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Animals

Raising Rabbits

Build a poultry killing cone

Raising quail — A home grown delicacy

Finding the best dog for the country life

Building

Build a compost tumbler

By Joe Mooney Issue #151 • January/February, 2015 A few years back, I caught myself becoming a bit frustrated with my compost pile. It seemed that...

Easy awnings

Build a cistern out of corrugated road culvert

Build a pizza oven

Build your own portable forge

Farm and Garden

Your Manure Pile — For Fuel, Fertilizer, and Maybe Even Improved...

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #87 • May/June, 2004 It's been well over a decade now since I first heard my friend Pete voice his amazement...

The ‘Chocolate Tree’ Isn’t Just for Kids

Gardening Tips and Tricks

Tea for the garden

Leaf Mold is Another Way to Build Your Soil

Americana and History

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

By Alice B. Yeager and James O. Yeager Issue #115 • January/February, 2009 I was a girl of 8 when the stock market crashed in 1929....

Feeling nostalgic? Now you’ll rave! Here’s the story of Burma Shave.

Fly it proudly and properly

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

Constitution of the united States of America

Food and recipes

Hearty stews for the soul

Hummingbird Cake

The wonderful world of lavender

Old-fashioned meat pie casserole

Self-reliance

Food security 101: part 2

10 country do’s and don’ts

Dollar Store to the Rescue

Couponing, refunding, and stockpiling will make your money stretch

Energy

Hydronic woodstoves

Solar-Powered Electric Fencing

Homemade electric power

Water pumping windmills

Guns and Hunting

Firearms handling refresher Part III: Rifles

By Massad Ayoob Website Exclusive • January, 2004 Our three part series on firearms handling ends with this installment. In Part I, we covered handguns and...

Just because

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

Centennial of the All-American .30-06

Frontier style handguns for the modern backwoods home

Science

Gee-Whiz: Insects

By O. E. MacDougal November/December 2015, Backwoods Home Some 400 million years ago, in the Devonian Period, insects evolved from crustaceans. Since that time, they have...