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Dorper sheep — Revolutionizing the meat sheep industry

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Hog butchering — Using everything but the squeal

Raising quail — A home grown delicacy

Build an inexpensive but durable jackleg fence

By Dynah Geissal Issue #45 • May/June, 1997 When we moved to our land in the summer of 1994, we were fortunate that open grazing exists...

Trusses — Low cost marvels to roof over most large spaces

Simplify life in your backwoods home by using these easy mountain...

Elderberries — Hospitality, Health, And Beauty

By Gail Butler Issue #124 • July/August, 2010 When friends stop by for a visit I like to offer them a hospitable and healthful libation of...

Growing Productive Strawberries

Grow some winter squash this year

Plant Your Irish Potatoes This Fall or Winter

Constitution of the united States of America

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common...

Biological and chemical weapons through history

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

Lenie in the kitchen: Pumpkin sweet bread with walnuts

Do you suffer from gout? Here are some recipes that might help

Buying the right emergency radio

Battery-Powered Tools are Changing

Make your own biodiesel for 80¢ per gallon

Teaching a 10-year-old to shoot

By John Moody Issue #174 • November/December, 2018 In my youth, I remember my dad dragging my brother and me out of bed in the middle...

1911: The classic homeland security pistol

A used shotgun bargain: The Browning Auto-5

Gee-Whiz: Bad Fish, Big Fish

By O.E. MacDougal January/February 2015, Backwoods Home Fish were the very first vertebrates. That is, they were the first animals with backbones, the purpose of which...

The world is coming to an end… and this time, I’m...

Can we make a Tyrannosaurus rex from a chicken?

Finally, a disaster that is guaranteed!

An American dollar worth two cents

Guns, suicide prevention, and backwoods lifestyles

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...

Animal disease traceability

By Patrice Lewis Issue #137 • September/October, 2012 In 2009, small farmers and ranchers breathed a sigh of relief. So did people worried about another curtailment...

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

The return of home emergency shelters takes on a dual-purpose approach

By Hook or Crook: A Billhook is a Handy Homestead Tool

A view of self-reliance from a more timid perspective — A woman’s opinion

By Allen Easterly Issue #165 • May/June, 2017 Maybe you’ve thought about keeping a few chickens for their eggs but didn’t want to be awakened at 4:00 AM by a rooster singing “cock-a-doodle-doo.” At this time...

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 in earthen berms to irrigation via "aquaduct," it seemed incredible...