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

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Building Eric’s house

By Dorothy Ainsworth Issue #112 • July/August, 2009 This is the first in a series of several articles documenting the building of a stud-frame house from...

Build your own home in two years — Get a PhD...

Build an attached solar greenhouse

Building and Using Wattle Fences

Propagating Plants

By Jackie Clay Issue #128 • March/April, 2011 We all love the idea of having a big, productive garden, full of all the nutritious, tasty foods...

Rotten Luck: The Skinny on Composting

Exotic Plants for the Homestead

Gee-Whiz: Presidents

By O.E. MacDougal November/December 2016, Backwoods Home I could spend all day coming up with interesting trivia about the Presidents and those who surround them —...

Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document

Bologna sandwiches and roasted rabbit

Stuffed Mushrooms – Greek Style

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

Preparing for a Temporary Catastrophe

Walden Pond, the solar version: Part 1

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

The Appleseed Project

By Massad Ayoob Issue #123 • May/June, 2010 There is nothing else in the shooting world quite like the Appleseed Project, which combines American Revolutionary War...

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

Hunting, processing, and serving black bear

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...

The MTHFR mutation and why it may matter to you

Why you may want to get a stress test

A government with not enough to do, but lots of hungry mouths to feed

Gun control, race, and rotten politicians

Paying for social security with worthless $

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...

Beekeeping basics

Issue #88 • July/August, 2004 Bees have been managed for their honey production for about 5000 years or so. Especially for the...

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

Forget the dog, chicken is man’s best friend

Llamas guarding sheep? — Not such a far-fetched idea

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

How to begin taking wildlife photographs

Battery-Powered Tools are Changing

Buy your country place from the government

You Can Make Your Own Fertilizers

By Christopher and Dolores Lynn Nyerges Issue #44 • March/April, 1997 For some people, home gardening is an expensive pursuit, which seems a bit backward to us. At one time, people gardened because home-grown produce was...

Converting a Gasoline-Powered Rototiller to Electric

By Glenn Willis, Jr. Issue #87 • May/June, 2004 Several years ago my sister and her husband had an 8-horse gas-powered rototiller that went belly up. They fussed with it a bit, but couldn't get it...