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Animals

Home Dairying

Beekeeping basics

Finding, buying, milking, and living with the family milk cow

The homestead cat

Building

Make your own effective fishing tackle while you save money and...

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #44 • March/April, 1997 My long time friend Hearold Ruby passed away. Death came as sort of a reprieve. He'd been...

Radiant floor heating — Alternative to forced-air heating is solar-powered, too...

Build a holz hausen to dry firewood

Build a lean-to greenhouse

A recycled dresser makes a useful bathroom vanity

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...

Nut Trees on Your Homestead

Flowers Brighten the Garden

Tea for the garden

Converting a Gasoline-Powered Rototiller to Electric

Americana and History

Biological and chemical weapons through history

By John Silveira Issue #81 • May/June, 2003 The weather here on the coast of Oregon is nice almost all year-round, and there almost always seems...

Fried chicken for breakfast

Catfish Biscuits

Grandpa’s justice

Remembering what grandma used

Food and recipes

Cajun Shrimp Appetizer

Mairead’s Fabulous Flan

Corn cob jelly

Turning to turmeric

Self-reliance

Self-reliance for women — Surviving a biochemical attack

Disaster preparation!

Turn your passion into a business

How to make money from storage building auctions

Energy

Solar Power 101 — Solar arrays

What if the electricity GOES OFF?

Design calculations for no-head, low-head waterwheels

Use solar landscape lights for emergencies

Guns and Hunting

Get a piece of history — An M1 Garand rifle

By Mike Blank Issue #89 • September/October, 2004 What follows is my personal quest to acquire an M1 Garand through the Civilian Marks-manship Program (CMP). We've...

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

Thoughts on ammunition

Firearms handling refresher Part III: Rifles

Firearms and cold weather considerations

Science

Gee-Whiz: Sleep

By O.E. MacDougal November/December 2017, Backwoods Home For thousands of years, sleep has been one of life’s great mysteries. As humans, we spend about one-third of...