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Animals

Raising rabbits for profit

Are aliens stealing our honeybees?

Raising Rabbits

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Building

For summertime baking needs, build yourself an outdoor horno

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #57 • May/June, 1999 My family has always been big on birthdays and holidaysincluding Thanksgiving, Christmas, Memorial Day, Fourth of July,...

Vise Dremel Moto Tool mount

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

Make adobe bricks

Build your own home in two years — Get a PhD...

Farm and Garden

Nut Trees on Your Homestead

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #149 • September/October, 2014 While growing up in Detroit, we had no nut trees in our yard (though we did have seedlings...

Leafy Green Vegetables — The Underrated Heroes of the Garden

Sweet Potato Greens

Gardening for Treasure

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

Americana and History

Gee-Whiz: Presidents

By O.E. MacDougal November/December 2016, Backwoods Home I could spend all day coming up with interesting trivia about the Presidents and those who surround them —...

Biological and chemical weapons through history

Fly it proudly and properly

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

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

Food and recipes

Baked Spaghetti

Here are some cucumber pickles to make at home

Pecan twerps

Mairead’s Fabulous Flan

Self-reliance

Tale of a country family

Homestead burnout — What it is and how to avoid it

Cash in on your household junk

Water: a safe supply when you’re off the grid

Energy

Solar power trailer Part 2

Water: a safe supply when you’re off the grid

Waterpower for personal use

Dim bulbs in California

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,...

The Appleseed Project

Firearms — Tools of rural living

The subtleties of safe firearms handling

Catch your own bait

Science

Gee-Whiz: Dinosaurs

By O.E. MacDougal July/August 2014 Backwoods Home Biologists and paleontologists are now pretty certain that birds are part of the dinosaur lineage. Their extinct relatives include...