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Switch your family to goat’s milk

Forget the dog, chicken is man’s best friend

Where our farm animals come from

A cabin for one

By Lee Greiman Issue #109 • January/February, 2008 Between 1989 and 1990 I built a 20 by 20-foot log house on the Musselshell River in Montana....

Composite lumber helps outdoor projects resist water, weather, and sun

Make your own lumber with a chainsaw mill

Seven tactics for planning next year’s garden

By Kristina Seleshanko There are few things I enjoy more than snuggling up next to the woodstove with a cup of coffee and my garden...

Starting a Roadside Farm Stand

Start a Self-Sufficiency Garden Even in a Cramped Apartment

From Martha and Abigail to Dolley and Louisa, America’s earliest First...

By John Silveira Issue #29 • September/October, 1994 (This is a four-part series. Click the links to navigate to parts one, two, three, and four.) It was...

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

The greatest American who was never President

Make coiled rugs from scrap material

Seed art — It’s fun to collect the seeds and create these unusual pictures

Learning to love the high desert

Why you need to addsolar to your emergencypower backup plans

Intake and exhaust upgrades for better mileage and performance

Solar system codes — Build it right!

Use the right ammunition!

By Massad Ayoob Issue #130 • July/August, 2011 The purpose of the gun is to fire ammunition. It follows that the ammunition should be the correct...

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...

The MTHFR mutation and why it may matter to you

Avian Flu — How afraid of this

In time of war — The Israeli answer to terrorism

Understanding the gun debate, part 1

The current ‘Gun control’ push — A cop’s eye view

My view: Socialism’s promises always end in disaster

Shearing, carding, spinning, weaving and creating with Margaret Boos

By Annie Duffy Issue #52 • July/August, 1998 "If you're going to make something that you want to last, why not start with good quality material,"...

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

By James Kash Issue #139 • January/February, 2013 Broodiness is an avian behavior that is frowned upon in the world of agriculture. All industrial agriculturalists cull...

Hog butchering — Using everything but the squeal

Khaki Campbell ducks — The other egg layer

The raging torrent — Respect it even when you play

Make a fully functional cold storage pit/mound and enjoy your garden’s production all winter

For safety’s sake, homestead fuel storage must be handled properly

Mid-season planting

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson As the saying goes “Life happens…” Maybe events have kept you from getting your garden planted early in the spring. When we moved to New Mexico, it was in late June and...

Time to Forget About Snail and Slug Bait

By Lyle Dykes Issue #135 • May/June, 2012 Years ago when traveling on business, I looked out of the window of my motel one morning in Newport, Oregon, and noticed a little Chinese lady flipping over...