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Animals

How to butcher a chicken in 20 minutes or less

Khaki Campbell ducks — The other egg layer

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

Forget the dog, chicken is man’s best friend

Building

Five building tricks for super strong framing

By Don Fallick Issue #49 • January/February, 1998 I was standing on the edge of the roof overhang, holding two bundles of asphalt shingles, when my...

From triumph to tragedy to triumph again. Dorothy Ainsworth makes her...

Installing a steel roof

Dorothy Ainsworth update: Out of the ashes

Build a poultry killing cone

Farm and Garden

Grow some winter squash this year

By Lisa Nourse I love summertime — I love the green of the trees, the warm weather, and growing my own food. I especially love...

Raised Bed Gardening — Neat and Productive

Mid-season planting

Plant Your Trees in the Spring

Okra — Not Just for the South

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...

Remembering what grandma used

The barnyard scramble

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

Constitution of the united States of America

Food and recipes

Kalbi Chim

Do you suffer from gout? Here are some recipes that might help

Greens and rhubarb are spring tonics

Anne’s Sausage and Cabbage

Self-reliance

Life-saving snowshoes

Annie on Everfree Farm, Part II

Couponing, refunding, and stockpiling will make your money stretch

Essential oils

Energy

Build a passive-solar food dehydrator

Get the most out of your vehicle and your maintenance dollar

Prepper power! Part 2

Solar hot water systems

Guns and Hunting

Use the right ammunition!

By Massad Ayoob Issue #130 • July/August, 2011 The purpose of the gun is to fire ammunition. It follows that the ammunition should be the correct...

Military surplus and military “clone” rifles

Understanding the gun debate, part 3

An economical battery of guns for the backwoods home

The light at the end of the gun

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) ...

Zombie Apocalypse

The coming ice age

Subduction zone tsunami — What the residents of the Pacific Northwest...

Gee-Whiz: Ice Ages, Past and Future

Politics and Commentary

Which is better, a small town or city?

Guns Save Lives Chapter 1: Point Blank

Personal guns getting to be in style

Concealed carry laws reduce crime

Animals

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...

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

By Kristina Seleshanko Issue #177 • July/August/September, 2019 Something we heard a lot when we first started raising chickens in the suburbs was, “For the cost...

How to buy your first sheep without getting shorn

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

The homestead cat

Raising Rabbits

Self-Reliance

The poor man’s ultra-light dual-fuel backpacking stove

Garden injuries

Small Town America: Thermopolis, WY — Horses and hot springs

Power Up Light, Water, Communications in Emergencies

Farm and Garden

Build a Composter

By Charles Sanders Issue #170 • March/April, 2018 As with most of the other facets of homesteading, composting can be as simple or as elaborate as you wish to make it. One of the easiest ways...

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Saving Seeds

By Jackie Clay Issue #129 • May/June, 2011 I go through dozens of garden seed catalogs in preparation for each year's new (and better!) garden. I have a lot of "old reliable" varieties that I grow...

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