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Animals

Once a day milking

A contrary guide to feeding animals

The homestead cat

Build a poultry killing cone

Building

Ambidextrous chainsaw filing

By Thomas Brewer Issue #57 • May/June, 1999 I am not ambidextrous. My wife, Judith, uses chopsticks with either hand or even both hands at once....

Build a Concrete Root Cellar

Adventures with a portable sawmill

Build a Top-Bar Bee Hive

Getting logs

Farm and Garden

Blueberry Cash Crop

By Ed Mashburn Issue #130 • July/August, 2011 My almost two-year-old grandson loves blueberries. Put a bowl of those round blue jewels in front of him,...

The Homestead Greenhouse

Growing Strawberries

Garden Seeds — A Great Winter Pastime

Green or Yellow: Grow Your Best Bush Beans Ever

Americana and History

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

By John Silveira Issue #49 • January/February, 1998 It was one of those days I love. We were between deadlines and Dave, Bill, Mac, and I...

The greatest American who was never President

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

Doesn’t anyone remember Tom Paine

Farm baseball … with ghost runners!

Food and recipes

If you can boil water you can make a good stew

Breakfast Cereal

No fuss, no muss, one-pan grouse supper

Liver Fricassee

Self-reliance

Finding wealth you can wear at yard sales

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

Brood X

Couponing, refunding, and stockpiling will make your money stretch

Energy

Solar Power 101 — Batteries: Part 1

Walden Pond, the solar version: Part 1

Design calculations for no-head, low-head waterwheels

Power Up

Guns and Hunting

Answering some well asked questions about personal defense

By Massad Ayoob Issue #97 • January/February, 2006 Jeff Yago, Backwoods Home's energy writer, recently completed a couple of concealed carry handgun courses. The classes apparently...

Choose your ammo… police style

How long should your gun’s barrel length be?

A used shotgun bargain: The Browning Auto-5

Military surplus and military “clone” rifles

Science

A doomsday scenario to sleep on

By John Silveira Issue #109 • January/February, 2008 I once wrote a science fiction novel that I never tried to sell. Titled The Perfect Defense, its...