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Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

Dorper sheep — Revolutionizing the meat sheep industry

Three Raised Bed Designs

By Joe Mooney Issue #150 • November/December, 2014 When it comes to gardening, almost anything can be used to create a raised bed. Tires, blocks, rocks,...

Tools and hardware for the backwoods home

Build a Heated Germination Bed

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....

Graft Your Own Designer Fruit Trees

Feeling nostalgic? Now you’ll rave! Here’s the story of Burma Shave.

By Martin Waterman Issue #37 • January/February, 1996 I can remember taking a trip as a child and seeing my first Burma Shave signs. Technically speaking,...

Who were the best…and worst U.S. Presidents?

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

Four Breads for the Bread Machine

Tips and handy hints for 4X4 living

Small Town America: Thermopolis, WY — Horses and hot springs

Homeschooling through high school

Solar charge controllers — myths, hype, and facts

Keep those gadgets working after the power goes out

Solar Power 101 — Batteries: Part 1

The time for modern; the time for traditional

By Massad Ayoob Issue #137 • September/October, 2012 Traditional "old skool" guns, or the most modern and efficient ballistic hardware that money can buy? I asked...

Centennial of the All-American .30-06

A used shotgun bargain: The Browning Auto-5

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...

A brief history of health and medicine

Science and truth. Are they related?

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

Why oil and other fossil fuels are good

Turn the poor into capitalists

Biological & chemical terrorism

Animal disease traceability

By Patrice Lewis Issue #137 • September/October, 2012 In 2009, small farmers and ranchers breathed a sigh of relief. So did people worried about another curtailment...

A contrary guide to feeding animals

By Beth Greenwood Issue #135 • May/June, 2012 The Purinas, Cargills, and Con-Agras of the world would have you believe that they and they alone have...

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

Dorper sheep — Revolutionizing the meat sheep industry

Get the most out of your vehicle and your maintenance dollar

Frostbite — Don’t flirt with this sneaky danger

By Alice B. Yeager Website Exclusive • September, 2006 Normally, we gardeners tend to make plans to begin planting our gardens during early spring. We select vegetables such as garden peas, lettuce, mustard, radishes, onions, and...

Grow Open-Pollinated Tomatoes

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #166 • July/August, 2017 Nearly all of us homesteaders grow tomatoes in our gardens. Tomatoes are hugely valuable as a homestead crop. After all, they give us a wide variety of products. Many...