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Where our farm animals come from

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

Goat birthing and raising kids

Yurt Magic — Building an Enchanting Instant House

By Claire Wolfe Issue #76 • July/August, 2002 I awoke last night to a circle of moonlight reflected on a wall. It was so vivid I...

Building and using wattle fences

Tools and hardware for the backwoods home

How safe is your electric fence?

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...

Exotic Plants for the Homestead

Leaf Mold is Another Way to Build Your Soil

Vermicomposting — Raise Worms to Consume Waste, Amend Soil, and Earn...

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 —...

Habeeb Salloum — Poet, Traveler, Recipe Writer

Farm baseball … with ghost runners!

Green tomato kosher dill pickles

Drive your own freshwater well

7 Solar Water Heating System Designs

Why you need to addsolar to your emergencypower backup plans

Canning game meat

By Linda Gabris Issue #166 • July/August, 2017 Attempting to can meat (or any other low acid food, for that matter) without the use of a...

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

1911: The classic homeland security pistol

Choose your ammo… police style

How long should your gun’s barrel length be?

Gee-Whiz: Sleep

By O.E. MacDougal November/December 2017, Backwoods Home For thousands of years, sleep has been one of life’s great mysteries. As humans, we spend about one-third of...

A doomsday scenario to sleep on

The threat of electromagnetic pulse!

The black man’s worst enemy is not racism

ID cards are an idea whose time should never come

Forget the dog, chicken is man’s best friend

By Richard Blunt Issue #49 • January/February, 1998 The domestic chicken, or Gallus domesticus as the Romans called it, has lived with humans for centuries. It...

Finding the best dog for the country life

By Anita Evangelista Issue #63 • May/June, 2000 When you're looking for a dog to fit into your country life, there are few other topics as...

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Cash in on your household junk

Get the most out of your vehicle and your maintenance dollar

Water development for the homestead: Ponds, cisterns, and tanks

By Maggie Larsen Issue #86 • March/April, 2004 During a binge of spring cleaning, I ventured outside and began to renovate the exterior of my home, a 47-foot trailer in a mobile home park. While waiting...

Gardening Tips and Tricks

By Charles Sanders Issue #99 • May/June, 2006 Gardeners are an ingenious lot. Trial and error, time, study, observation, and experience all help us to come up with ideas that result in better gardens, more produce,...