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Dorper sheep — Revolutionizing the meat sheep industry

Are aliens stealing our honeybees?

Install rafters alone the easy way

By Robert L. Williams Issue #35 • September/October, 1995 Anyone who has ever worked on roof framing knows that nailing up rafters is a two-man job...

For summertime baking needs, build yourself an outdoor horno

Build a Heated Germination Bed

How to Resurrect Old, Rusted Tools

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...

Build an Old-Fashioned Hotbed and Start Your Seeds in Style

Here’s a Mighty Creative Way to Protect Your Plants from Animals

How to become a backyard beekeeper

Fried chicken for breakfast

By Danny Fulks Issue #88 • July/August, 2004 Danny Fulks, 71, is one of those rare writers capable of painting a vivid picture of life back...

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 4 — Cunning, vindictive, and...

Was the first government gun confiscation attempt foiled by an unsung...

These salads are hearty dishes

Building and stocking your pantry

Annie on Everfree Farm, Part III

Are hydrogen-fueled cars pie-in-the-sky?

Installing your own small, remote off-grid solar system

Get a piece of history — An M1 Garand rifle

By Mike Blank Issue #89 • September/October, 2004 What follows is my personal quest to acquire an M1 Garand through the Civilian Marks-manship Program (CMP). We've...

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

Firearms handling refresher Part III: Rifles

Gee-Whiz: Insects

By O. E. MacDougal November/December 2015, Backwoods Home Some 400 million years ago, in the Devonian Period, insects evolved from crustaceans. Since that time, they have...

Can we make a Tyrannosaurus rex from a chicken?

How a high school band triumphed over a bureaucracy and union that tried to kill it

Animal rights loonies save the chickens but ruin the County Fair

Guns, suicide prevention, and backwoods lifestyles

Introducing the international tax cartel

Kinder goats — A small breed for milk and meat

By Kathleen Sanderson Issue #95 • September/October, 2005 I have had dairy goats for most of the last 20 years or so and have raised almost...

Raising cattle on your own place

By Charles Sanders Issue #85 • January/February, 2004 Winter won't last forever. It won't be long before spring will arrive and pastures will start to green...

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

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

Shearing, carding, spinning, weaving and creating with Margaret Boos

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

Finding wealth you can wear at yard sales

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

A determined Rose Bley escaped the city

Okra — Not Just for the South

By Alice B. Yeager Photos by James O. Yeager Issue #58 • July/August, 1999 No one is quite sure about how okra seeds came to this country. Okra is of African origin and the seeds could have...

By Tim Scullen Issue #168 • November/December, 2017 By now, you’ve no doubt figured out how good chard, spinach, and kale are for you. But did you know that sweet potato leaves are loaded with vitamins...