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Livestock fencing for the small homesteader, part 2

By Don Lewis In the last issue of Backwoods Home Magazine, we covered Part 1 of livestock fencing for the small homesteader. The article included...

Build A Hybrid Go-Kart For Kids For $150

Building your chicken coop

Our Unconventional House

Turning a $10,000 House into a Home — Part 1: Salvaging...

Farm and Garden

Americana and History

Remembering what grandma used

By Marjorie Burris Issue #57 • May/June, 1999 My grandmother, Mary Etta Dillman Graham, was one of those frontier women who took life as it came;...

the gee-whiz! page: Animals, humans, extraterrestrials, and tools

The time-travel ad

President George Washington’s Farewell Address

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

Food and recipes

Self-reliance

Energy

Guns and Hunting

Picking a holster

By Massad Ayoob Issue #69 • May/June, 2001 One good thing about being out in the boonies by yourself is that you can carry a gun...

Frontier style handguns for the modern backwoods home

Understanding the gun debate, part 3

The M1A — A rifle that makes a statement

The time for modern; the time for traditional

Science

Gee-Whiz: Time

By O.E. MacDougal July/August 2016, Backwoods Home Time. We can’t see, feel, hear, smell, or taste it, but we can measure it and we break it...

Gee-Whiz: Dinosaurs

The MTHFR mutation and why it may matter to you

Gee-Whiz: Ice Ages, Past and Future

Avian Flu — How afraid of this

Politics and Commentary

Animals

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

By Jackie Clay Issue #109 • January/February, 2008 When I was a child, I used to read and re-read the chick section in our Sears and...

Finding the best dog for the country life

By Anita Evangelista Issue #63 • May/June, 2000 When you're looking for a dog to fit into your country life, there are few other topics as...

Raising rabbits for profit

Raising your own beef for your family

Once a day milking

Where our farm animals come from

Self-Reliance

Farm and Garden

The ‘Chocolate Tree’ Isn’t Just for Kids

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #85 • January/February, 2004 My grandson Tommy was probably 50 feet up off the ground when he hollered, "Catch this one, Grandpa!" With those words of warning he dropped another gunny...
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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, a 47-foot trailer in a mobile home park. While waiting...
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