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Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Finding the best dog for the country life

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

Getting logs

By Dorothy Ainsworth Website Exclusive • March, 2004 Online Exclusive April 2003 Attention: Would-be loggers. There have been changes in policy at the United States Forest Service...

The poor man’s ceramic knife sharpener

Make your own effective fishing tackle while you save money and...

Slug Zapper

By Joel Winters Issue #142 • July/August, 2013 I live in a small clearing in a big forest. This is on the rainy side of the...

For Extra Production, Try Mound Gardening

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

By Alice B. Yeager and James O. Yeager Issue #115 • January/February, 2009 I was a girl of 8 when the stock market crashed in 1929....

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 3

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

Habeeb Salloum — Poet, Traveler, Recipe Writer

Just for Kids: Life in the forest

There’s no such thing as free land!

A survival key ring — Your everyday tool for emergency preparedness

Make your own biodiesel for 80¢ per gallon

What if the electricity GOES OFF?

Is steam power in your future?

Women and guns

By Massad Ayoob Issue #121 • January/February, 2010 In a time when what used to be called "the women's liberation movement" has achieved many of its...

Choose your ammo… police style

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

The time for modern; the time for traditional

Gee-Whiz: Time

By O.E. MacDougal July/August 2016, Backwoods Home Time. We can’t see, feel, hear, smell, or taste it, but we can measure it and we break it...

Three more ways the world can end … and I’m not...

Avian Flu — How afraid of this

A doomsday scenario to sleep on

My View: Learn to Do One Thing Well

The current ‘Gun control’ push — A cop’s eye view

Just how good of a bet are those lotto tickets?

Keeping homestead animals healthy

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #169 • January/February, 2018 As a veterinary field technician for more than 20 years, I saw firsthand the frustration and heartbreak when...

Finding, buying, milking, and living with the family milk cow

By Jayn Steidl Thibodeau Issue #36 • November/December, 1995 Have you ever had this happen to you? You've opened the refrigerator door for a cold, refreshing...

Raising quail — A home grown delicacy

Hog butchering — Using everything but the squeal

Forget the dog, chicken is man’s best friend

Switch your family to goat’s milk

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

Moving on: A small town can be a haven during a depression

10 ways to make money on your land

Annie on Everfree Farm, Part II

By Alice B. Yeager Issue #97 • January/February, 2006 Potato plants need plenty of sunshine, a well drained soil, and no weed or grass interference. Ideal soil is a loose sandy loam with plenty of humus...

Growing and Using Peppers

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #164 • March/April, 2017 I’ve been growing peppers for more than 50 years now and can’t imagine a garden without them. There are so many different varieties that no matter where you...