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Where our farm animals come from

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

Raising cattle on your own place

Build a log crib

By Dorothy Ainsworth Issue #69 • May/June, 2001 Baby Zane is probably the only newborn in Hollywood sleeping in a log crib made by his grandmother...

Trusses — Low cost marvels to roof over most large spaces

A Child’s Garden — More than Child’s Play

By Jackie Clay Issue #69 • May/June, 2001 There are many things parents can give their children, other than plastic toys or a few bucks to...

No Worrying About Fire Blight with Orient and Kieffer Pears

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

By Martin Waterman Issue #37 • January/February, 1996 I can remember taking a trip as a child and seeing my first Burma Shave signs. Technically speaking,...

Biological and chemical weapons through history

The greatest American who was never President

Quilts — Masterpieces of the heart and windows into women’s history

How to begin taking wildlife photographs

Teach speed reading to your children even if you can’t speed read yourself

Learning to love the high desert

Annie on Everfree Farm, Part II

Battery-Powered Tools are Changing

Build a community assistance recharging station

Design calculations for overshot waterwheels

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

By Massad Ayoob Issue #139 • January/February, 2013 Long a supporter of the Appleseed concept, Backwoods Home Magazine hosted one in Gold Beach, Oregon, in second...

Choose your ammo… police style

Inexpensive retired Russian military rifles can be the ideal backwoods meat...

How to shoot a handgun accurately

The world is ending! … Again?

By John Silveira Issue #85 • January/February, 2004 People love to talk about scary stuff. Especially when it's end-of-the-world scary, such as the big asteroid recently...

Subduction zone tsunami — What the residents of the Pacific Northwest...

Defunding government is a sensible voter solution to reining in local government

Is the Mainstream Media Finally Recognizing How the War on Drugs is Destroying Our Rights?

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

By James Kash Issue #139 • January/February, 2013 Broodiness is an avian behavior that is frowned upon in the world of agriculture. All industrial agriculturalists cull...

Animal disease traceability

By Patrice Lewis Issue #137 • September/October, 2012 In 2009, small farmers and ranchers breathed a sigh of relief. So did people worried about another curtailment...

Hog butchering — Using everything but the squeal

This St. Bernard backwoods hero saved old Grandma’s life

Dorper sheep — Revolutionizing the meat sheep industry

Modify an E-Tool to make your own Combi-Tool

Seed art — It’s fun to collect the seeds and create these unusual pictures

Self-reliance for women — Surviving a biochemical attack

Put Your Garden to Bed for the Winter

By Jackie Clay Issue #95 • September/October, 2005 During the crispy fall afternoons, we listen often and intently to the weather forecasts. "It's going to be clear tonight," I'd tell my late husband, Bob, and my...

Here’s a Mighty Creative Way to Protect Your Plants from Animals

By Joy Lamb Issue #39 • May/June, 1996 A huge brown beast stared at me as I drove through our apple orchard toward the house. I parked, walked quickly into the house, and said to my...