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Keeping homestead animals healthy

Khaki Campbell ducks — The other egg layer

Build a Top-Bar Bee Hive

By Jereme Zimmerman Issue #175 • January/February/March, 2019 My journey to becoming a beekeeper has been a long one, and I’m still not quite there yet....

The poor man’s ceramic knife sharpener

We built John Silveira’s chicken coop/garden

Elderberries — Hospitality, Health, And Beauty

By Gail Butler Issue #124 • July/August, 2010 When friends stop by for a visit I like to offer them a hospitable and healthful libation of...

Secure and Economical Livestock Feed

The ‘Chocolate Tree’ Isn’t Just for Kids

Doesn’t anyone remember Tom Paine

By Robert L. Williams Issue #19 • January/February, 1993 Many years ago, before I came to my senses and left public education for good, I was...

Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document

Was the first government gun confiscation attempt foiled by an unsung...

Family dinner at Backwoods Home Magazine

10 tips for selling your homemade product

The cholesterol in your stovepipe can be fatal

Solar system codes — Build it right!

Generators alone are not enough

Firearms handling refresher Part III: Rifles

By Massad Ayoob Website Exclusive • January, 2004 Our three part series on firearms handling ends with this installment. In Part I, we covered handguns and...

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

Teaching a 10-year-old to shoot

Firearms handling refresher Part II: Shotguns

Avian Flu — How afraid of this

Issue #97 • January/February, 2006 There's been a lot of talk in the mass media...

Gee-Whiz: From Paper to Canning

Kinder goats — A small breed for milk and meat

By Kathleen Sanderson Issue #95 • September/October, 2005 I have had dairy goats for most of the last 20 years or so and have raised almost...

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

By Annie Duffy Issue #52 • July/August, 1998 "If you're going to make something that you want to last, why not start with good quality material,"...

Dorper sheep — Revolutionizing the meat sheep industry

Raising cattle on your own place

Finding the best dog for the country life

Here’s how to make a musical bamboo flute

Breastfeeding — Babies love it, and for good reason

Exotic Plants for the Homestead

By Corcceigh Green Issue #85 • January/February, 2004 Isn't it funny how even the things we step on while walking on the lawn have value? I learned this first hand last summer as I discovered some...

Growing and Using Bamboo on the Homestead

By Jereme Zimmerman  Issue #161 • September/October, 2016 Bamboo: The very word evokes an image of groves of tall, leafy plants swaying gently through the air...