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Animals

Hog butchering — Using everything but the squeal

Forget the dog, chicken is man’s best friend

Are aliens stealing our honeybees?

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Building

Renovating old walls

By David Lee Issue #106 • July/August, 2007 Some years ago my wife and I were out searching for a new building lot when we fell...

How safe is your electric fence?

Livestock fencing for the small homesteader

Build a Trapper’s Tilt

Life-long siding with fiber cement board

Farm and Garden

Use Old Newspapers to Make Your Starter Pots

By Darlene Polachic Issue #49 • January/February, 1998 Why spend money buying plant starter packs when you can make all you need from old newspapers? The...

Build a Keyhole Garden

Green or Yellow: Grow Your Best Bush Beans Ever

Want More Fruit From Less Space? Espalier Your Trees!

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

Americana and History

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...

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

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

Catfish Biscuits

Farm baseball … with ghost runners!

Food and recipes

Kids in the Kitchen

Italian Christmas bread

Nanny B’s benne bake

Chilies rellenos

Self-reliance

Vinegar — A splash is all you need for healthful eating, natural healing, and sparkling home

Defeating debt

Digging a shallow well

10 ways to make money on your land

Energy

Solar-Powered Electric Fencing

Solar Power 101 — Solar arrays

Hydronic woodstoves

Intake and exhaust upgrades for better mileage and performance

Guns and Hunting

How to shoot a handgun accurately

By Massad Ayoob Issue #85 • January/February, 2004 "I want you to do an article on how to shoot a handgun accurately," Dave Duffy told me....

Cold weather shooting considerations

Get a piece of history — An M1 Garand rifle

Inexpensive retired Russian military rifles can be the ideal backwoods meat...

An economical battery of guns for the backwoods home

Science

Three more ways the world can end … and I’m not...

By John Silveira Issue #155 • September/October, 2015 "What are you doing?" a voice asked. I looked up and saw O.E. MacDougal, Dave's poker-playing friend from Southern...