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Animals

Are aliens stealing our honeybees?

Is that a good pig?

Raising your own beef

Redworm farming

Building

Save Time and Energy with the Fenced Chicken Coop/Garden

By John Silveira Issue #44 • March/April, 1997 My engineer father was not fond of wasting time or energy. He was always searching for a better,...

How to build a good fence for your homestead

Easy awnings

Composite lumber helps outdoor projects resist water, weather, and sun

Make your own lumber with a chainsaw mill

Farm and Garden

Victory Gardens

By Alice B. Yeager Issue #54 • November/December, 1998 There have been very few times in our nation's history when "We, the people" have banded together...

Growing Microgreens

Use Old Newspapers to Make Your Starter Pots

Nut Trees on Your Homestead

Use Non-Hybrid Seeds and Save Big Bucks in This Year’s Garden

Americana and History

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

By Marlene Parkin Issue #22 • July/August, 1993 Many of the quilts of yesterday took a lifetime to make. Perhaps the mystical part of quiltsthe aspect...

Remembering what grandma used

Gee-Whiz: Presidents

Fly it proudly and properly

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

Food and recipes

Liver Fricassee

Picking and preserving the wild plum

Black & Blue Mango Pie

Making delicious, unthinkable wines

Self-reliance

13 steps to a life of freedom

Homeschooling your dylsexic kid

With commonsense planning, you can survive hard times

A canoe livery — An honest, clean business

Energy

Energy class: Part 3

Converting a Gasoline-Powered Rototiller to Electric

Keep the Ice On

Power Up Light, Water, Communications in Emergencies

Guns and Hunting

The M1A — A rifle that makes a statement

By Massad Ayoob Issue #45 • May/June, 1997 I take the Springfield Armory rifle out of the box, and savor it. I seldom do that with...

Choose your ammo… police style

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

Tailoring guns to females

Picking a holster

Science

Gee-Whiz: Presidents

By O.E. MacDougal November/December 2016, Backwoods Home I could spend all day coming up with interesting trivia about the Presidents and those who surround them —...