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This St. Bernard backwoods hero saved old Grandma’s life

Switch your family to goat’s milk

Finding the best dog for the country life

Build a holz hausen to dry firewood

By Doug Fluckiger Issue #132 • November/December, 2011 My secret passion is tall, dark, and handsome. I may find her lying luxuriantly among a dark grove...

Save Time and Energy with the Fenced Chicken Coop/Garden

Flowers Brighten the Garden

By Alice B. Yeager Photos by James O. Yeager Website Exclusive • March, 2006 Along with raising food plants, I like to tuck in a few flowers...

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

Action of Second Continental Congress, July 4, 1776 When in the Course of human Events, it becomes necessary for one People to dissolve the Political...

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 3

Step onto the ice and catch tonight’s dinner

Mosquitoes outnumber us and no one likes them

Boost your income by adding a processing step to what you sell

35 country jobs — How folks make a living near my hometown

Design calculations for overshot waterwheels

Solar Power 101 — Batteries: Part 2

Savage Model 110 — A proven economical backwoods rifle

By Massad Ayoob Website Exclusive • July, 2008 Fifty years ago, Savage Arms introduced a new bolt-action sporting rifle. In the gun world, this was news....

The light at the end of the gun

Gee-Whiz: Dinosaurs

By O.E. MacDougal July/August 2014 Backwoods Home Biologists and paleontologists are now pretty certain that birds are part of the dinosaur lineage. Their extinct relatives include...

Can we make a Tyrannosaurus rex from a chicken?

Something unsaid about Timothy McVeigh’s execution

Can America be Saved from Stupid People?

Terrorist attack! Was this predictable?

Losing our rights as we watch television

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

By Kristina Seleshanko Issue #177 • July/August/September, 2019 Something we heard a lot when we first started raising chickens in the suburbs was, “For the cost...

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...

Raising quail — A home grown delicacy

Dorper sheep — Revolutionizing the meat sheep industry

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

A guide to buying silver and gold

A survival key ring — Your everyday tool for emergency preparedness

Secure and Economical Livestock Feed

By Sherry Willis Issue #145 • January/February, 2014 The recent droughts in the midwest have meant hard times for many livestock owners. Areas without irrigation saw parched earth without a scrap of green anywhere. Corn withered...

Starting a Roadside Farm Stand

By John Murray  Issue #158 • March/April, 2016 For country landowners who desire a way to supplement their income, operating a small roadside farm stand is an excellent business venture. Produce which is harvested on a...