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Animals

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Build a chicken feeder on the cheep cheep cheep

Fermenting Chicken Feed

Build a poultry killing cone

Building

Herb Boxes from Fence Boards

By Maggie Larsen Issue #86 • March/April, 2004 During a binge of spring cleaning, I ventured outside and began to renovate the exterior of my home,...

From triumph to tragedy to triumph again. Dorothy Ainsworth makes her...

Choosing a chain saw

Determined woman builds distinctive vertical log studio

Build a Groundhog Snare

Farm and Garden

Starting a Roadside Farm Stand

By John Murray  Issue #158 • March/April, 2016 For country landowners who desire a way to supplement their income, operating a small roadside farm stand is...

No Worrying About Fire Blight with Orient and Kieffer Pears

How to Grow Great Carrots

Gardening the Year ‘Round

Jackie’s Garden Primer

Americana and History

Farm baseball … with ghost runners!

By Tom Kovach Growing up on a farm in north-central Minnesota wasn’t all chores and hard work … although there was plenty of that too....

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

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

Biological and chemical weapons through history

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

Food and recipes

Chocolate Babka

Smoked Salmon

Never too busy to make bread

Poor man’s shrimp cocktail on perch

Self-reliance

Boost your income by adding a processing step to what you sell

Just for Kids: Knock knock vinegar

Just for Kids: Sun-kabobs and solar sizzle

Food security 101: part 2

Energy

Battery-Powered Tools are Changing

Solar Food Drying

Design calculations for overshot waterwheels

Solar charge controllers — myths, hype, and facts

Guns and Hunting

Firearms handling refresher Part II: Shotguns

By Massad Ayoob Website Exclusive • December, 2003 In Part I, we began a series of refreshers on safety and proper handling of firearms. This time,...

Choose your ammo… police style

Cold weather shooting considerations

Get a piece of history — An M1 Garand rifle

Firearms handling refresher Part III: Rifles

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...