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Animals

Kinder goats — A small breed for milk and meat

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

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

Get to know your spiders

Building

Build a holz hausen to dry firewood

By Doug Fluckiger Issue #132 • November/December, 2011 My secret passion is tall, dark, and handsome. I may find her lying luxuriantly among a dark grove...

Make a fully functional cold storage pit/mound and enjoy your garden’s...

A cabin for one

Build your own log home in the woods

Renovating old walls

Farm and Garden

Use Old Newspapers to Make Your Starter Pots

By Darlene Polachic Issue #49 • January/February, 1998 Why spend money buying plant starter packs when you can make all you need from old newspapers? The...

Gleaning — An Old Tradition Made New

Rotten Luck: The Skinny on Composting

Graft Your Own Designer Fruit Trees

Gardening with a Chicken Tractor

Americana and History

The time-travel ad

By John Silveira Issue #125 • September/October, 2010 It's become a minor Internet phenomenon. The ad reads: It's also been read by Jay Leno on his late...

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

President George Washington’s Farewell Address

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 4 — Cunning, vindictive, and...

Fly it proudly and properly

Food and recipes

Hunting, processing, and serving black bear

Zucchini with green chilies

Goat milk recipes

Turkey Tetrazzini

Self-reliance

Storing dry foods

Getting logs

Wash day

Make a fully functional cold storage pit/mound and enjoy your garden’s production all winter

Energy

Get the most out of your vehicle and your maintenance dollar

Phantom solar — The crucial invisible system needed before you install solar

Sunny Solutions for north slope applications

Portable solar power

Guns and Hunting

Military surplus and military “clone” rifles

By Massad Ayoob Issue #116 • March/April, 2009 One reader writes to ask if military surplus rifles are still a good idea for hunting, recreational shooting,...

Firearms handling refresher Part III: Rifles

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

Firearms handling refresher Part II: Shotguns

Sight and sound enhancement

Science

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...