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Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

Shearing, carding, spinning, weaving and creating with Margaret Boos

Finding the best dog for the country life

Where our farm animals come from

Build a Composter

By Charles Sanders Issue #170 • March/April, 2018 As with most of the other facets of homesteading, composting can be as simple or as elaborate as...

We built John Silveira’s chicken coop/garden

Turning a $10,000 House into a Home — Part 1: Salvaging...

The Homestead Greenhouse

By Charles Sanders Issue #67 • January/February, 2001 For those of us living close to the land, the production of a dependable and healthful food supply...

Graft Your Own Designer Fruit Trees

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

By Don Lewis Issue #176 • April/May/June, 2019 The year was 1834, a year that didn’t really stand out as all that particularly important in American...

Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document

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

Biological and chemical weapons through history

The adventures of a first-time homesteader

How to Resurrect Old, Rusted Tools

Buy your country place from the government

Solar-Powered Electric Fencing

Keeping your food cold — Solutions to refrigeration when electricity is scarce

Building the coyote rifle

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #107 • September/October, 2007 Feral dogs, coyotes, and those odd-looking "coy dogs" like to feed on my neighbors' livestock on occasion...

1911: The classic homeland security pistol

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

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...

A doomsday scenario to sleep on

The MTHFR mutation and why it may matter to you

The unheralded roots of America’s freedoms

The destruction of the mass print media will help save freedom in America

Magnesium and the International Criminal Court

Perspectives on the George Zimmerman/Trayvon Martin shooting

A contrary guide to feeding animals

By Beth Greenwood Issue #135 • May/June, 2012 The Purinas, Cargills, and Con-Agras of the world would have you believe that they and they alone have...

Redworm farming

By Charles Sanders Issue #112 • July/August, 2008 If you are looking for a way to earn extra income, a retirement job, or even a new...

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

Switch your family to goat’s milk

Sew a baby quilt in two days… for a lifetime of memories

Water development for the homestead: Ponds, cisterns, and tanks

Homemade Toys! — Easy to make, fun to play with, and great for gifts!

Secure and Economical Livestock Feed

By Sherry Willis Issue #145 • January/February, 2014 The recent droughts in the midwest have meant hard times for many livestock owners. Areas without irrigation saw parched earth without a scrap of green anywhere. Corn withered...

Vermicomposting — Raise Worms to Consume Waste, Amend Soil, and Earn Income

By Rebekah L. Cowell Photos by Amanda Egdorf-Sand Issue #124 • July/August, 2010 Vermicomposting takes composting to another level using Eisenia foetida (commonly known as red wiggler, brandling, or manure worms) to break down organic matter such...