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Where our farm animals come from

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

A contrary guide to feeding animals

Khaki Campbell ducks — The other egg layer

Building a $3,000 Barn

By Robert Van Putten Issue #169 • January/February, 2018 There comes a time when all homesteaders start thinking of livestock, and 14 years ago, we were...

Build an attached solar greenhouse

Build a portable woodstove for $30

Making Apple Cider with a Homemade Press

Meat For the Homestead

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #137 • September/October, 2012 Meat is often the most expensive portion of our grocery bill, and it is getting more and more...

Leaf Mold is Another Way to Build Your Soil

Rotten Luck: The Skinny on Composting

Secure and Economical Livestock Feed

Habeeb Salloum — Poet, Traveler, Recipe Writer

Habeeb Salloum, 95, a poet, world traveler, linguist, and author of recipe books on Middle Eastern cuisine, has written recipe articles for Backwoods Home...

George Washington Carver — He wrote the book on self-reliance

Who were the best…and worst U.S. Presidents?

Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document

Cannellini Bean And Mushroom Casserole

An easier way to cut firewood By Larry LaVan

Modify an E-Tool to make your own Combi-Tool

Don’t discount a generator, especially a diesel generator, as your primary power source

How to select the right backup generator

Energy class: Part 2 — Understanding your electric bill

Women and guns

By Massad Ayoob Issue #121 • January/February, 2010 In a time when what used to be called "the women's liberation movement" has achieved many of its...

A used shotgun bargain: The Browning Auto-5

Understanding the gun debate, part 3

Gee-Whiz: From Paper to Canning

By John Silveira (aka O.E. MacDougal) May/June 2017 Backwoods Home The greatest inventions in history are the ones we now take for granted. Fire and the...

Subduction zone tsunami — What the residents of the Pacific Northwest...

The parasitic nature of bureaucracy

Is it time for an education revolution?

Perspectives on the George Zimmerman/Trayvon Martin shooting

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...

Redworm farming

By Charles Sanders Issue #112 • July/August, 2008 If you are looking for a way to earn extra income, a retirement job, or even a new...

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

Are aliens stealing our honeybees?

How to butcher a chicken in 20 minutes or less

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Annie on Everfree Farm, Part I

An Introduction to Small-Scale Home Hydroponics

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

Want More Fruit From Less Space? Espalier Your Trees!

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #79 • January/February, 2003 After originating in the semi-arid regions of the middle east, espaliering (is-'pal-yer-ing) became a commonly employed fruit tree growing method of the Greco-Roman world. Later, during the...

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...