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Americana and History

Habeeb Salloum — Poet, Traveler, Recipe Writer

Habeeb Salloum, 95, a poet, world traveler, linguist, and author of recipe books on Middle Eastern cuisine, has written recipe articles for Backwoods Home...

Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document

Gee-Whiz: Presidents

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

Remembering what grandma used

Animals

Redworm farming

Raising Rabbits

Good-bye old friend

Shearing, carding, spinning, weaving and creating with Margaret Boos

Building

New invention— The Fencerunner

By Dietmar Berg Issue #68 • March/April, 2001 Here's a gadget I developed to run barb or barbless wire. You mount it on the back of...

Build a chicken tractor

Dorothy Ainsworth update: Out of the ashes

For summertime baking needs, build yourself an outdoor horno

Build a Simple, Inexpensive Greenhouse

Energy

Solar Power 101 — Batteries: Part 1

Solar Power 101 — Batteries: Part 2

Homemade electric power

Solar system codes — Build it right!

Food and recipes

Ashe Torsh

Easy homemade dairy products

Baklava

Toffee Bars, Maple Kisses, and Chocolate-Nut Cloud Candy

Politics and Commentary

How environmental ideology hurts the solar energy industry

A reason for the Second Amendment

If you don’t like it here, why don’t you move to another country?

The burglar does far more than steal!

Farm and Garden

Fermenting Chicken Feed

By Melissa Souza Issue #174 • November/December, 2018 On our homestead, we eat yogurt, kombucha (fermented tea), sauerkraut, and kimchi to add probiotics to our diet....

Meat For the Homestead

Plant Once Harvest for Years

Build a Heated Germination Bed

Build an Old-Fashioned Hotbed and Start Your Seeds in Style

Guns and Hunting

Firearms and cold weather considerations

By Massad Ayoob Issue #79 • January/February, 2003 Many of our readers have established their abodes in places which, during the winter months, do not exactly...