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Animals

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

Raising your own beef for your family

Brooder in a box

Hog butchering — Using everything but the squeal

Building

Build a chicken house in a day

By Anita Evangelista Issue #136 • July/August, 2012 We built our chicken house for around $200. We could have done it for less if we were...

Building a $3,000 Barn

Build a cistern out of corrugated road culvert

The house that Dorothy built

Determined woman builds distinctive vertical log studio

Farm and Garden

Sweet Potato Greens

By Tim Scullen Issue #168 • November/December, 2017 By now, you’ve no doubt figured out how good chard, spinach, and kale are for you. But did...

For Extra Production, Try Mound Gardening

Okra — Not Just for the South

Gardening for Treasure

Plant Your Irish Potatoes This Fall or Winter

Americana and History

The time-travel ad

By John Silveira Issue #125 • September/October, 2010 It's become a minor Internet phenomenon. The ad reads: It's also been read by Jay Leno on his late...

The greatest American who was never President

The vanishing outhouse

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

Declaration of Independence: The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States...

Food and recipes

Some unusual jellies for your sweet tooth

Betty’s Bread Pudding with Whiskey Sauce

Asparagus Pasta Salad

Ten Marinades For Summer

Self-reliance

Preparedness for travelers

Preparing for civil unrest

Space heater safety tips

Dealing with heat stress

Energy

7 Solar Water Heating System Designs

Build a simple solar-powered outdoor light

Installing your own small, remote off-grid solar system

Solar-powered chicken coop

Guns and Hunting

Catch your own bait

By Gary Gresh Issue #91 • January/February, 2005 Expensive lures and pricey tackle shop baits can sometimes make fishing an expensive proposition, raising the cost of...

Firearms and cold weather considerations

1911: The classic homeland security pistol

Consider the 20-gauge shotgun

Just because

Science

Gee-Whiz: Sleep

By O.E. MacDougal November/December 2017, Backwoods Home For thousands of years, sleep has been one of life’s great mysteries. As humans, we spend about one-third of...