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Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

We built John Silveira’s chicken coop/garden

By Suzy Lowry Geno Website Exclusive • April, 2007 I have what seems like mountains of great "fertilizer" from my barn full of English Angora rabbits....

For summertime baking needs, build yourself an outdoor horno

Build a holz hausen to dry firewood

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

By Kristina Seleshanko Issue #177 • July/August/September, 2019 Something we heard a lot when we first started raising chickens in the suburbs was, “For the cost...

Gardening with a Chicken Tractor

Plant Your Trees in the Spring

The greatest American who was never President

By John Silveira Issue #60a • November/December, 1999 "The election's next year, right?" I asked. Dave Duffy, the publisher of Backwoods Home Magazine, was editing a rather...

George Washington Carver — He wrote the book on self-reliance

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

Avoiding common canning mistakes

Piccalilli — A late summer bonus

Vegetable Salad with Yogurt Dressing

Get out of debt, stay out of debt

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

Grid-tied, Grid-connected, Off-grid. What’s the difference?

For a truly independent energy system, your choices are solar, wind, and water

Battery powered weekend retreat

How to shoot a handgun accurately

By Massad Ayoob Issue #85 • January/February, 2004 "I want you to do an article on how to shoot a handgun accurately," Dave Duffy told me....

Answering some well asked questions about personal defense

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

Choose your ammo… police style

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...

Avian Flu — How afraid of this

A brief history of health and medicine

Science and truth. Are they related?

Something unsaid about Timothy McVeigh’s execution

Who’s supposed to protect our rights?

Khaki Campbell ducks — The other egg layer

By Amanda J. Kemp Issue #126 • November/December, 2010 Spring brings the pitter-patter of little feet in the mud, games of tag, and raucous quacks. While...

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

By Margaret Wright Issue #35 • September/October, 1995 When we think of a backwoods dog we generally think of a Pyrenees, German Shepherd, or other breed...

Switch your family to goat’s milk

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

Shearing, carding, spinning, weaving and creating with Margaret Boos

A determined Rose Bley escaped the city

Leaf Mold is Another Way to Build Your Soil

By John Fuchs Issue #41 • September/October, 1996 Leaves are an excellent way to add organic matter to the garden. However, using rawor unprocessedleaves has some drawbacks. Raw leaves are more acidic than composted leaves, and...

Use Old Newspapers to Make Your Starter Pots

By Darlene Polachic Issue #49 • January/February, 1998 Why spend money buying plant starter packs when you can make all you need from old newspapers? The added benefit of these newspaper pots is that they can...