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Animals

How to butcher a chicken in 20 minutes or less

Where our farm animals come from

Animal disease traceability

Once a day milking

Building

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...

Simplify life in your backwoods home by using these easy mountain...

The house that Dorothy built

Building a $3,000 Barn

Build a cold smoker so you can make delicious squaw candy

Farm and Garden

How to Grow Potatoes

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...

Green or Yellow: Grow Your Best Bush Beans Ever

Victory Gardens

Making Apple Cider with a Homemade Press

Leafy Green Vegetables — The Underrated Heroes of the Garden

Americana and History

Biological and chemical weapons through history

By John Silveira Issue #81 • May/June, 2003 The weather here on the coast of Oregon is nice almost all year-round, and there almost always seems...

Grandpa’s justice

Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document

Fly it proudly and properly

The time-travel ad

Food and recipes

Bacon-Avocado Potato Salad

Pecan twerps

Breakfast Cereal

Make elderberry syrup for flu season

Self-reliance

Teach your kids math with the banking game

Make a quilt out of Levis

Get out of debt, stay out of debt

Nursing: A perfect backwoods career

Energy

What if the electricity GOES OFF?

Get the most out of your vehicle and your maintenance dollar

Battery powered weekend retreat

A solar primer — How it works, how it’s made, what it costs

Guns and Hunting

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

By Massad Ayoob Issue #139 • January/February, 2013 Long a supporter of the Appleseed concept, Backwoods Home Magazine hosted one in Gold Beach, Oregon, in second...