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Where our farm animals come from

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

Raising quail — A home grown delicacy

How to Resurrect Old, Rusted Tools

By R.E. Rawlinson Issue #176 • April/May/June, 2019 The homesteading lifestyle can require a number of tools to cultivate the garden, maintain the home, repair the...

New invention— The Fencerunner

Making Apple Cider with a Homemade Press

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...

An Introduction to Small-Scale Home Hydroponics

A Small Space Yields a Big Crop of Garlic

Want More Fruit From Less Space? Espalier Your Trees!

Habeeb Salloum — Poet, Traveler, Recipe Writer

Habeeb Salloum, 95, a poet, world traveler, linguist, and author of recipe books on Middle Eastern cuisine, has written recipe articles for Backwoods Home...

Constitution of the united States of America

Declaration of Independence: The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States...

Tasty uses for garden and wild edibles

Some unusual jellies for your sweet tooth

Modify an E-Tool to make your own Combi-Tool

Just for Kids: Take a nite hike!

Build your own solar-powered water pumping station

Install a mobile, solar powered toilet

Just because

By Massad Ayoob Issue #144 • November/December, 2013 I generally recommend that people buy guns the way they'd buy power tools, or automobiles, or homes. Assess...

The light at the end of the gun

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

The MTHFR mutation and why it may matter to you

By John Silveira Issue #170 • March/April, 2018 This is an article with both anecdotal evidence and science. It is about me, anxiety and depression, a...

A doomsday scenario to sleep on

Avian Flu — How afraid of this

Next time you see me, don’t be afraid to say, ‘Hello.’

Reflecting on a life in the woods, and looking ahead

Why bureaucracy will likely destroy America

This St. Bernard backwoods hero saved old Grandma’s life

By Margaret Wright Issue #35 • September/October, 1995 When we think of a backwoods dog we generally think of a Pyrenees, German Shepherd, or other breed...

Raising your own beef

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #175 • January/February/March, 2019 Every time I sit down to enjoy a wonderful beef roast or perfectly grilled steak, I am so...

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

Build a chicken feeder on the cheep cheep cheep

Hog butchering — Using everything but the squeal

Small Town America: Thermopolis, WY — Horses and hot springs

Seed art — It’s fun to collect the seeds and create these unusual pictures

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...

Currants and Gooseberries

By Sylvia Gist Issue #155 • September/October, 2015 Currants and gooseberries all belong to the genus Ribes (pronounced "rye-bees"). There are varieties of currants and gooseberries native to Europe and North America, along with some developed...