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Building

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,...

Growing Microgreens

Growing and Using Peppers

Prevent Foodborne Illness with Safe Gardening Methods

Exotic Plants for the Homestead

Americana and History

Fried chicken for breakfast

By Danny Fulks Issue #88 • July/August, 2004 Danny Fulks, 71, is one of those rare writers capable of painting a vivid picture of life back...

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 3

George Washington Carver — He wrote the book on self-reliance

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

Fly it proudly and properly

Food and recipes

Self-reliance

Energy

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...

Big boomer guns

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

How to shoot a handgun accurately

Firearms handling refresher Part II: Shotguns

Science

Gee-Whiz: Sleep

By O.E. MacDougal November/December 2017, Backwoods Home For thousands of years, sleep has been one of life’s great mysteries. As humans, we spend about one-third of...

How big is the solar system?

Can we make a Tyrannosaurus rex from a chicken?

The gee-whiz! page — Cats: Why they rule our world

Subduction zone tsunami — What the residents of the Pacific Northwest...

Politics and Commentary

Animals

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

By Annie Duffy Issue #52 • July/August, 1998 "If you're going to make something that you want to last, why not start with good quality material,"...

Forget the dog, chicken is man’s best friend

By Richard Blunt Issue #49 • January/February, 1998 The domestic chicken, or Gallus domesticus as the Romans called it, has lived with humans for centuries. It...

The homestead cat

Beekeeping basics

Home Dairying

Kinder goats — A small breed for milk and meat

Self-Reliance

Farm and Garden

Use Plastic to Get a Head Start on Corn in the Fall

By Mark and Lynn Klammer Issue #41 • September/October, 1996 As spring approaches each year, we can hardly wait for the feel of warm earth between our fingers. And so, while most avid gardeners let Mother...
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Exotic Plants for the Homestead

By Corcceigh Green Issue #85 • January/February, 2004 Isn't it funny how even the things we step on while walking on the lawn have value? I learned this first hand last summer as I discovered some...
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