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Animals

Raising quail — A home grown delicacy

Dorper sheep — Revolutionizing the meat sheep industry

Where our farm animals come from

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Building

Build A Hybrid Go-Kart For Kids For $150

By Dorothy Ainsworth Website Exclusive • May, 2010 Grandma Clara used to delight in telling us the story of our Dad's first complete sentence at age...

For large quantity food dehydration try this homemade gem from the...

Build Your Own Car Wash

Dorothy Ainsworth update: Out of the ashes

Build a Simple, Inexpensive Greenhouse

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...

Meat For the Homestead

Herb Boxes from Fence Boards

Gardening with a Chicken Tractor

Flowers Brighten the Garden

Americana and History

Gee-Whiz: Presidents

By O.E. MacDougal November/December 2016, Backwoods Home I could spend all day coming up with interesting trivia about the Presidents and those who surround them —...

Doesn’t anyone remember Tom Paine

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

Constitution of the united States of America

Biological and chemical weapons through history

Food and recipes

Corn and nopalito salsa

In search of the perfect cup of coffee

Apple-Mango Scallops

Nana V’s fire sauce

Self-reliance

A determined Rose Bley escaped the city

SARS — Is this a glimpse of the future?

Handy Keychain Mini-Gadgets

Intake and exhaust upgrades for better mileage and performance

Energy

Installing your own small, remote off-grid solar system

Powering medical equipment during a utility blackout

Are hydrogen-fueled cars pie-in-the-sky?

Build your own solar-powered water pumping station

Guns and Hunting

How big a gun do you need?

By Massad Ayoob Issue #99 • May/June, 2006 We Americans like to do things in a big way. Big houses. Big cars. Big boats. And, yes,...

Building the coyote rifle

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

Moderate power firearms

The Appleseed Project

Science

The ‘risks’ with Swine Flu

By John Silveira Issue #118 • July/August, 2009 Do we have anything to worry about the reemergence of Swine Flu Novel Influenza A (H1N1) ...

Gee-Whiz: Bad Fish, Big Fish

Gee-Whiz: Ice Ages, Past and Future

Gee-Whiz: Coffee

Gee-Whiz: Trees

Politics and Commentary

A Republic vs. A Democracy

My View: Call Me Miracle Man!

Talking to your kids about death

Why I Hated Santa Claus

Animals

Beekeeping basics

Issue #88 • July/August, 2004 Bees have been managed for their honey production for about 5000 years or so. Especially for the...

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...

Once a day milking

Is that a good pig?

Forget the dog, chicken is man’s best friend

Raising your own beef

Self-Reliance

Swedish log candle

Saving money on the homestead

Just for Kids: Life in the forest

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

Farm and Garden

Home-Grown Eggs

By Allen Easterly Issue #165 • May/June, 2017 Maybe you’ve thought about keeping a few chickens for their eggs but didn’t want to be awakened at 4:00 AM by a rooster singing “cock-a-doodle-doo.” At this time...

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No Worrying About Fire Blight with Orient and Kieffer Pears

By Alice B. Yeager Issue #52 • July/August, 1998 Everyone likes a good success story, and if I were called upon to name the most successful tree in our small orchard I'd have to say it's...

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