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Starting a Roadside Farm Stand

By John Murray <!-- --> Issue #158 • March/April, 2016 For country landowners who desire a way to supplement their income, operating a small roadside farm stand is...

Grow Your Own Dishrags

You Can Make Your Own Fertilizers

Making Apple Cider with a Homemade Press

Growing Microgreens

Americana and History

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

By John Silveira Issue #49 • January/February, 1998 It was one of those days I love. We were between deadlines and Dave, Bill, Mac, and I...

Declaration of Independence: The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States...

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

Catfish Biscuits

Grandpa’s justice

Food and recipes

Self-reliance

Energy

Guns and Hunting

The light at the end of the gun

By Massad Ayoob Issue #128 • March/April, 2011 Dave writes, "A few weeks ago I had to shoot a skunk in the chicken house, but the...

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

Understanding the gun debate, part 3

Catch your own bait

Sight and sound enhancement

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: Coffee

The threat of electromagnetic pulse!

Testing Soil

Zombie Apocalypse

Politics and Commentary

Animals

Good-bye old friend

By Lucy Shober Issue #27 • May/June, 1994 Big Poney died today. He was 34 years old and had been going down pretty rapidly over this...

Beekeeping basics

<!-- Beekeeping basics By Charles Sanders --> Issue #88 • July/August, 2004 Bees have been managed for their honey production for about 5000 years or so. Especially for the...

Raising your own beef

Is that a good pig?

How to butcher a chicken in 20 minutes or less

Khaki Campbell ducks — The other egg layer

Self-Reliance

Farm and Garden

Caring for your chickens in winter

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson As winter approaches, we all are thinking of ways to make our livestock and poultry as comfortable as possible when the cold weather hits. Visions of blowing and drifting snow swirl in...
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Gardening in the Desert Using Only Rainwater

By Joe Mooney Issue #147 • May/June, 2014 I've always found the use of seasonal rains by native peoples very fascinating. From the diversion of floodwaters in earthen berms to irrigation via "aquaduct," it seemed incredible...
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