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Animals

Build a chicken feeder on the cheep cheep cheep

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

Bovine basics for beginners

Raising quail — A home grown delicacy

Building

Building your chicken coop

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #139 • January/February, 2013 Here's a coop we built from pallets and scrap lumber. The goats lived in one end and the...

Build your own home in two years — Get a PhD...

Tools and hardware for the backwoods home

Livestock fencing for the small homesteader, part 2

Rural Building

Farm and Garden

Build a Top-Bar Bee Hive

By Jereme Zimmerman Issue #175 • January/February/March, 2019 My journey to becoming a beekeeper has been a long one, and I’m still not quite there yet....

Gardening with a Chicken Tractor

Making Apple Cider with a Homemade Press

Use Non-Hybrid Seeds and Save Big Bucks in This Year’s Garden

Here’s a Mighty Creative Way to Protect Your Plants from Animals

Americana and History

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

By John Silveira Issue #31 • January/February, 1995 "What were you listening to when I got to your house? Sounded nice. I don't think I've ever...

President George Washington’s Farewell Address

Catfish Biscuits

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 3

Remembering what grandma used

Food and recipes

French Onion Soup

Four Breads for the Bread Machine

Fried Foods

Keep the Ice On

Self-reliance

City boy, country boy

The wonderful world of axes

Just for Kids: Knock knock vinegar

Jackie’s tips for hardcore homesteading

Energy

Sunny Solutions for north slope applications

Just for Kids: Sun-kabobs and solar sizzle

Power-up bag

Get the most out of your vehicle and your maintenance dollar

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...

Teaching a 10-year-old to shoot

Thoughts on ammunition

Affordable firearms

Big boomer guns

Science

How big is the solar system?

By John Silveira Issue #60 • November/December, 1999 In artists' renderings of the solar system we often see the sun represented by a small sphere with...