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Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

Build a pizza oven

By Mike Lorenzen Issue #143 • September/October, 2013 About a year ago, my wife and I traveled around Italy by car. We had lots of wood-fired...

Make a fully functional cold storage pit/mound and enjoy your garden’s...

How to Grow Great Carrots

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #153 • May/June, 2015 Carrots are an old-time homesteader favorite. They can be frozen, canned, dehydrated, or simply stored in a cool...

Starting a Roadside Farm Stand

Seven tactics for planning next year’s garden

The greatest American who was never President

By John Silveira Issue #60a • November/December, 1999 "The election's next year, right?" I asked. Dave Duffy, the publisher of Backwoods Home Magazine, was editing a rather...

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 3

Habeeb Salloum — Poet, Traveler, Recipe Writer

Who were the best…and worst U.S. Presidents?

The dandelion is a healthful, great tasting weed you can eat

Homestead burnout — What it is and how to avoid it

The raging torrent — Respect it even when you play

Solar system codes — Build it right!

7 Solar Water Heating System Designs

Big boomer guns

By Massad Ayoob Issue #125 • September/October, 2010 For you long time readers, I know what you're thinkin'"Hey, isn't this the guy who within the last...

How long should your gun’s barrel length be?

The coming ice age

By John Silveira Issue #86 • March/April, 2004 As little as 30 years ago the talk wasn't about global warming, it was about an imminent ice...

My View: Gaining an Appreciation for Risk

How to achieve affordable health care

How to fix your aching back using the McKenzie Method

Build a chicken feeder on the cheep cheep cheep

By Linda Slate Issue #119 • September/October, 2009 While searching for a large quantity (five pounds or more) feeder for my backyard flock, I kept running...

Redworm farming

By Charles Sanders Issue #112 • July/August, 2008 If you are looking for a way to earn extra income, a retirement job, or even a new...

Khaki Campbell ducks — The other egg layer

Mountain lions — Attacks are still rare, but just in case…

How to buy your first sheep without getting shorn

Teach your kids math with the banking game

Tips for finding your affordable home

Here’s how to make a musical bamboo flute

A determined Rose Bley escaped the city

Growing Productive Strawberries

By Edna Manning Issue #86 • March/April, 2004 Here on the Canadian prairies, I have found strawberries to be perhaps one of the most delicious, least-demanding and productive fruits I can grow in our Zone 2...

Grow Open-Pollinated Tomatoes

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #166 • July/August, 2017 Nearly all of us homesteaders grow tomatoes in our gardens. Tomatoes are hugely valuable as a homestead crop. After all, they give us a wide variety of products. Many...