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Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

Kinder goats — A small breed for milk and meat

Build a compost tumbler

By Joe Mooney Issue #151 • January/February, 2015 A few years back, I caught myself becoming a bit frustrated with my compost pile. It seemed that...

Tools and hardware for the backwoods home

Making Apple Cider with a Homemade Press

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

The Homestead Greenhouse

By Charles Sanders Issue #67 • January/February, 2001 For those of us living close to the land, the production of a dependable and healthful food supply...

Put Your Garden to Bed for the Winter

Fly it proudly and properly

By Roger Meyer Issue #130 • July/August, 2011 Since September 11, 2001, more Americans are displaying the national flag. Our flag gives us a sense of...

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 3

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

Quilts — Masterpieces of the heart and windows into women’s history

10 ways to make money on your land

How to begin taking wildlife photographs

Solar Power 101 — Batteries: Part 2

Sunny Solutions for north slope applications

Just for Kids: Sun-kabobs and solar sizzle

Firearms handling refresher Part II: Shotguns

By Massad Ayoob Website Exclusive • December, 2003 In Part I, we began a series of refreshers on safety and proper handling of firearms. This time,...

Choose your ammo… police style

Gee-Whiz: From Paper to Canning

By John Silveira (aka O.E. MacDougal) May/June 2017 Backwoods Home The greatest inventions in history are the ones we now take for granted. Fire and the...

Science and truth. Are they related?

A doomsday scenario to sleep on

Gee-Whiz: Ice Ages, Past and Future

Golf’s critical life lessons are under threat

Self-reliance is a mindset — A woman’s opinion

The black man’s worst enemy is not racism

The Government intimidation factor and its effect on the health of society

Fermenting Chicken Feed

By Melissa Souza Issue #174 • November/December, 2018 On our homestead, we eat yogurt, kombucha (fermented tea), sauerkraut, and kimchi to add probiotics to our diet....

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,"...

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

Goat birthing and raising kids

Get the most out of your vehicle and your maintenance dollar

Secure and Economical Livestock Feed

By Sherry Willis Issue #145 • January/February, 2014 The recent droughts in the midwest have meant hard times for many livestock owners. Areas without irrigation saw parched earth without a scrap of green anywhere. Corn withered...

Okra — Not Just for the South

By Alice B. Yeager Photos by James O. Yeager Issue #58 • July/August, 1999 No one is quite sure about how okra seeds came to this country. Okra is of African origin and the seeds could have...