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Are aliens stealing our honeybees?

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

How to buy your first sheep without getting shorn

Livestock fencing for the small homesteader, part 2

By Don Lewis In the last issue of Backwoods Home Magazine, we covered Part 1 of livestock fencing for the small homesteader. The article included...

Free pallet wood and birdhouses add up to big country dollars

The poor man’s ceramic knife sharpener

The Homestead Greenhouse

By Charles Sanders Issue #67 • January/February, 2001 For those of us living close to the land, the production of a dependable and healthful food supply...

Save Time and Energy with the Fenced Chicken Coop/Garden

Plant Your Trees in the Spring

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 4 — Cunning, vindictive, and...

By John Silveira Issue #35 • September/October, 1995 (This is a four-part series. Click the links to navigate to parts one, two, three, and four.) Do you...

Biological and chemical weapons through history

Declaration of Independence: The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States...

You can become a hardcore forager

A guide to buying silver and gold

Picking your pressure canner — All American or Presto?

For a truly independent energy system, your choices are solar, wind, and water

Is steam power in your future?

Firearms handling refresher Part I: Handguns

By Massad Ayoob Website Exclusive • December, 2003 One of our readers e-mailed John Silveira to tell him that taking a handgun afield after a long...

Gee-Whiz: Presidents

By O.E. MacDougal November/December 2016, Backwoods Home I could spend all day coming up with interesting trivia about the Presidents and those who surround them —...

Avian Flu — How afraid of this

The Coming American Dictatorship Part XII — The militarization of America’s police forces

The Electoral College — How we elect the President

Golf’s critical life lessons are under threat

Hog butchering — Using everything but the squeal

By Charles Sanders Issue #142 • July/August, 2013 A 450-pound hog will provide a lot of delicious meat. Hogs are raised throughout our neighboring Amish community for...

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...

Dorper sheep — Revolutionizing the meat sheep industry

Raising quail — A home grown delicacy

Build a chicken feeder on the cheep cheep cheep

Khaki Campbell ducks — The other egg layer

Everybody talks about lightning and yes, there are things you can do about it

The art of living in small spaces

Small Town America: Thermopolis, WY — Horses and hot springs

By Alice B. Yeager Photos by James O. Yeager Issue #62 • March/April, 2000 If you are prudish, narrow-minded or puritanical, read no further as this article may offend you. If, however, you enjoy a good laugh...

Starting a Roadside Farm Stand

By John Murray  Issue #158 • March/April, 2016 For country landowners who desire a way to supplement their income, operating a small roadside farm stand is an excellent business venture. Produce which is harvested on a...