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Animals

Raising your own beef for your family

Beekeeping basics

Goat birthing and raising kids

Redworm farming

Building

A salvaged oak floor for $5

By Robert L. Williams Issue #59 • September/October, 1999 Several months ago we decided we did not want to install a traditional bedroom floor of plywood...

Build a ski sled

How to Install a Steel Roof

Make your own effective fishing tackle while you save money and...

Making a wooden kitchen countertop

Farm and Garden

For Extra Production, Try Mound Gardening

By Edward Love Johnson Issue #44 • March/April, 1997 I began experimenting with mound gardening several years ago, due to limited garden space. Then as time...

Leaf Mold is Another Way to Build Your Soil

Grow Open Pollinated Seeds for Self-Reliant Gardening

Solar-Powered Electric Fencing

Propagating Grapes

Americana and History

President George Washington’s Farewell Address

Friends and Fellow Citizens: The period for a new election of a citizen, to administer the executive government of the United States, being not...

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

Fly it proudly and properly

The barnyard scramble

Quilts — Masterpieces of the heart and windows into women’s history

Food and recipes

Canning game meat

Family dinner at Backwoods Home Magazine

Black Bean and Avocado Dip

Honey whole wheat bread

Self-reliance

Kick the credit card habit and learn to stash cash

The Trigger Line

Digging a shallow well

For safety’s sake, homestead fuel storage must be handled properly

Energy

Job site solar power

Generators alone are not enough

Solar-powered refrigerators

An $89 backup generator

Guns and Hunting

Firearms handling refresher Part II: Shotguns

By Massad Ayoob Website Exclusive • December, 2003 In Part I, we began a series of refreshers on safety and proper handling of firearms. This time,...

Centennial of the All-American .30-06

Consider the 20-gauge shotgun

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

Bury a gun and ammo for 15 years

Science

Theories of the universe

By Dave Duffy Issue #66 • November/December, 2000 In a relatively short span of time, mankind has travelled from profound ignorance of our planet and the...

The ‘risks’ with Swine Flu

The gee-whiz! page — Cats: Why they rule our world

The coming ice age

Gee-Whiz: Alcohol

Politics and Commentary

The current ‘Gun control’ push — A cop’s eye view

That old survivalist mumbo jumbo and 10 reasons why it makes sense

If you want to survive an emergency, look to yourself, not the Government

Questions about global warming

Animals

This St. Bernard backwoods hero saved old Grandma’s life

By Margaret Wright Issue #35 • September/October, 1995 When we think of a backwoods dog we generally think of a Pyrenees, German Shepherd, or other breed...

Finding, buying, milking, and living with the family milk cow

By Jayn Steidl Thibodeau Issue #36 • November/December, 1995 Have you ever had this happen to you? You've opened the refrigerator door for a cold, refreshing...

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Beekeeping basics

Bovine basics for beginners

Goat birthing and raising kids

Self-Reliance

Medical kits for self-reliant families

The many benefits of garlic

Making a great rug from the rag bag

Getting out of Dodge — 10 Things I am doing to prepare for the move to the country

Farm and Garden

Build an Old-Fashioned Hotbed and Start Your Seeds in Style

By Roy Martin Issue #104 • March/April, 2007 A hotbed is a miniature greenhouse that is heated to protect new seedlings from cold. The hotbed differs from a cold frame in that it has an internal...

Growing Strawberries

By Patrice Lewis Issue #162 • November/December, 2016 As you read this, the wind may well be howling and the snow piling deep, and you're likely curled up next to the woodstove with a mug of...