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Raising cattle on your own place

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

Forget the dog, chicken is man’s best friend

Never underestimate a woman

By Dorothy Ainsworth Issue #32 Mar/Apr 1998 (In the May/June issue , we published an article by Dorothy Ainsworth titled "Determined woman builds distinctive vertical log...

Livestock fencing for the small homesteader, part 2

Build a Vertical Storage Rack for Cans

Okra — Not Just for the South

By Alice B. Yeager Photos by James O. Yeager Issue #58 • July/August, 1999 No one is quite sure about how okra seeds came to this country....

Caring for your chickens in winter

Grow some winter squash this year

Plant Your Trees in the Spring

Habeeb Salloum — Poet, Traveler, Recipe Writer

Habeeb Salloum, 95, a poet, world traveler, linguist, and author of recipe books on Middle Eastern cuisine, has written recipe articles for Backwoods Home...

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

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

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

Grouse Hunting — The Ultimate Joy of Autumn

Homeschooling your dylsexic kid

Amateur Ham Radio – The Ultimate Tool for Survival Communications

Build your own solar-powered water pumping station

Picking a holster

By Massad Ayoob Issue #69 • May/June, 2001 One good thing about being out in the boonies by yourself is that you can carry a gun...

Firearms handling refresher Part I: Handguns

Firearms and cold weather considerations

1911: The classic homeland security pistol

Teaching a 10-year-old to shoot

Gee-Whiz: Ice Ages, Past and Future

By O. E. MacDougal January/February 2016, Backwoods Home Most people don’t know that we’re currently in an ice age and have been for the last 2.58...

The gee-whiz! page — Cats: Why they rule our world

A brief history of health and medicine

Why you may want to get a stress test

Three honest words: “I don’t know”

The burglar does far more than steal!

Armed citizens: the deterrent factor

Forget the dog, chicken is man’s best friend

By Richard Blunt Issue #49 • January/February, 1998 The domestic chicken, or Gallus domesticus as the Romans called it, has lived with humans for centuries. It...

Raising your own beef for your family

By Charles Sanders Issue #57 • May/June, 1999 For most homesteaders, the raising of livestock plays a crucial role in the home based economy. The types...

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Llamas guarding sheep? — Not such a far-fetched idea

Finding the best dog for the country life

The saga of Benjamin, the backwoods, homeschool boy who wanted to get a job

Preserve the harvest naturally through wild fermentation

Start your food storage on $10 a week

Exotic Plants for the Homestead

By Corcceigh Green Issue #85 • January/February, 2004 Isn't it funny how even the things we step on while walking on the lawn have value? I learned this first hand last summer as I discovered some...

You Can Make Your Own Fertilizers

By Christopher and Dolores Lynn Nyerges Issue #44 • March/April, 1997 For some people, home gardening is an expensive pursuit, which seems a bit backward to us. At one time, people gardened because home-grown produce was...