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Animals

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 to Install a Steel Roof

This coop is for the birds

Build an inexpensive but durable jackleg fence

Make a fully functional cold storage pit/mound and enjoy your garden’s...

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...

By Hook or Crook: A Billhook is a Handy Homestead Tool

Sweet Potato Greens

Fermenting Chicken Feed

Use Plastic to Get a Head Start on Corn in the...

Americana and History

Food and recipes

Self-reliance

Energy

Guns and Hunting

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

By Massad Ayoob Issue #139 • January/February, 2013 Long a supporter of the Appleseed concept, Backwoods Home Magazine hosted one in Gold Beach, Oregon, in second...

The subtleties of safe firearms handling

Hunting, processing, and serving black bear

Thoughts on ammunition

The light at the end of the gun

Science

The coming ice age

By John Silveira Issue #86 • March/April, 2004 As little as 30 years ago the talk wasn't about global warming, it was about an imminent ice...

A brief history of health and medicine

The gee-whiz! page — Cats: Why they rule our world

Zombie Apocalypse

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

Politics and Commentary

Animals

Where our farm animals come from

<!-- Where our farm animals come from By John Silveira --> Issue #105 • May/June, 2007 We don't know how far back the domestication of animals goes. But we...

Raising cattle on your own place

By Charles Sanders Issue #85 • January/February, 2004 Winter won't last forever. It won't be long before spring will arrive and pastures will start to green...

Goat birthing and raising kids

Kinder goats — A small breed for milk and meat

Home Dairying

Build a poultry killing cone

Self-Reliance

Farm and Garden

Growing Productive Strawberries

By Edna Manning Issue #86 • March/April, 2004 Here on the Canadian prairies, I have found strawberries to be perhaps one of the most delicious, least-demanding and productive fruits I can grow in our Zone 2...
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By Hook or Crook: A Billhook is a Handy Homestead Tool

By R.E. Rawlinson Issue #173 • September/October, 2018 When compared to our ancestors, we are very lucky to have readily-available tools. Stores are full of anything you could need and with online shopping, you don’t even...
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