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Animals

Slaughtering and Butchering

Mountain lions — Attacks are still rare, but just in case…

Raising rabbits for profit

Beekeeping basics

Building

Build Your Own Car Wash

By Jeffrey Yago, P.E., CEM Issue #133 • January/February, 2012 Completed car wash in operation If someone told me a year ago that I would have a...

Yurt Magic — Building an Enchanting Instant House

Build an Off-Grid Root Cellar, Garage, and Bunkhouse

Tools and hardware for the backwoods home

Shake update

Farm and Garden

Vermicomposting — Raise Worms to Consume Waste, Amend Soil, and Earn...

By Rebekah L. Cowell Photos by Amanda Egdorf-Sand Issue #124 • July/August, 2010 Vermicomposting takes composting to another level using Eisenia foetida (commonly known as red wiggler,...

Gardening in the Desert Using Only Rainwater

Want More Fruit From Less Space? Espalier Your Trees!

No Worrying About Fire Blight with Orient and Kieffer Pears

A New Use for Old Tires: A Garden Using Tires

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...

Fried chicken for breakfast

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

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 4 — Cunning, vindictive, and...

Gee-Whiz: Presidents

Food and recipes

Chocolate — Food for the Gods

Pecan twerps

Spicy Beef

Filipino Chicken Stew

Self-reliance

Food security 101: part 2

Handy Keychain Mini-Gadgets

Buying a used mobile home

New yarn from old sweaters

Energy

Solar-powered chicken coop

Build your own solar-powered water pumping station

Keep the Ice On

Grid-tied, Grid-connected, Off-grid. What’s the difference?

Guns and Hunting

Choose your ammo… police style

By Massad Ayoob Issue #93 • May/June, 2005 One of our greatest modern gun experts, Lt. Col. Jeff Cooper, USMC, Ret., once made the observation that...

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

Understanding the gun debate, part 3

Moderate power firearms

Answering some well asked questions about personal defense

Science

Theories of the universe

By Dave Duffy Issue #66 • November/December, 2000 In a relatively short span of time, mankind has travelled from profound ignorance of our planet and the...