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Raising your own beef for your family

Dorper sheep — Revolutionizing the meat sheep industry

Build this sturdy large-capacity food dehydrator

By Charles Sanders Issue #63 • May/June, 2000 Drying of food as a means of preservation has been around for a long time. Populations in suitably...

Build a cistern out of corrugated road culvert

Build a Vertical Storage Rack for Cans

Garden Seeds — A Great Winter Pastime

By Jackie Clay Issue #67 • January/February, 2001 Start your garden this year while the snow is still on the ground. I start all of my...

Rotten Luck: The Skinny on Composting

Green or Yellow: Grow Your Best Bush Beans Ever

The summer of ’35

By John Graesch Issue #64 • July/August, 2000 Sixty five years ago I was living in that part of Seattle, Washington, known as South Park. Few...

Biological and chemical weapons through history

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

Your honey will love your sweet buns

Just for Kids: Visit the great prairies

Making a great rug from the rag bag

Installing your own small, remote off-grid solar system

Build a community assistance recharging station

A used shotgun bargain: The Browning Auto-5

By Brad Rohdenburg Website Exclusive • September, 2014 A 1958 "Light Twelve" Browning Auto-5, with a 28" Improved Cylinder barrel and 'Speedfeed' loading. It weighs less...

Firearms handling refresher Part III: Rifles

Military surplus and military “clone” rifles

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

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...

Three more ways the world can end … and I’m not...

Which is better, a small town or city?

Questions about global warming

Is it time for an education revolution?

Kinder goats — A small breed for milk and meat

By Kathleen Sanderson Issue #95 • September/October, 2005 I have had dairy goats for most of the last 20 years or so and have raised almost...

Llamas guarding sheep? — Not such a far-fetched idea

By Karen McGeorge Sanders Issue #19 • January/February, 1993 It seems that farmers always need an extra pair of hands, but finding the money to pay...

Keeping homestead animals healthy

Khaki Campbell ducks — The other egg layer

Lessons learned from an ice storm

Picking your pressure canner — All American or Presto?

I heat my house by burning corn

Roasting coffee on a wood stove

By Melissa Souza Issue #174 • November/December, 2018 On our homestead, we eat yogurt, kombucha (fermented tea), sauerkraut, and kimchi to add probiotics to our diet. These beneficial bacteria promote good digestive health, strengthen the immune...

Jackie’s Garden Primer

By Jackie Clay Issue #117 • May/June, 2009 The birds are singing. The sunshine makes the day feel soft and warm. The soil is mellow and damp. It makes us feel like being outdoors and doing...