

Animals

Build a chicken feeder on the cheep cheep cheep

Bovine basics for beginners

How to buy your first sheep without getting shorn

Finding the best dog for the country life

Building

Determined woman builds distinctive vertical log studio

By Dorothy Ainsworth Issue #27 • May/June, 1994 When I graduated from high school in 1960, my father wrote in my autograph book, "When you get...

Build a chicken house in a day

Build a stone wall

Building a Ferro-Cement Shed

Build a wood crib with free materials

Energy

Make your own biodiesel for 80¢ per gallon

Solar system codes — Build it right!

Are hydrogen-fueled cars pie-in-the-sky?

Battery powered weekend retreat

Food and recipes

CHILI MANIA — This all-American food came out of Texas to conquer the whole culinary world

Family dinner at Backwoods Home Magazine

Galumbki

Can your own tomato products

Politics and Commentary

In time of war — The Israeli answer to terrorism

Gulf War II opened the eyes of Americans to the UN and the media

A lesson in respect

Dark Winter — A simulated terrorist attack on three American cities using weaponized smallpox

Farm and Garden

Gardening with a Chicken Tractor

By Brianna Stone  Issue #161 • September/October, 2016 This spring, my parents let me enlarge my...

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

Making Apple Cider with a Homemade Press

Growing and Using Bamboo on the Homestead

Save Time and Energy with the Fenced Chicken Coop/Garden

Guns and Hunting

Canning game meat

By Linda Gabris Issue #166 • July/August, 2017 Attempting to can meat (or any other low acid food, for that matter) without the use of a...

Moderate power firearms

Big boomer guns

Firearms handling refresher Part III: Rifles

A used shotgun bargain: The Browning Auto-5

Science

The coming ice age

By John Silveira Issue #139 • January/February, 2013 I'm putting my apocalyptic ice age novel, Danielle Kidnapped, on Amazon's Kindle and also producing a paperback version...