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Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

Hog butchering — Using everything but the squeal

Raising your own beef for your family

Choosing a chain saw

By Steven Gregersen Issue #119 •September/October, 2009 Winter will be here soon and along with winter comes cold weather and high heating bills. Obviously there's nothing...

Build A Hybrid Go-Kart For Kids For $150

The poor man’s ceramic knife sharpener

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

Build your own log home in the woods

Propagating Grapes

By Sylvia Gist Issue #107 • September/October, 2007 As a kid in western South Dakota, I enjoyed picking wild grapes and using the delightful juice they...

Grow some winter squash this year

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

By Alice B. Yeager and James O. Yeager Issue #115 • January/February, 2009 I was a girl of 8 when the stock market crashed in 1929....

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

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

The greatest American who was never President

Greens and rhubarb are spring tonics

Buying the right emergency radio

Roasting coffee on a wood stove

Nursing: A perfect backwoods career

Solar Power 101 — Batteries: Part 1

What if the electricity GOES OFF?

The subtleties of safe firearms handling

By Massad Ayoob Issue #103 • January/February, 2007 There are so many makes and models of firearms in existence that no one has ever counted them...

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

Gee-Whiz: Alcohol

By O.E. MacDougal Backwoods Home Did early man first cultivate grains just to get drunk? The brewing of beer is older than civilization and goes back at...

A brief history of health and medicine

My View: Gaining an Appreciation for Risk

The false argument about defending our freedom

Why you may want to get a stress test

Raising Rabbits

By Linda Gabris Issue #133 • January/February, 2012 If you take pride and pleasure in growing your own organic garden foods and raising your own chemical-free...

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

By James Kash Issue #139 • January/February, 2013 Broodiness is an avian behavior that is frowned upon in the world of agriculture. All industrial agriculturalists cull...

Hog butchering — Using everything but the squeal

Vinegar — A splash is all you need for healthful eating, natural healing, and sparkling home

Used bookstores can be sucessful in the hinterlands

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #164 • March/April, 2017 I’ve been growing peppers for more than 50 years now and can’t imagine a garden without them. There are so many different varieties that no matter where you...

Gardening with a Chicken Tractor

By Brianna Stone  Issue #161 • September/October, 2016 This spring, my parents let me enlarge my garlic business and till up three 600-square-foot beds for planting...