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This St. Bernard backwoods hero saved old Grandma’s life

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

A cabin for one

By Lee Greiman Issue #109 • January/February, 2008 Between 1989 and 1990 I built a 20 by 20-foot log house on the Musselshell River in Montana....

Build a cold smoker so you can make delicious squaw candy

The poor man’s ceramic knife sharpener

Growing the Eternal Tomato

By Leonard Trebor Issue #57 • May/June, 1999 It's an old story to longtime gardeners (and a new story to novices): each spring you buy some...

Swiss Chard — The Leaf Vegetable That Keeps on Giving!

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

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;...

Biological and chemical weapons through history

Canning meat plus how to use your canned meat

Seventeen great tips for caring for windows, mirrors, and other household glass

Caring for wounds in the field

Homeschooling your dylsexic kid

Build a passive-solar food dehydrator

Add solar power to your truck camper

7 Solar Water Heating System Designs

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...

Cold weather shooting considerations

Answering some well asked questions about personal defense

Firearms handling refresher Part II: Shotguns

The many benefits of garlic

By Joe Knight Issue #113 • September/October, 2008 Garlic, used throughout the world for the taste it adds to foods, is also well known for its...

Science and truth. Are they related?

The threat of electromagnetic pulse!

The Newtown atrocity and “gun control”

My View: Three Cheers for Free Enterprise

Switch your family to goat’s milk

By Tanya Kelley Issue #128 • March/April, 2011 If you milk goats, there's no doubt you've heard it"Eww! Goat's milk! Gross!" To be perfectly honest, goat...

Build a chicken feeder on the cheep cheep cheep

By Linda Slate Issue #119 • September/October, 2009 While searching for a large quantity (five pounds or more) feeder for my backyard flock, I kept running...

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

This St. Bernard backwoods hero saved old Grandma’s life

Kinder goats — A small breed for milk and meat

Homeschooling through high school

Just for Kids: Life in the forest

Sew a baby quilt in two days… for a lifetime of memories

Leaf Mold is Another Way to Build Your Soil

By John Fuchs Issue #41 • September/October, 1996 Leaves are an excellent way to add organic matter to the garden. However, using rawor unprocessedleaves has some drawbacks. Raw leaves are more acidic than composted leaves, and...

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...