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Goat birthing and raising kids

Build a ski sled

By Kai Moessle Issue #138 • November/December, 2012 Since my property is almost half a mile away from the nearest road and I can't keep the...

How to Resurrect Old, Rusted Tools

A recycled dresser makes a useful bathroom vanity

Making Apple Cider with a Homemade Press

By Robert Van Putten Issue #170 • March/April, 2018 Apples are an important food resource for us. Every year we store hundreds of pounds in our...

Leaf Mold is Another Way to Build Your Soil

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...

President George Washington’s Farewell Address

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

Constitution of the united States of America

Lessons learned from an ice storm

Converting a Gasoline-Powered Rototiller to Electric

Get the most out of your vehicle and your maintenance dollar

Savage Model 110 — A proven economical backwoods rifle

By Massad Ayoob Website Exclusive • July, 2008 Fifty years ago, Savage Arms introduced a new bolt-action sporting rifle. In the gun world, this was news....

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

Choose your ammo… police style

The M1A — A rifle that makes a statement

Gee-Whiz: Coffee

By O.E. MacDougal May/June 2018, Backwoods Home Every second of every day about 26,000 cups of coffee are drunk around the world. That’s about 2¼ billion...

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

Can we make a Tyrannosaurus rex from a chicken?

Paying for social security with worthless $

Getting the state out of marriage

Science and truth. Are they related?

Why bureaucracy will likely destroy America

How to butcher a chicken in 20 minutes or less

...while leaving the carcass and feathers intact! By Dr. Roger W. Grim, D.C. Issue #79 • January/February, 2003 Figure 1. With a trash bag properly fitted around...

Hog butchering — Using everything but the squeal

By Charles Sanders Issue #142 • July/August, 2013 A 450-pound hog will provide a lot of delicious meat. Hogs are raised throughout our neighboring Amish community for...

Raising quail — A home grown delicacy

Here’s how to make a musical bamboo flute

There’s no such thing as free land!

Start your food storage on $10 a week

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...

The Best City Garden

By Anita Evangelista Issue #103 • January/February, 2007 City gardens and country gardens are differentnot only in the amount of space each can fill, but in the types and quantities of...