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Building

Shake update

By David Lee Website Exclusive • January, 2005 Since my shake article was published in Backwoods Home Magazine, Issue #88, I have learned that some of...

Build a Composter

Claw Hammers

Ambidextrous chainsaw filing

From triumph to tragedy to triumph again. Dorothy Ainsworth makes her...

Farm and Garden

Herb Boxes from Fence Boards

By Maggie Larsen Issue #86 • March/April, 2004 During a binge of spring cleaning, I ventured outside and began to renovate the exterior of my home,...

Save Time and Energy with the Fenced Chicken Coop/Garden

Want More Fruit From Less Space? Espalier Your Trees!

Prevent Foodborne Illness with Safe Gardening Methods

Saving Seeds

Americana and History

Constitution of the united States of America

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common...

The time-travel ad

Biological and chemical weapons through history

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

Farm baseball … with ghost runners!

Food and recipes

Self-reliance

Energy

Guns and Hunting

The Appleseed Project

By Massad Ayoob Issue #123 • May/June, 2010 There is nothing else in the shooting world quite like the Appleseed Project, which combines American Revolutionary War...

Use the right ammunition!

Choose your ammo… police style

Thoughts on ammunition

Moderate power firearms

Science

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...

Gee-Whiz: Bad Fish, Big Fish

The coming ice age

A doomsday scenario to sleep on

The world is ending! … Again?

Politics and Commentary

Animals

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

By Jackie Clay Issue #109 • January/February, 2008 When I was a child, I used to read and re-read the chick section in our Sears and...

Beekeeping basics

<!-- Beekeeping basics By Charles Sanders --> Issue #88 • July/August, 2004 Bees have been managed for their honey production for about 5000 years or so. Especially for the...

This St. Bernard backwoods hero saved old Grandma’s life

Redworm farming

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Finding the best dog for the country life

Self-Reliance

Farm and Garden

Put Your Garden to Bed for the Winter

By Jackie Clay Issue #95 • September/October, 2005 During the crispy fall afternoons, we listen often and intently to the weather forecasts. "It's going to be clear tonight," I'd tell my late husband, Bob, and my...
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Herb Boxes from Fence Boards

By Maggie Larsen Issue #86 • March/April, 2004 During a binge of spring cleaning, I ventured outside and began to renovate the exterior of my home, a 47-foot trailer in a mobile home park. While waiting...
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