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Animals

Animal disease traceability

Dorper sheep — Revolutionizing the meat sheep industry

Build a poultry killing cone

Get to know your spiders

Building

Building a $3,000 Barn

By Robert Van Putten Issue #169 • January/February, 2018 There comes a time when all homesteaders start thinking of livestock, and 14 years ago, we were...

Three Raised Bed Designs

How to build a good fence for your homestead

How safe is your electric fence?

Build a cistern out of corrugated road culvert

Farm and Garden

Propagating Plants

By Jackie Clay Issue #128 • March/April, 2011 We all love the idea of having a big, productive garden, full of all the nutritious, tasty foods...

The $1 Garden

Start a Self-Sufficiency Garden Even in a Cramped Apartment

The ‘Chocolate Tree’ Isn’t Just for Kids

Fermenting Chicken Feed

Americana and History

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...

Grandpa’s justice

Constitution of the united States of America

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

Habeeb Salloum — Poet, Traveler, Recipe Writer

Food and recipes

Aunt Ona’s Mandarin orange cake

Cracklin’s — An irresistible snack that you can’t stop sneakin’

Elissaburgettes

Green Shrimp Soup

Self-reliance

Preparing for civil unrest

Preparedness for travelers

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

Sewing and using cloth diapers is easier than you think

Energy

Keep those gadgets working after the power goes out

Hydronic woodstoves

Power Up

How to select the right backup generator

Guns and Hunting

Answering some well asked questions about personal defense

By Massad Ayoob Issue #97 • January/February, 2006 Jeff Yago, Backwoods Home's energy writer, recently completed a couple of concealed carry handgun courses. The classes apparently...