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Animals

Finding the best dog for the country life

Kinder goats — A small breed for milk and meat

Is that a good pig?

Are aliens stealing our honeybees?

Building

Building David’s Cabin, Part One

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #172 • July/August, 2018 Like most young folks today, our son David graduated high school, got a job, and went to college...

For large quantity food dehydration try this homemade gem from the...

The Forever Floor

Build a graceful footbridge

Solar Building Design

Farm and Garden

Use Plastic to Get a Head Start on Corn in the...

By Mark and Lynn Klammer Issue #41 • September/October, 1996 As spring approaches each year, we can hardly wait for the feel of warm earth between...

Woodchuck-Proof the Garden

A Small Space Yields a Big Crop of Garlic

Growing and Using Bamboo on the Homestead

Prevent Foodborne Illness with Safe Gardening Methods

Americana and History

Farm baseball … with ghost runners!

By Tom Kovach Growing up on a farm in north-central Minnesota wasn’t all chores and hard work … although there was plenty of that too....

The time-travel ad

Gee-Whiz: Presidents

Who were the best…and worst U.S. Presidents?

Doesn’t anyone remember Tom Paine

Food and recipes

Tabbouleh

Baked barbeque beans

Dilled oyster crackers

Chicken and dumpling stew

Self-reliance

Fully Involved

Battery-Powered Tools are Changing

The fire wick fire starter

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

Energy

Solar hot water systems

Walden Pond — the solar version: Part 2

What if the electricity GOES OFF?

Power your bug-out bag

Guns and Hunting

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

By Massad Ayoob Issue #139 • January/February, 2013 Long a supporter of the Appleseed concept, Backwoods Home Magazine hosted one in Gold Beach, Oregon, in second...

A used shotgun bargain: The Browning Auto-5

Affordable firearms

Picking a holster

Choose your ammo… police style

Science

The MTHFR mutation and why it may matter to you

By John Silveira Issue #170 • March/April, 2018 This is an article with both anecdotal evidence and science. It is about me, anxiety and depression, a...