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Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

Goat birthing and raising kids

Build a wood crib with free materials

By Mark R. Roach Issue #156 • November/December, 2015 Trying to stack wood so it stays up without falling can be a challenge. Just when you...

How to Resurrect Old, Rusted Tools

The poor man’s ceramic knife sharpener

PVC pipe in the home, garden, farm, and workshop

Seven tactics for planning next year’s garden

By Kristina Seleshanko There are few things I enjoy more than snuggling up next to the woodstove with a cup of coffee and my garden...

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

Converting a Gasoline-Powered Rototiller to Electric

Tomatoes, the Essential Garden Crop

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

By Don Lewis Issue #176 • April/May/June, 2019 The year was 1834, a year that didn’t really stand out as all that particularly important in American...

Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 3

You can become a hardcore forager

10 day survival pack for your vehicle for just $25

Starting a Roadside Farm Stand

7 Solar Water Heating System Designs

Build your own solar-powered water pumping station

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

Military surplus and military “clone” rifles

By Massad Ayoob Issue #116 • March/April, 2009 One reader writes to ask if military surplus rifles are still a good idea for hunting, recreational shooting,...

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

Gee-Whiz: Coffee

By O.E. MacDougal May/June 2018, Backwoods Home Every second of every day about 26,000 cups of coffee are drunk around the world. That’s about 2¼ billion...

Can we make a Tyrannosaurus rex from a chicken?

Goodbye TV, hello constructive time

The Electoral College — How we elect the President

Can the U.N. Ban America’s Guns?

Raising rabbits for profit

By Carrie Peterson Issue #106 • July/August, 2007 Whether or not you are fond of rabbit stew, raising rabbits for meat can be a great experience...

Raising your own beef for your family

By Charles Sanders Issue #57 • May/June, 1999 For most homesteaders, the raising of livestock plays a crucial role in the home based economy. The types...

Finding the best dog for the country life

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

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

The saga of Benjamin, the backwoods, homeschool boy who wanted to get a job

Just for Kids: Some good clean fun!

Make coiled rugs from scrap material

By Sylvia Gist Issue #107 • September/October, 2007 As a kid in western South Dakota, I enjoyed picking wild grapes and using the delightful juice they produced, so when I eventually acquired property in Montana, I...

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

By Kristina Seleshanko Issue #177 • July/August/September, 2019 Something we heard a lot when we first started raising chickens in the suburbs was, “For the cost of raising those birds, you could buy an awful lot...