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Build a chicken feeder on the cheep cheep cheep

Where our farm animals come from

Trusses — Low cost marvels to roof over most large spaces

By Martin Harris Issue #23 • September/October, 1993 When you strip away all the frills, building construction is nothing more than enclosing a volume of space...

From triumph to tragedy to triumph again. Dorothy Ainsworth makes her...

PVC pipe in the home, garden, farm, and workshop

How to become a backyard beekeeper

By Sheri Jones If you’ve been intrigued by the idea of becoming a beekeeper but think you don’t have the space, resources, or knowledge, you’re...

A Child’s Garden — More than Child’s Play

Here’s a Mighty Creative Way to Protect Your Plants from Animals

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

By Alice B. Yeager and James O. Yeager Issue #115 • January/February, 2009 I was a girl of 8 when the stock market crashed in 1929....

Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document

Farm baseball … with ghost runners!

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

In search of the perfect cup of coffee

Boost your immune system with fast and easy fish dishes

Build a holz hausen to dry firewood

Gee-Whiz: From Paper to Canning

Our journey to modern off-grid living

Making and using a solar cooker

7 Solar Water Heating System Designs

Picking a holster

By Massad Ayoob Issue #69 • May/June, 2001 One good thing about being out in the boonies by yourself is that you can carry a gun...

The subtleties of safe firearms handling

Gee-Whiz: From Paper to Canning

By John Silveira (aka O.E. MacDougal) May/June 2017 Backwoods Home The greatest inventions in history are the ones we now take for granted. Fire and the...

Subduction zone tsunami — What the residents of the Pacific Northwest...

A brief history of health and medicine

Science and truth. Are they related?

Avian Flu — How afraid of this

Questions about global warming

My View: Grand Theory vs. Stark Reality

The ‘Curious Guy’ and the ‘Offended Woman’

Dorper sheep — Revolutionizing the meat sheep industry

By Darlene Polachic Issue #75 • May/June, 2002 If Henry Soderberg's predictions are right, Dorper sheep could revolutionize the meat sheep industry. A South African breed...

Keeping homestead animals healthy

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #169 • January/February, 2018 As a veterinary field technician for more than 20 years, I saw firsthand the frustration and heartbreak when...

Goat birthing and raising kids

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

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

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

Used bookstores can be sucessful in the hinterlands

The return of home emergency shelters takes on a dual-purpose approach

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

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #164 • March/April, 2017 I’ve been growing peppers for more than 50 years now and can’t imagine a garden without them. There are so many different varieties that no matter where you...

Green or Yellow: Grow Your Best Bush Beans Ever

By Lisa LaFreniere Issue #62 • March/April, 2000 Bush Beans, or snap beans as they're sometimes referred to, are a growing favorite among many gardeners, and with good reason. Beans are high in vitamins A, C...