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Animals

Finding the best dog for the country life

Goat birthing and raising kids

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Raising cattle on your own place

Building

Build an attached solar greenhouse

By David Lee Issue #125 • September/October, 2010 We planned it to be permanent, well built, and able to withstand the extremes of temperature, humidity, and...

Tools and hardware for the backwoods home

A salvaged oak floor for $5

Trusses — Low cost marvels to roof over most large spaces

Build a cistern out of corrugated road culvert

Farm and Garden

Leafy Green Vegetables — The Underrated Heroes of the Garden

By Jackie Clay Issue #104 • March/April, 2007 When you mention "garden," everybody immediately thinks of sweet corn, green beans, and tomatoes, with a few peppers...

Tomatoes, the Essential Garden Crop

Fruit Trees

Garden Spaces for Small Places

A Child’s Garden — More than Child’s Play

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...

From Martha and Abigail to Dolley and Louisa, America’s earliest First...

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

The summer of ’35

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

Food and recipes

Emergency casserole

Pears in Caramel Syrup

Sweet Ginger Eggs

Brining pickles by the quart or gallon

Self-reliance

Funerals don’t have to be expensive

Your survival depends on water

Garden injuries

Small Town America: Thermopolis, WY — Horses and hot springs

Energy

Millenium Vehicles

Power Up

Our journey to modern off-grid living

Solar suitcase

Guns and Hunting

Firearms — Tools of rural living

By Massad Ayoob Issue #91 • January/February, 2005 So, editor Dave Duffy and I got to talking about guns. We agreed that for some people they...

Cold weather shooting considerations

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

How big a gun do you need?

How to shoot a handgun accurately

Science

Gee-Whiz: Ice Ages, Past and Future

By O. E. MacDougal January/February 2016, Backwoods Home Most people don’t know that we’re currently in an ice age and have been for the last 2.58...

Gee-Whiz: Dinosaurs

Can we make a Tyrannosaurus rex from a chicken?

The world is coming to an end… and this time, I’m...

How big is the solar system?

Politics and Commentary

Why you may want to get a stress test

Loading the gun for a dictatorship

A history lesson from Ayn Rand

Should both drugs and guns be legal?

Animals

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...

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...

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

A contrary guide to feeding animals

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

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

Self-Reliance

How to maintain your chimney

The cholesterol in your stovepipe can be fatal

Moving on: A small town can be a haven during a depression

Pysanki — You can make those biddies pay!

Farm and Garden

Build a Keyhole Garden

By Katelynn Bond Issue #152 • March/April, 2015 One of the hazards of living on the side of a mountain in northern New Mexico is that I live on a rock. And I don't mean the...

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Growing Productive Strawberries

By Edna Manning Issue #86 • March/April, 2004 Here on the Canadian prairies, I have found strawberries to be perhaps one of the most delicious, least-demanding and productive fruits I can grow in our Zone 2...

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