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Animals

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

A contrary guide to feeding animals

Build a poultry killing cone

Raising cattle on your own place

Building

Build an Off-Grid Root Cellar, Garage, and Bunkhouse

By Robert Van Putten Issue #166 • July/August, 2017 My wife and I built our homestead by hand. I’m not a professional builder, so once in...

Solar Building Design

The Forever Floor

Rural Building

Renovating old walls

Farm and Garden

Gardening in the Desert Using Only Rainwater

By Joe Mooney Issue #147 • May/June, 2014 I've always found the use of seasonal rains by native peoples very fascinating. From the diversion of floodwaters...

Grow some winter squash this year

Growing Strawberries

Converting a Gasoline-Powered Rototiller to Electric

Victory Gardens

Americana and History

Quilts — Masterpieces of the heart and windows into women’s history

By Marlene Parkin Issue #22 • July/August, 1993 Many of the quilts of yesterday took a lifetime to make. Perhaps the mystical part of quiltsthe aspect...

Farm baseball … with ghost runners!

Fried chicken for breakfast

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

The vanishing outhouse

Food and recipes

Fiery Frittata

Penne with Provencal eggplant and peppers

The enchanting Chanterelle — Gourmet goodies free from the forest

Elderberries — Hospitality, Health, And Beauty

Self-reliance

Raising kids simply

Frostbite — Don’t flirt with this sneaky danger

Moving on: A small town can be a haven during a depression

Life-saving snowshoes

Energy

How to select the right backup generator

Keep those gadgets working after the power goes out

Energy class: Part 1

Solar Power 101 — Batteries: Part 1

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...

The time for modern; the time for traditional

The light at the end of the gun

Moderate power firearms

Big boomer guns

Science

Gee-Whiz: Alcohol

By O.E. MacDougal Backwoods Home Did early man first cultivate grains just to get drunk? The brewing of beer is older than civilization and goes back at...