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Animals

Home Dairying

How to buy your first sheep without getting shorn

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Forget the dog, chicken is man’s best friend

Building

Building and using wattle fences

By Kathryn Wingrove Issue #139 • January/February, 2013 Wattle fences are made by weaving material in and out of posts in the ground. They were often...

Building a $3,000 Barn

Build this sturdy large-capacity food dehydrator

Composite lumber helps outdoor projects resist water, weather, and sun

Build a cold smoker so you can make delicious squaw candy

Farm and Garden

Grow Open-Pollinated Tomatoes

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #166 • July/August, 2017 Nearly all of us homesteaders grow tomatoes in our gardens. Tomatoes are hugely valuable as a homestead crop....

Exotic Plants for the Homestead

Herb Boxes from Fence Boards

Plant Once Harvest for Years

Graft Your Own Designer Fruit Trees

Americana and History

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

By John Silveira Issue #119 • September/October, 2009 Gun control people don't seem to get just how deeply etched into the American psyche gun ownership goes...

Former first ladies — Beautiful, brilliant, crazy

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

The summer of ’35

From Martha and Abigail to Dolley and Louisa, America’s earliest First...

Food and recipes

Layered Casserole & Pea Salad

Cheddar Breakfast Pizza

Canned bacon — Roll your own

Family dinner at Backwoods Home Magazine

Self-reliance

Get out of debt, stay out of debt

Cut your grocery bill in half

Annie on Everfree Farm, Part III

Easy-to-make reusable coffee filters

Energy

Converting a Gasoline-Powered Rototiller to Electric

Solar-Powered Electric Fencing

Amateur Ham Radio – The Ultimate Tool for Survival Communications

Build a community assistance recharging station

Guns and Hunting

Moderate power firearms

By Massad Ayoob Issue #110 • March/April, 2008 Robert Ruark, the great American writer of the mid-Twentieth Century, was also a big game hunter. One of...

Catch your own bait

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

Hunting, processing, and serving black bear

Use the right ammunition!

Science

Zombie Apocalypse

By John Silveira Issue #134 • March/April, 2012 "Can you survive a zombie apocalypse?" a familiar voice asked. I turned in my seat to see O.E. MacDougal,...