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

Dorper sheep — Revolutionizing the meat sheep industry

Making Apple Cider with a Homemade Press

By Robert Van Putten Issue #170 • March/April, 2018 Apples are an important food resource for us. Every year we store hundreds of pounds in our...

Making and using a solar cooker

Free pallet wood and birdhouses add up to big country dollars

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...

Grow Open Pollinated Seeds for Self-Reliant Gardening

Graft Your Own Designer Fruit Trees

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...

Doesn’t anyone remember Tom Paine

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

Southern cooking that doesn’t just whistle Dixie

Intake and exhaust upgrades for better mileage and performance

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

Solar Power 101 — Solar arrays

Solar charge controllers — myths, hype, and facts

Use solar landscape lights for emergencies

Picking a holster

By Massad Ayoob Issue #69 • May/June, 2001 One good thing about being out in the boonies by yourself is that you can carry a gun...

Firearms handling refresher Part I: Handguns

Bury a gun and ammo for 15 years

The coming ice age

By John Silveira Issue #139 • January/February, 2013 I'm putting my apocalyptic ice age novel, Danielle Kidnapped, on Amazon's Kindle and also producing a paperback version...

Can we make a Tyrannosaurus rex from a chicken?

A brief history of health and medicine

The threat of electromagnetic pulse!

Dr. Laura tells her listeners she’s decided to pack a gun

Activists on both the left and the right spotlight a broken federal government

Where our farm animals come from

Issue #105 • May/June, 2007 We don't know how far back the domestication of animals goes. But we...

The homestead cat

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson We have had at least one cat in our home ever since I was a young child. So it’s no wonder we...

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

Finding the best dog for the country life

Dorper sheep — Revolutionizing the meat sheep industry

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

Grandma will love this personal ‘Helping Hands’ wall hanging

Medical kits for self-reliant families

Drive your own freshwater well

Your Manure Pile — For Fuel, Fertilizer, and Maybe Even Improved Water Quality, You...

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #87 • May/June, 2004 It's been well over a decade now since I first heard my friend Pete voice his amazement at my practice of spreading animal manure as a fertilizer....

A New Use for Old Tires: A Garden Using Tires

By Charles Sanders Issue #98 • March/April, 2006 There are mountains of old tires out there. Americans keep on rolling and tires keep on wearing out. Every year there is almost one scrap tire created for...