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Animals

Raising your own beef for your family

Khaki Campbell ducks — The other egg layer

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

Build a poultry killing cone

Building

Build a Heated Germination Bed

By Charles Sanders Issue #92 • March/April, 2005 Many of us who garden have learned the benefits of starting our own vegetable and flower plants. There...

Livestock fencing for the small homesteader

Build an all-purpose ladder

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

A recycled dresser makes a useful bathroom vanity

Farm and Garden

Growing Productive Strawberries

By Edna Manning Issue #86 • March/April, 2004 Here on the Canadian prairies, I have found strawberries to be perhaps one of the most delicious, least-demanding...

Growing Potatoes in Straw

Use Plastic to Get a Head Start on Corn in the...

Swiss Chard — The Leaf Vegetable That Keeps on Giving!

Growing and Using Peppers

Americana and History

Constitution of the united States of America

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common...

Fried chicken for breakfast

President George Washington’s Farewell Address

Doesn’t anyone remember Tom Paine

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

Food and recipes

Poor man’s shrimp cocktail on perch

Hoppin’ John with fresh asparagus beans

Making good jerky

Six Chile Chicken

Self-reliance

Teach your kids math with the banking game

Shopping to beat inflation

Life-saving snowshoes

Homestead security for women

Energy

Design calculations for overshot waterwheels

Power Up

Converting a Gasoline-Powered Rototiller to Electric

Handy Keychain Mini-Gadgets

Guns and Hunting

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

By Massad Ayoob Issue #139 • January/February, 2013 Long a supporter of the Appleseed concept, Backwoods Home Magazine hosted one in Gold Beach, Oregon, in second...