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Animals

Forget the dog, chicken is man’s best friend

Where our farm animals come from

Raising quail — A home grown delicacy

Fermenting Chicken Feed

Building

We built John Silveira’s chicken coop/garden

By Suzy Lowry Geno Website Exclusive • April, 2007 I have what seems like mountains of great "fertilizer" from my barn full of English Angora rabbits....

A Kid-Friendly Chicken Coop

Tools and hardware for the backwoods home

Here’s an Easier (and Cheaper) Way to Make Wooden Beams

Ambidextrous chainsaw filing

Farm and Garden

Elderberries — Hospitality, Health, And Beauty

By Gail Butler Issue #124 • July/August, 2010 When friends stop by for a visit I like to offer them a hospitable and healthful libation of...

Build a Top-Bar Bee Hive

Propagating Grapes

Gardening the Year ‘Round

For Extra Production, Try Mound Gardening

Americana and History

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

By John Silveira Issue #119 • September/October, 2009 Gun control people don't seem to get just how deeply etched into the American psyche gun ownership goes...

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

Constitution of the united States of America

The time-travel ad

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

Food and recipes

Sweet & Sour Cabbage

Apple barbeque sauce

Earth’s greatest cookies

Family dinner at Backwoods Home Magazine

Self-reliance

Tips and handy hints for 4X4 living

Buying a used mobile home

Making a great rug from the rag bag

Woolen winter mittens in minutes

Energy

Add solar power to your truck camper

Solar Power 101: Inverters

Don’t discount a generator, especially a diesel generator, as your primary power source

Energy class: Part 3

Guns and Hunting

Inexpensive retired Russian military rifles can be the ideal backwoods meat...

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #47 • September/October, 1997 Like many another rural person, I've often found a firearm to be my most important tool. No,...

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

Picking a holster

Building the coyote rifle

Thoughts on ammunition

Science

Gee-Whiz: Trees

By O. E. Macdougal September/October 2015, Backwoods Home We’re told they include some of the oldest and largest living organisms on the planet. But do...