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Build an attached solar greenhouse

By David Lee Issue #125 • September/October, 2010 We planned it to be permanent, well built, and able to withstand the extremes of temperature, humidity, and...

Graft Your Own Designer Fruit Trees

By Jackie Clay Issue #121 • January/February, 2010 Although I've been homesteading for more than forty years, there's always something new to learn. (I figure that...

Save Time and Energy with the Fenced Chicken Coop/Garden

the gee-whiz! page: Animals, humans, extraterrestrials, and tools

By O. E. MacDougal Issue #154 • July/August, 2015 There was a time when it was thought that a defining difference between humans and animals was:...

President George Washington’s Farewell Address

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 3

Tips and tricks for the kitchen

I heat my house by burning corn

Solar charge controllers — myths, hype, and facts

Make your own biodiesel for 80¢ per gallon

Cold weather shooting considerations

By Massad Ayoob Issue #126 • November/December, 2010 Winter will soon be upon us. Cold weather makes a lot of things more difficult. Running. Walking. Navigating...

Bury a gun and ammo for 15 years

Get a piece of history — An M1 Garand rifle

An economical battery of guns for the backwoods home

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

Gee-Whiz: Ice Ages, Past and Future

By O. E. MacDougal January/February 2016, Backwoods Home Most people don’t know that we’re currently in an ice age and have been for the last 2.58...

The gee-whiz! page — Cats: Why they rule our world

A brief history of health and medicine

A doomsday scenario to sleep on

Confessions of a former liberal

How environmental ideology hurts the solar energy industry

Turn the poor into capitalists

Are aliens stealing our honeybees?

By John Silveira Issue #106 • July/August, 2007 What would happen if all the honeybees disappeared? According to some pundits we'd see a collapse in much...

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

By Jackie Clay Issue #109 • January/February, 2008 When I was a child, I used to read and re-read the chick section in our Sears and...

An easier way to cut firewood By Larry LaVan

The 7 core areas of preparedness

In the classroom and at home, this system will help you grow self-reliant kids

A determined Rose Bley escaped the city

Save Time and Energy with the Fenced Chicken Coop/Garden

By John Silveira Issue #44 • March/April, 1997 My engineer father was not fond of wasting time or energy. He was always searching for a better, more efficient way to perform chores, especially chores that reoccurred...

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 added benefit of these newspaper pots is that they can...