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How to buy your first sheep without getting shorn

How to maintain a dirt road

By Marjorie Burris Issue #48 • November/December, 1997 It is our job to maintain two and one half miles of dirt road if we want to...

Build your own home in two years — Get a PhD...

Grow some winter squash this year

By Lisa Nourse I love summertime — I love the green of the trees, the warm weather, and growing my own food. I especially love...

Tomatoes, the Essential Garden Crop

The greatest American who was never President

By John Silveira Issue #60a • November/December, 1999 "The election's next year, right?" I asked. Dave Duffy, the publisher of Backwoods Home Magazine, was editing a rather...

Farm baseball … with ghost runners!

Biological and chemical weapons through history

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

Was the first government gun confiscation attempt foiled by an unsung...

Be a Viking: Brew wild-crafted mead

Tips for finding your affordable home

10 day survival pack for your vehicle for just $25

Battery powered weekend retreat

Build your own battery charging station

Powering medical equipment during a utility blackout

Understanding the gun debate, part 3

By Massad Ayoob Issue #163 • January/February, 2017 Click Here to read Part 1 Click Here to read Part 2 As noted in the two previous parts of...

The light at the end of the gun

How long should your gun’s barrel length be?

Answering some well asked questions about personal defense

The coming ice age

By John Silveira Issue #139 • January/February, 2013 I'm putting my apocalyptic ice age novel, Danielle Kidnapped, on Amazon's Kindle and also producing a paperback version...

The Newtown atrocity and “gun control”

Turn the poor into capitalists

Some thoughts on growing older in the backwoods

Dr. Laura tells her listeners she’s decided to pack a gun

Raising quail — A home grown delicacy

By Allen Easterly Issue #101 • September/October, 2006 Raising quail is inexpensive, easy, provides very healthy low-fat white meat, and supplies the fertilizer you need for...

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

By Jackie Clay Issue #111 • May/June, 2008 It goes without saying that preparedness is not for "radicals" or "weirdos" anymore. I picked up a preparedness...

Raising your own beef for your family

An Introduction to Small-Scale Home Hydroponics

Clover — From Livestock Forage to Medicinal Tea, This Humble Plant is One of Nature’s Best Gifts

By Sylvia Gist Issue #137 • September/October, 2012 Carrots go in sand in the green pail and potatoes can be sorted by type into plastic mesh bags. We had talked of putting in a regular root cellar,...

Nut Trees on Your Homestead

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #149 • September/October, 2014 While growing up in Detroit, we had no nut trees in our yard (though we did have seedlings before I left home). That didn't stop my parents, though....