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Raising quail — A home grown delicacy

The poor man’s ceramic knife sharpener

By Rick Brannan Issue #87 • May/June, 2004 There are few things more frustrating and dangerous than working with a dull knife. In my quest for...

Here’s how to make a musical bamboo flute

Parge the ugly out of your concrete wall

Build a Vertical Storage Rack for Cans

Build a Heated Germination Bed

By Charles Sanders Issue #92 • March/April, 2005 Many of us who garden have learned the benefits of starting our own vegetable and flower plants. There...

Use Old Newspapers to Make Your Starter Pots

Garden Spaces for Small Places

Graft Your Own Designer Fruit Trees

Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document

By the President of the United States of America: A PROCLAMATIONWhereas on the 22nd day of September, A.D. 1862, a proclamation was issued by the...

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 3

The greatest American who was never President

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

Just for Kids: Take a nite hike!

Solar system codes — Build it right!

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....

Understanding the gun debate, part 3

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

Gee-Whiz: Bad Fish, Big Fish

By O.E. MacDougal January/February 2015, Backwoods Home Fish were the very first vertebrates. That is, they were the first animals with backbones, the purpose of which...

Science and truth. Are they related?

A doomsday scenario to sleep on

In time of war — The Israeli answer to terrorism

My View: Gaining an Appreciation for Risk

Do we need a Taxpayers’ Bill of Rights?

Redworm farming

By Charles Sanders Issue #112 • July/August, 2008 If you are looking for a way to earn extra income, a retirement job, or even a new...

Build a poultry killing cone

By Allen Easterly Issue #135 • May/June, 2012 You've worked hard and spent many hours raising your pretty flock of meat chickens from eggs or chicks...

Dorper sheep — Revolutionizing the meat sheep industry

Mountain lions — Attacks are still rare, but just in case…

Build a chicken feeder on the cheep cheep cheep

Learning to love the high desert

Just for Kids: Killing some time (Create an afternoon time warp)

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...

Growing Productive Strawberries

By Edna Manning Issue #86 • March/April, 2004 Here on the Canadian prairies, I have found strawberries to be perhaps one of the most delicious, least-demanding and productive fruits I can grow in our Zone 2...