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Khaki Campbell ducks — The other egg layer

Hog butchering — Using everything but the squeal

Finding the best dog for the country life

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...

Building David’s Cabin, Part One

Build a wood crib with free materials

Building and stocking your pantry

Build a Composter

By Charles Sanders Issue #170 • March/April, 2018 As with most of the other facets of homesteading, composting can be as simple or as elaborate as...

Plant Your Irish Potatoes This Fall or Winter

Converting a Gasoline-Powered Rototiller to Electric

Fried chicken for breakfast

By Danny Fulks Issue #88 • July/August, 2004 Danny Fulks, 71, is one of those rare writers capable of painting a vivid picture of life back...

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 3

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

Boost your income by adding a processing step to what you sell

The coffee mug knife sharpener

Learning to love the high desert

A small creek provides plenty of power for this off-grid home

Use solar landscape lights for emergencies

Intake and exhaust upgrades for better mileage and performance

Answering some well asked questions about personal defense

By Massad Ayoob Issue #97 • January/February, 2006 Jeff Yago, Backwoods Home's energy writer, recently completed a couple of concealed carry handgun courses. The classes apparently...

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

How long should your gun’s barrel length be?

An economical battery of guns for the backwoods home

The world is coming to an end… and this time, I’m...

By John Silveira Issue #114 • November/December, 2008 If you haven't already heard, on September 10, 2008, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), located on the border...

Avian Flu — How afraid of this

Understanding the gun debate, part 2

Is it time for an education revolution?

Next time you see me, don’t be afraid to say, ‘Hello.’

Llamas guarding sheep? — Not such a far-fetched idea

By Karen McGeorge Sanders Issue #19 • January/February, 1993 It seems that farmers always need an extra pair of hands, but finding the money to pay...

Good-bye old friend

By Lucy Shober Issue #27 • May/June, 1994 Big Poney died today. He was 34 years old and had been going down pretty rapidly over this...

Dorper sheep — Revolutionizing the meat sheep industry

Raising cattle on your own place

Switch your family to goat’s milk

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

Preparing for a Temporary Catastrophe

How to organize an outdoor canning party

Just for Kids: Take a nite hike!

By Hook or Crook: A Billhook is a Handy Homestead Tool

By R.E. Rawlinson Issue #173 • September/October, 2018 When compared to our ancestors, we are very lucky to have readily-available tools. Stores are full of anything you could need and with online shopping, you don’t even...

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

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #87 • May/June, 2004 It's been well over a decade now since I first heard my friend Pete voice his amazement at my practice of spreading animal manure as a fertilizer....