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Animals

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

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Once a day milking

Building

Build a pallet fence

By Clay Sawyer Issue #69 • May/June, 2001 If you have access to various sizes of free pallets, consider this idea for your next fence. Now...

Build a deluxe barrel stove

Build a cistern out of corrugated road culvert

Tools and hardware for the backwoods home

Build an Old-Fashioned Hotbed and Start Your Seeds in Style

Farm and Garden

An Introduction to Small-Scale Home Hydroponics

By Ben Richards Issue #154 • July/August, 2015 As most people are already aware, hydroponics is the practice of growing plants without soil. This is done...

Grow Open-Pollinated Tomatoes

Graft Your Own Designer Fruit Trees

Growing Microgreens

Exotic Plants for the Homestead

Americana and History

The vanishing outhouse

By Tom Kovach Issue #79 • January/February, 2003 A person recently wrote to a large Midwest newspapers' advice column asking for information about outdoor privies. It...

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

The summer of ’35

Constitution of the united States of America

Fly it proudly and properly

Food and recipes

Deconstructing a bowl of red

These chocolate treats make great gifts and delicious holiday desserts

Zucchini custard pie

Never too busy to make bread

Self-reliance

Defeating debt

The many benefits of garlic

Teach speed reading to your children even if you can’t speed read yourself

A worthwhile journey

Energy

Just for Kids: Sun-kabobs and solar sizzle

Power Up

Grid-tied, Grid-connected, Off-grid. What’s the difference?

What if the electricity GOES OFF?

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...