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Animals

Home Dairying

Raising your own beef

Animal disease traceability

Raising your own beef for your family

Building

Renovating old walls

By David Lee Issue #106 • July/August, 2007 Some years ago my wife and I were out searching for a new building lot when we fell...

Ambidextrous chainsaw filing

We built John Silveira’s chicken coop/garden

Herb Boxes from Fence Boards

Build Your Own Hoop House

Farm and Garden

Companion Planting

By Beverly Mettot Issue #81 • May/June, 2003 Companion planting is nothing new, and yet in recent years it has made an extraordinary comeback, not only...

Gardening for Treasure

Fermenting Chicken Feed

Gardening Tips and Tricks

Love Those Green Beans

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...

The summer of ’35

Farm baseball … with ghost runners!

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

Fried chicken for breakfast

Food and recipes

The dandelion is a healthful, great tasting weed you can eat

The chicken and the egg

These salads are hearty dishes

Hamentaschen

Self-reliance

13 steps to a life of freedom

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

Couponing, refunding, and stockpiling will make your money stretch

How to Resurrect Old, Rusted Tools

Energy

For a truly independent energy system, your choices are solar, wind, and water

Build a simple solar-powered outdoor light

Grid-tied, Grid-connected, Off-grid. What’s the difference?

Make your own biodiesel for 80¢ per gallon

Guns and Hunting

Firearms handling refresher Part III: Rifles

By Massad Ayoob Website Exclusive • January, 2004 Our three part series on firearms handling ends with this installment. In Part I, we covered handguns and...

Affordable firearms

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

How big a gun do you need?

Cold weather shooting considerations

Science

The coming ice age

By John Silveira Issue #139 • January/February, 2013 I'm putting my apocalyptic ice age novel, Danielle Kidnapped, on Amazon's Kindle and also producing a paperback version...