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Switch your family to goat’s milk

A contrary guide to feeding animals

Dorper sheep — Revolutionizing the meat sheep industry

Free pallet wood and birdhouses add up to big country dollars

By Rick Brentlinger Issue #53 • September/October, 1998 If I could show you how to manufacture a product anywhere in the country and if I offered...

Gabion walls for form and function

Build your own log home in the woods

Leafy Green Vegetables — The Underrated Heroes of the Garden

By Jackie Clay Issue #104 • March/April, 2007 When you mention "garden," everybody immediately thinks of sweet corn, green beans, and tomatoes, with a few peppers...

How to become a backyard beekeeper

Starting a Roadside Farm Stand

Former first ladies — Beautiful, brilliant, crazy

By John Silveira Issue #30 • November/December, 1994 (This is a four-part series. Click the links to navigate to parts one, two, three, and four.) (When we...

Doesn’t anyone remember Tom Paine

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

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

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

Banana, blueberry, and peach scones

Making delicious, unthinkable wines

A young couple moves to the country

Battery powered weekend retreat

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...

Cold weather shooting considerations

Understanding the gun debate, part 3

Teaching a 10-year-old to shoot

Gee-Whiz: Presidents

By O.E. MacDougal November/December 2016, Backwoods Home I could spend all day coming up with interesting trivia about the Presidents and those who surround them —...

Gee-Whiz: Ice Ages, Past and Future

Every group needs a black sheep

Activists on both the left and the right spotlight a broken federal government

Understanding the gun debate, part 1

Confessions of a former liberal

Brooder in a box

By Sylvia Gist Issue #80 • March/April, 2003 It's spring and the farm store has a tempting variety of baby chicks begging for you to take...

Dorper sheep — Revolutionizing the meat sheep industry

By Darlene Polachic Issue #75 • May/June, 2002 If Henry Soderberg's predictions are right, Dorper sheep could revolutionize the meat sheep industry. A South African breed...

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

Hog butchering — Using everything but the squeal

Goat birthing and raising kids

Moving on: A small town can be a haven during a depression

Sewing and using cloth diapers is easier than you think

The poor man’s ultra-light dual-fuel backpacking stove

A determined Rose Bley escaped the city

Clover — From Livestock Forage to Medicinal Tea, This Humble Plant is One of...

By Eugene Mitchell Issue #130 • July/August, 2011 Whether young or old, lying in the grass and searching for four-leafed clovers is timeless fun. Sometimes they're so elusive, like the leprechaun, it seems they don't exist....

Flowers Brighten the Garden

By Alice B. Yeager Photos by James O. Yeager Website Exclusive • March, 2006 Along with raising food plants, I like to tuck in a few flowers both annuals and perennials. There's something about bright orange...