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Khaki Campbell ducks — The other egg layer

Finding the best dog for the country life

Raising cattle on your own place

Make your own lumber with a chainsaw mill

By Jacqueline Tresl Issue #39 • May/June, 1996 Milling a board with a chainsaw lumber-maker. Figure1: The pieces. Beams, joists and walls were made with a chainsaw mill. Figure...

Build a holz hausen to dry firewood

Grow some winter squash this year

By Lisa Nourse I love summertime — I love the green of the trees, the warm weather, and growing my own food. I especially love...

Time to Forget About Snail and Slug Bait

A Small Space Yields a Big Crop of Garlic

Feeling nostalgic? Now you’ll rave! Here’s the story of Burma Shave.

By Martin Waterman Issue #37 • January/February, 1996 I can remember taking a trip as a child and seeing my first Burma Shave signs. Technically speaking,...

President George Washington’s Farewell Address

Farm baseball … with ghost runners!

You could furnish an entire homestead at Lehman’s ‘Non-electric’ Hardware Store

Drawing the line on timber trespass

Just for Kids: Take a nite hike!

Amateur Ham Radio – The Ultimate Tool for Survival Communications

Just for Kids: Sun-kabobs and solar sizzle

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...

Teaching a 10-year-old to shoot

Military surplus and military “clone” rifles

The coming ice age

By John Silveira Issue #139 • January/February, 2013 I'm putting my apocalyptic ice age novel, Danielle Kidnapped, on Amazon's Kindle and also producing a paperback version...

Gee-Whiz: Ice Ages, Past and Future

Avian Flu — How afraid of this

We don’t need no steenking 2nd Amendment

Do we need a Taxpayers’ Bill of Rights?

The burglar does far more than steal!

Keeping homestead animals healthy

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #169 • January/February, 2018 As a veterinary field technician for more than 20 years, I saw firsthand the frustration and heartbreak when...

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

By Gene Sheley Issue #50 • March/April, 1998 Near the top of North America's wildlife food chain is the mountain lion, a close second to bears...

Raising your own beef for your family

Raising cattle on your own place

Homeschooling your dylsexic kid

Tips for finding your affordable home

How to make money from storage building auctions

Use Old Newspapers to Make Your Starter Pots

By Darlene Polachic Issue #49 • January/February, 1998 Why spend money buying plant starter packs when you can make all you need from old newspapers? The added benefit of these newspaper pots is that they can...

Hügelkultur for the Homestead

By Rose Shelton Issue #176 • April/May/June, 2019 Last spring, I finally completed a long-planned homestead project of constructing two hügelkultur beds. What is hügelkultur? It’s basically a method of recycling junk wood to make a...