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Animals

Keeping homestead animals healthy

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

Home Dairying

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

Building

Build a portable woodstove for $30

By David Scott Matthews Issue #78 • November/December, 2002 I had a problem. Other men love football, baseball, basketball, or golf. I love to hunt. And...

Build a compost tumbler

Build a Trail

How to build a good fence for your homestead

Build an Old-Fashioned Hotbed and Start Your Seeds in Style

Farm and Garden

Build a Heated Germination Bed

By Charles Sanders Issue #92 • March/April, 2005 Many of us who garden have learned the benefits of starting our own vegetable and flower plants. There...

Tracing a bean

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

Flowers Brighten the Garden

Elderberries — Hospitality, Health, And Beauty

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;...

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

The time-travel ad

Constitution of the united States of America

Doesn’t anyone remember Tom Paine

Food and recipes

Mexican Stuffed Shells

Avoiding common canning mistakes

Basic brown stock

Polish Chicken

Self-reliance

Just for Kids: Life in the forest

Harvest your own firewood

The adventures of a first-time homesteader

How to make money from storage building auctions

Energy

Walden Pond, the solar version: Part 1

Power your bug-out bag

Solar power for farm and ranch

Solar charge controllers — myths, hype, and facts

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...