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Build a portable woodstove for $30

By David Scott Matthews Issue #78 • November/December, 2002 I had a problem. Other men love football, baseball, basketball, or golf. I love to hunt. And...

Making Apple Cider with a Homemade Press

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

Tea for the garden

By Lisa Nourse We have poor soil and do our best to amend it with compost and manure every year. However, we feel our plants...

A New Use for Old Tires: A Garden Using Tires

A Small Space Yields a Big Crop of Garlic

Former first ladies — Beautiful, brilliant, crazy

By John Silveira Issue #30 • November/December, 1994 (This is a four-part series. Click the links to navigate to parts one, two, three, and four.) (When we...

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

George Washington Carver — He wrote the book on self-reliance

Chicken Saltimbocca with Escarole

Make sourdough with wild yeast

Gee-Whiz: From Paper to Canning

The return of home emergency shelters takes on a dual-purpose approach

Boost your income by adding a processing step to what you sell

Intake and exhaust upgrades for better mileage and performance

Making and using a solar cooker

Firearms handling refresher Part I: Handguns

By Massad Ayoob Website Exclusive • December, 2003 One of our readers e-mailed John Silveira to tell him that taking a handgun afield after a long...

Bury a gun and ammo for 15 years

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

Get a piece of history — An M1 Garand rifle

Gee-Whiz: Bad Fish, Big Fish

By O.E. MacDougal January/February 2015, Backwoods Home Fish were the very first vertebrates. That is, they were the first animals with backbones, the purpose of which...

The threat of electromagnetic pulse!

Gee-Whiz: Ice Ages, Past and Future

Gee-Whiz: From Paper to Canning

My View: Gaining an Appreciation for Risk

In time of war — The Israeli answer to terrorism

Golf’s critical life lessons are under threat

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

By Kristina Seleshanko Issue #177 • July/August/September, 2019 Something we heard a lot when we first started raising chickens in the suburbs was, “For the cost...

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

By Margaret Wright Issue #35 • September/October, 1995 When we think of a backwoods dog we generally think of a Pyrenees, German Shepherd, or other breed...

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

Finding the best dog for the country life

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Drawing the line on timber trespass

Winter in the High Desert — Understanding the music

By Alice B. Yeager Photos by James O. Yeager Issue #85 • January/February, 2004 Some of us are thrifty beyond measure, even growing our own dishrags. None of those flimsy, store bought cotton things for us. Our...

Mid-season planting

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson As the saying goes “Life happens…” Maybe events have kept you from getting your garden planted early in the spring. When we moved to New Mexico, it was in late June and...