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Animals

This St. Bernard backwoods hero saved old Grandma’s life

Build a chicken feeder on the cheep cheep cheep

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

Raising rabbits for profit

Building

A simple backwoods hay baler

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #82 • July/August, 2003 During the winter months, Steve and his wife Tandy feed between 120 and 150 bales of hay...

Build a stone wall

Build a Trail

Dorothy Ainsworth update: Out of the ashes

A Kid-Friendly Chicken Coop

Farm and Garden

Herb Boxes from Fence Boards

By Maggie Larsen Issue #86 • March/April, 2004 During a binge of spring cleaning, I ventured outside and began to renovate the exterior of my home,...

How to Grow Potatoes

Making Apple Cider with a Homemade Press

Plant Your Trees in the Spring

Growing Potatoes in Straw

Americana and History

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 4 — Cunning, vindictive, and...

By John Silveira Issue #35 • September/October, 1995 (This is a four-part series. Click the links to navigate to parts one, two, three, and four.) Do you...

Fly it proudly and properly

Declaration of Independence: The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States...

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

The greatest American who was never President

Food and recipes

Lenie in the kitchen: Lemon scones, pound cake, and pie

General Tso’s Chicken

Pickled fish and rollmops

Jamaican Beef Patties

Self-reliance

Learning to love the high desert

Handy Keychain Mini-Gadgets

13 steps to a life of freedom

Cast iron

Energy

Energy class: Part 3

Generators alone are not enough

Solar Power 101 — Solar arrays

Install a mobile, solar powered toilet

Guns and Hunting

Teaching a 10-year-old to shoot

By John Moody Issue #174 • November/December, 2018 In my youth, I remember my dad dragging my brother and me out of bed in the middle...

An economical battery of guns for the backwoods home

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

Savage Model 110 — A proven economical backwoods rifle

Picking a holster

Science

Theories of the universe

By Dave Duffy Issue #66 • November/December, 2000 In a relatively short span of time, mankind has travelled from profound ignorance of our planet and the...