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Animals

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

Finding, buying, milking, and living with the family milk cow

Beekeeping basics

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

Building

Simplify life in your backwoods home by using these easy mountain...

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #54 • November/December, 1998 Backwoods folk, or in my case, mountain folk, are typically very resourceful, utilizing whatever is on hand...

Herb Boxes from Fence Boards

For large quantity food dehydration try this homemade gem from the...

Build a ski sled

Building your chicken coop

Farm and Garden

Flowers Brighten the Garden

By Alice B. Yeager Photos by James O. Yeager Website Exclusive • March, 2006 Along with raising food plants, I like to tuck in a few flowers...

Build Your Own Hoop House

Propagating Grapes

Plant Your Trees in the Spring

Rotten Luck: The Skinny on Composting

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...

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

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 3

President George Washington’s Farewell Address

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

Food and recipes

Baklava

Elissaburgettes

Egg thingies

Galumbki

Self-reliance

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

Tale of a country family

Learning to love the high desert

Moving to the wilderness — Turning the dream to reality

Energy

Build your own solar-powered water pumping station

Solar power for farm and ranch

Radiant floor heating — Alternative to forced-air heating is solar-powered, too An interview with Stephen Heckeroth

Hydronic woodstoves

Guns and Hunting

Affordable firearms

By Massad Ayoob Issue #134 • March/April, 2012 Knowing that frugality is one of the cornerstones of rural living, Editor Annie Tuttle suggested that I tackle...

Cold weather shooting considerations

The subtleties of safe firearms handling

Of guns and snakes

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

Science

Gee-Whiz: Trees

By O. E. Macdougal September/October 2015, Backwoods Home We’re told they include some of the oldest and largest living organisms on the planet. But do...