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Animals

Dorper sheep — Revolutionizing the meat sheep industry

Llamas guarding sheep? — Not such a far-fetched idea

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

Goat birthing and raising kids

Building

Make a Quick and Easy Tipi

By Bob Van Putten Issue #174 • November/December, 2018 The native peoples of North America were a very practical lot. Over the centuries they developed some...

Build Your Own Hoop House

A recycled dresser makes a useful bathroom vanity

Build a barrel stove

The Mini-Skyline — A homemade yarder to bring firewood up a...

Farm and Garden

Grow some winter squash this year

By Lisa Nourse I love summertime — I love the green of the trees, the warm weather, and growing my own food. I especially love...

Love Those Green Beans

Converting a Gasoline-Powered Rototiller to Electric

Grow Open Pollinated Seeds for Self-Reliant Gardening

Build a Composter

Americana and History

The vanishing outhouse

By Tom Kovach Issue #79 • January/February, 2003 A person recently wrote to a large Midwest newspapers' advice column asking for information about outdoor privies. It...

Grandpa’s justice

Declaration of Independence: The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States...

Quilts — Masterpieces of the heart and windows into women’s history

Catfish Biscuits

Food and recipes

Turkey Tetrazzini

Vegetable Salad with Yogurt Dressing

Freeze a holiday turkey to enjoy it all year long

Canned bacon — Roll your own

Self-reliance

Saving money on the homestead

Building and stocking your pantry

Harvesting the wild: Acorns

There’s no such thing as free land!

Energy

Battery powered weekend retreat

Power Up Light, Water, Communications in Emergencies

Homemade electric power

Generators alone are not enough

Guns and Hunting

Answering some well asked questions about personal defense

By Massad Ayoob Issue #97 • January/February, 2006 Jeff Yago, Backwoods Home's energy writer, recently completed a couple of concealed carry handgun courses. The classes apparently...

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

Catch your own bait

The light at the end of the gun

Frontier style handguns for the modern backwoods home

Science

Gee-Whiz: Sleep

By O.E. MacDougal November/December 2017, Backwoods Home For thousands of years, sleep has been one of life’s great mysteries. As humans, we spend about one-third of...