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Animals

Finding, buying, milking, and living with the family milk cow

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

Build a poultry killing cone

Khaki Campbell ducks — The other egg layer

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...

Build a stone wall

Build your own portable forge

For large quantity food dehydration try this homemade gem from the...

Build your own repeating mouse trap

Farm and Garden

For Extra Production, Try Mound Gardening

By Edward Love Johnson Issue #44 • March/April, 1997 I began experimenting with mound gardening several years ago, due to limited garden space. Then as time...

Okra — Not Just for the South

Pruning Blueberries

Hügelkultur for the Homestead

Plant Your Irish Potatoes This Fall or Winter

Americana and History

Fly it proudly and properly

By Roger Meyer Issue #130 • July/August, 2011 Since September 11, 2001, more Americans are displaying the national flag. Our flag gives us a sense of...

Biological and chemical weapons through history

Habeeb Salloum — Poet, Traveler, Recipe Writer

Fried chicken for breakfast

Farm baseball … with ghost runners!

Food and recipes

Beans for Sarah

Apricot stuffed Lamb Chops

Pickled Sweet Green Tomatoes

Recipes from my mother’s kitchen

Self-reliance

Picking your pressure canner — All American or Presto?

Homemade Toys! — Easy to make, fun to play with, and great for gifts!

Food security 101, part 3: Why I love my vacuum sealer (and more)

Starting a Roadside Farm Stand

Energy

Solar hot water systems

Just for Kids: Sun-kabobs and solar sizzle

Intake and exhaust upgrades for better mileage and performance

For a truly independent energy system, your choices are solar, wind, and water

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...

Of guns and snakes

Thoughts on ammunition

Choose your ammo… police style

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

Science

Gee-Whiz: Insects

By O. E. MacDougal November/December 2015, Backwoods Home Some 400 million years ago, in the Devonian Period, insects evolved from crustaceans. Since that time, they have...