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Raising your own beef for your family

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

Livestock fencing for the small homesteader, part 2

By Don Lewis In the last issue of Backwoods Home Magazine, we covered Part 1 of livestock fencing for the small homesteader. The article included...

Making and using a solar cooker

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...

Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document

By the President of the United States of America: A PROCLAMATIONWhereas on the 22nd day of September, A.D. 1862, a proclamation was issued by the...

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

Vegetable Salad with Yogurt Dressing

Commonsense preparedness just makes sense

Your survival depends on water

Funerals don’t have to be expensive

For a truly independent energy system, your choices are solar, wind, and water

A small creek provides plenty of power for this off-grid home

Keeping your food cold — Solutions to refrigeration when electricity is scarce

Centennial of the All-American .30-06

By Massad Ayoob Issue #100 • July/August, 2006 In the long love affair between America and the rifle, there has never been an interlude quite as...

Understanding the gun debate, part 3

Frontier style handguns for the modern backwoods home

Hiding a gun — The rules of three

The world is ending! … Again?

By John Silveira Issue #85 • January/February, 2004 People love to talk about scary stuff. Especially when it's end-of-the-world scary, such as the big asteroid recently...

The gee-whiz! page — Cats: Why they rule our world

Avian Flu — How afraid of this

Biological & chemical terrorism

Keeping homestead animals healthy

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #169 • January/February, 2018 As a veterinary field technician for more than 20 years, I saw firsthand the frustration and heartbreak when...

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...

Dorper sheep — Revolutionizing the meat sheep industry

Finding the best dog for the country life

Based on years of personal experience, here are 10 good tips for homeschooling your children

Make coiled rugs from scrap material

Finding wealth you can wear at yard sales

Annie on Everfree Farm, Part I

Raised Bed Gardening — Neat and Productive

By Alice B. Yeager Issue #74 • March/April, 2002 Are you tired of raising a big row crop gardenone that keeps you busy from dawn until dusk? Do you really need to raise enough vegetables to...

Tomatoes, the Essential Garden Crop

By Charles Sanders Issue #123 • May/June, 2010 Tomatoes are one of the most favored of all garden crops. They originated in South America, but in the early 1500s were taken back to Italy. Today, many...