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Build a chicken feeder on the cheep cheep cheep

Raising cattle on your own place

Forget the dog, chicken is man’s best friend

Trusses — Low cost marvels to roof over most large spaces

By Martin Harris Issue #23 • September/October, 1993 When you strip away all the frills, building construction is nothing more than enclosing a volume of space...

Build a portable woodstove for $30

Garden Seeds — A Great Winter Pastime

By Jackie Clay Issue #67 • January/February, 2001 Start your garden this year while the snow is still on the ground. I start all of my...

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

By John Silveira Issue #29 • September/October, 1994 (This is a four-part series. Click the links to navigate to parts one, two, three, and four.) It was...

Was the first government gun confiscation attempt foiled by an unsung...

the gee-whiz! page: Animals, humans, extraterrestrials, and tools

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

10 day survival pack for your vehicle for just $25

Caring for wounds in the field

Build your own solar-powered water pumping station

Just because

By Massad Ayoob Issue #144 • November/December, 2013 I generally recommend that people buy guns the way they'd buy power tools, or automobiles, or homes. Assess...

Cold weather shooting considerations

Teaching a 10-year-old to shoot

Firearms handling refresher Part II: Shotguns

The time for modern; the time for traditional

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 —...

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

Three more ways the world can end … and I’m not...

Body language and threat recognition

Fake lawsuits, stacked juries, and LAWYERS!

The unheralded roots of America’s freedoms

Home Dairying

By Marcella Shaffer Issue #64 • July/August, 2000 There is a big difference between home dairying to produce food for your family and dairying to sell...

Switch your family to goat’s milk

By Tanya Kelley Issue #128 • March/April, 2011 If you milk goats, there's no doubt you've heard it"Eww! Goat's milk! Gross!" To be perfectly honest, goat...

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

Are aliens stealing our honeybees?

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Raising cattle on your own place

35 country jobs — How folks make a living near my hometown

Shearing, carding, spinning, weaving and creating with Margaret Boos

By Alice B. Yeager Issue #97 • January/February, 2006 Potato plants need plenty of sunshine, a well drained soil, and no weed or grass interference. Ideal soil is a loose sandy loam with plenty of humus...

Want More Fruit From Less Space? Espalier Your Trees!

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #79 • January/February, 2003 After originating in the semi-arid regions of the middle east, espaliering (is-'pal-yer-ing) became a commonly employed fruit tree growing method of the Greco-Roman world. Later, during the...