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Animals

Brooder in a box

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

Mountain lions — Attacks are still rare, but just in case…

Are aliens stealing our honeybees?

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...

The poor man’s ceramic knife sharpener

Build a graceful footbridge

Build a homestead Copy Cart

Build a wood-fired stock tank heater

Farm and Garden

Hügelkultur for the Homestead

By Rose Shelton Issue #176 • April/May/June, 2019 Last spring, I finally completed a long-planned homestead project of constructing two hügelkultur beds. What is hügelkultur? It’s...

Elderberries — Hospitality, Health, And Beauty

Pruning Blueberries

Gleaning — An Old Tradition Made New

Your Manure Pile — For Fuel, Fertilizer, and Maybe Even Improved...

Americana and History

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 4 — Cunning, vindictive, and...

By John Silveira Issue #35 • September/October, 1995 (This is a four-part series. Click the links to navigate to parts one, two, three, and four.) Do you...

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

The summer of ’35

the gee-whiz! page: Animals, humans, extraterrestrials, and tools

Fried chicken for breakfast

Food and recipes

Peanut Soup

Spicy Beef

Galumbki

Broiled fish fillet with piri piri sauce

Self-reliance

Foraging for wild berries

Used bookstores can be sucessful in the hinterlands

Preserve the harvest naturally through wild fermentation

Circle of friends

Energy

Power Up

Battery powered weekend retreat

Powering medical equipment during a utility blackout

Grid-down battery devices

Guns and Hunting

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...

The time for modern; the time for traditional

How long should your gun’s barrel length be?

The Appleseed Project

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

Science

Gee-Whiz: Dinosaurs

By O.E. MacDougal July/August 2014 Backwoods Home Biologists and paleontologists are now pretty certain that birds are part of the dinosaur lineage. Their extinct relatives include...