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Animals

Redworm farming

Good-bye old friend

Raising cattle on your own place

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Building

Building your chicken coop

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #139 • January/February, 2013 Here's a coop we built from pallets and scrap lumber. The goats lived in one end and the...

Build a Trapper’s Tilt

Never underestimate a woman

Save Time and Energy with the Fenced Chicken Coop/Garden

How to Resurrect Old, Rusted Tools

Farm and Garden

By Hook or Crook: A Billhook is a Handy Homestead Tool

By R.E. Rawlinson Issue #173 • September/October, 2018 When compared to our ancestors, we are very lucky to have readily-available tools. Stores are full of anything...

Leafy Green Vegetables — The Underrated Heroes of the Garden

Woodchuck-Proof the Garden

Making Apple Cider with a Homemade Press

How to become a backyard beekeeper

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 greatest American who was never President

President George Washington’s Farewell Address

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

Fried chicken for breakfast

Food and recipes

Chow-chow

Blueberry Vareniki

Mexican Stuffed Shells

Apple-Mango Scallops

Self-reliance

Start a post-construction cleaning business

Cleaning a well

Keeping tools sharp

A view of self-reliance from a more timid perspective — A woman’s opinion

Energy

Add solar power to your truck camper

Get the most out of your vehicle and your maintenance dollar

Solar charge controllers — myths, hype, and facts

Solar Building Design

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...

Centennial of the All-American .30-06

Firearms and cold weather considerations

Air power superiority

The Appleseed Project

Science

The world is ending! … Again?

By John Silveira Issue #85 • January/February, 2004 People love to talk about scary stuff. Especially when it's end-of-the-world scary, such as the big asteroid recently...