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Animals

Good-bye old friend

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

Build a chicken feeder on the cheep cheep cheep

Goat birthing and raising kids

Building

Build a graceful footbridge

By Harrison Stone Issue #77 • September/October, 2002 Tap your heels together three times and repeat after me, "There is no place like homeThere is no...

Building a $3,000 Barn

Build a 6500-gallon concrete water tank for $1500

A Kid-Friendly Chicken Coop

Build a wood-fired stock tank heater

Farm and Garden

Meat For the Homestead

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #137 • September/October, 2012 Meat is often the most expensive portion of our grocery bill, and it is getting more and more...

Solar-Powered Electric Fencing

The Best City Garden

Pruning Blueberries

Clover — From Livestock Forage to Medicinal Tea, This Humble Plant...

Americana and History

Habeeb Salloum — Poet, Traveler, Recipe Writer

Habeeb Salloum, 95, a poet, world traveler, linguist, and author of recipe books on Middle Eastern cuisine, has written recipe articles for Backwoods Home...

Was the first government gun confiscation attempt foiled by an unsung...

Declaration of Independence: The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States...

Gee-Whiz: Presidents

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

Food and recipes

Old-fashioned applesauce cake

Vegetarian pies

Moroccan mint tea

Cast iron loaf pans from breakfast to dessert

Self-reliance

Paring down for off-grid living

The accidental homesteader

Water development for the homestead: Ponds, cisterns, and tanks

Winter in the High Desert — Understanding the music

Energy

Solar Building Design

Walden Pond — the solar version: Part 2

Solar-powered chicken coop

Design calculations for no-head, low-head waterwheels

Guns and Hunting

1911: The classic homeland security pistol

By Massad Ayoob Issue #83 • September/October, 2003 If you've read American firearms history at all, you know the lore of the .45 automatic. How during...