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Animals

Finding the best dog for the country life

Get to know your spiders

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Shearing, carding, spinning, weaving and creating with Margaret Boos

Building

Composite lumber helps outdoor projects resist water, weather, and sun

By Steve Maxwell How many times have you built an outdoor project out of wood, only to be disappointed by the deterioration that hit after...

Build a Groundhog Snare

Building David’s Cabin, Part One

For large quantity food dehydration try this homemade gem from the...

Build a pizza oven

Farm and Garden

Prevent Foodborne Illness with Safe Gardening Methods

By Donna Insco  Issue #158 March/April, 2016 According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) website, "CDC estimates that each year roughly 1 in 6 Americans...

Caring for your chickens in winter

Victory Gardens

Grow some winter squash this year

Here’s a Mighty Creative Way to Protect Your Plants from Animals

Americana and History

The greatest American who was never President

By John Silveira Issue #60a • November/December, 1999 "The election's next year, right?" I asked. Dave Duffy, the publisher of Backwoods Home Magazine, was editing a rather...

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

Who were the best…and worst U.S. Presidents?

the gee-whiz! page: Animals, humans, extraterrestrials, and tools

President George Washington’s Farewell Address

Food and recipes

Baked Macaroni and Cheese to Kill For

CHILI MANIA — This all-American food came out of Texas to conquer the whole culinary world

Old-fashioned hot dog pepper relish

Pastoral bread

Self-reliance

Teaching the joy of reading

Homestead water

Cash in on your household junk

10 country do’s and don’ts

Energy

Battery-Powered Tools are Changing

Emergency solar power for $950

Solar Building Design

Design calculations for overshot waterwheels

Guns and Hunting

Understanding the gun debate, part 3

By Massad Ayoob Issue #163 • January/February, 2017 Click Here to read Part 1 Click Here to read Part 2 As noted in the two previous parts of...

Firearms handling refresher Part III: Rifles

Inexpensive retired Russian military rifles can be the ideal backwoods meat...

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

Air power superiority

Science

The ‘risks’ with Swine Flu

By John Silveira Issue #118 • July/August, 2009 Do we have anything to worry about the reemergence of Swine Flu Novel Influenza A (H1N1) ...

Science and truth. Are they related?

The world is ending! … Again?

The threat of electromagnetic pulse!

Avian Flu — How afraid of this

Politics and Commentary

Who’s supposed to protect our rights?

The rationale of the automatic rifle

Avoiding legal traps

The media’s treatment of blacks makes their socialist bias obvious

Animals

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

By Jackie Clay Issue #111 • May/June, 2008 It goes without saying that preparedness is not for "radicals" or "weirdos" anymore. I picked up a preparedness...

Brooder in a box

By Sylvia Gist Issue #80 • March/April, 2003 It's spring and the farm store has a tempting variety of baby chicks begging for you to take...

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

A contrary guide to feeding animals

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

Finding the best dog for the country life

Self-Reliance

Funerals don’t have to be expensive

Bath herbs

Tale of a country family

Foraging for wild berries

Farm and Garden

An Introduction to Small-Scale Home Hydroponics

By Ben Richards Issue #154 • July/August, 2015 As most people are already aware, hydroponics is the practice of growing plants without soil. This is done by using a water-based nutrient solution to deliver the necessary...

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Graft Your Own Designer Fruit Trees

By Jackie Clay Issue #121 • January/February, 2010 Although I've been homesteading for more than forty years, there's always something new to learn. (I figure that if I don't learn at least one thing every day,...

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