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Animals

How to buy your first sheep without getting shorn

Forget the dog, chicken is man’s best friend

Once a day milking

Bovine basics for beginners

Building

Build a compost tumbler

By Joe Mooney Issue #151 • January/February, 2015 A few years back, I caught myself becoming a bit frustrated with my compost pile. It seemed that...

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

Build a Composter

Shake update

A Kid-Friendly Chicken Coop

Farm and Garden

Gardening Tips and Tricks

By Charles Sanders Issue #99 • May/June, 2006 Gardeners are an ingenious lot. Trial and error, time, study, observation, and experience all help us to come...

Three Raised Bed Designs

Flowers Brighten the Garden

Green or Yellow: Grow Your Best Bush Beans Ever

A New Use for Old Tires: A Garden Using Tires

Americana and History

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

By John Silveira Issue #29 • September/October, 1994 (This is a four-part series. Click the links to navigate to parts one, two, three, and four.) It was...

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

Gee-Whiz: Presidents

Former first ladies — Beautiful, brilliant, crazy

Doesn’t anyone remember Tom Paine

Food and recipes

The enchanting Chanterelle — Gourmet goodies free from the forest

Successful cold storage

Orange honey pudding

Linguini with Clam Sauce

Self-reliance

Woolen winter mittens in minutes

An Introduction to Small-Scale Home Hydroponics

In the classroom and at home, this system will help you grow self-reliant kids

Mosquitoes outnumber us and no one likes them

Energy

Prepper power! Part 2

Solar power for farm and ranch

Converting a Gasoline-Powered Rototiller to Electric

Battery-Powered Tools are Changing

Guns and Hunting

Teaching a 10-year-old to shoot

By John Moody Issue #174 • November/December, 2018 In my youth, I remember my dad dragging my brother and me out of bed in the middle...

How big a gun do you need?

Answering some well asked questions about personal defense

Firearms and cold weather considerations

Firearms — Tools of rural living

Science

Gee-Whiz: Trees

By O. E. Macdougal September/October 2015, Backwoods Home We’re told they include some of the oldest and largest living organisms on the planet. But do...