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Dorper sheep — Revolutionizing the meat sheep industry

Where our farm animals come from

Build a Top-Bar Bee Hive

By Jereme Zimmerman Issue #175 • January/February/March, 2019 My journey to becoming a beekeeper has been a long one, and I’m still not quite there yet....

Building David’s Cabin, Part One

Small engine maintenance for women

Making and using a solar cooker

Eye-catching signs with mirrors

How to Grow Garlic

By Melissa Souza Issue #167 • September/October, 2017 Garlic is easy and rewarding to grow. I use it throughout the year, as it is extremely easy...

Use Old Newspapers to Make Your Starter Pots

Swiss Chard — The Leaf Vegetable That Keeps on Giving!

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

By John Silveira Issue #32 • March/April, 1995 It was snowing and three of us were up at the office. Dave Duffy, the fellow who publishes...

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

Was the first government gun confiscation attempt foiled by an unsung...

Grouse Hunting — The Ultimate Joy of Autumn

Family dinner at Backwoods Home Magazine

Learning to love the high desert

Start your food storage on $10 a week

Frostbite — Don’t flirt with this sneaky danger

Teach your kids math with the banking game

Installing your own small, remote off-grid solar system

Converting a Gasoline-Powered Rototiller to Electric

Amateur Ham Radio – The Ultimate Tool for Survival Communications

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...

Firearms — Tools of rural living

Get a piece of history — An M1 Garand rifle

Savage Model 110 — A proven economical backwoods rifle

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...

Gee-Whiz: From Paper to Canning

That old survivalist mumbo jumbo and 10 reasons why it makes sense

Introducing the international tax cartel

Why we have no “constitutional” rights

Mountain lions — Attacks are still rare, but just in case…

By Gene Sheley Issue #50 • March/April, 1998 Near the top of North America's wildlife food chain is the mountain lion, a close second to bears...

Build a chicken feeder on the cheep cheep cheep

By Linda Slate Issue #119 • September/October, 2009 While searching for a large quantity (five pounds or more) feeder for my backyard flock, I kept running...

Raising your own beef for your family

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Goat birthing and raising kids

Hog butchering — Using everything but the squeal

Self-reliance for women — Surviving a biochemical attack

Help your home survive in the path of a wildfire

The saga of Benjamin, the backwoods, homeschool boy who wanted to get a job

The coffee mug knife sharpener

Caring for your chickens in winter

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson As winter approaches, we all are thinking of ways to make our livestock and poultry as comfortable as possible when the cold weather hits. Visions of blowing and drifting snow swirl in...

Growing Microgreens

By Lisa Nourse Issue #176 • April/May/June, 2019 The small town where I live has two small grocery stores and getting a good variety of organic produce during the winter months is difficult. I find myself...