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Building

Build Your Own Car Wash

By Jeffrey Yago, P.E., CEM Issue #133 • January/February, 2012 Completed car wash in operation If someone told me a year ago that I would have a...

Build a deluxe barrel stove

Build a lean-to greenhouse

Gabion walls for form and function

Here’s how to make a musical bamboo flute

Farm and Garden

Home-Grown Eggs

By Allen Easterly Issue #165 • May/June, 2017 Maybe you’ve thought about keeping a few chickens for their eggs but didn’t want to be awakened at...

Elderberries — Hospitality, Health, And Beauty

Plant Your Trees in the Spring

A Small Space Yields a Big Crop of Garlic

The Homestead Greenhouse

Americana and History

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 —...

Biological and chemical weapons through history

Constitution of the united States of America

Former first ladies — Beautiful, brilliant, crazy

The barnyard scramble

Food and recipes

Self-reliance

Energy

Guns and Hunting

The light at the end of the gun

By Massad Ayoob Issue #128 • March/April, 2011 Dave writes, "A few weeks ago I had to shoot a skunk in the chicken house, but the...

Understanding the gun debate, part 3

Sight and sound enhancement

Firearms handling refresher Part II: Shotguns

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

Science

The ‘risks’ with Swine Flu

By John Silveira Issue #118 • July/August, 2009 Do we have anything to worry about the reemergence of Swine Flu — Novel Influenza A (H1N1) —...

Gee-Whiz: Dinosaurs

Gee-Whiz: Insects

Gee-Whiz: Sleep

How big is the solar system?

Politics and Commentary

Animals

Is that a good pig?

By Kim Dieter Issue #129 • May/June, 2011 Lean ham, roasts, chops, savory sausage, and thick slices of bacon are the reason pigs are raised at...

How to butcher a chicken in 20 minutes or less

...while leaving the carcass and feathers intact! By Dr. Roger W. Grim, D.C. Issue #79 • January/February, 2003 Figure 1. With a trash bag properly fitted around...

Raising Rabbits

Finding, buying, milking, and living with the family milk cow

Bottle-raise a calf

How to buy your first sheep without getting shorn

Self-Reliance

Farm and Garden

Growing Microgreens

By Lisa Nourse Issue #176 • April/May/June, 2019 The small town where I live has two small grocery stores and getting a good variety of organic produce during the winter months is difficult. I find myself...
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Growing Potatoes in Straw

By Habeeb Salloum Issue #100 • July/August, 2006 Virtually unknown to people in other parts of the world, the inhabitants in the Northern European countries have for hundreds of years grown potatoes above ground in straw...
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