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

Never underestimate a woman

By Dorothy Ainsworth Issue #32 Mar/Apr 1998 (In the May/June issue , we published an article by Dorothy Ainsworth titled "Determined woman builds distinctive vertical log...

Build a cistern out of corrugated road culvert

Sweet Potato Greens

By Tim Scullen Issue #168 • November/December, 2017 By now, you’ve no doubt figured out how good chard, spinach, and kale are for you. But did...

Grow some winter squash this year

Farm baseball … with ghost runners!

By Tom Kovach Growing up on a farm in north-central Minnesota wasn’t all chores and hard work … although there was plenty of that too....

President George Washington’s Farewell Address

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

Quilts — Masterpieces of the heart and windows into women’s history

Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document

Aunt Ona’s Mandarin orange cake

How to make money from storage building auctions

A guide to buying silver and gold

10 tips for selling your homemade product

Emergency solar power for $950

Power Up Light, Water, Communications in Emergencies

Build your own battery charging station

The M1A — A rifle that makes a statement

By Massad Ayoob Issue #45 • May/June, 1997 I take the Springfield Armory rifle out of the box, and savor it. I seldom do that with...

Inexpensive retired Russian military rifles can be the ideal backwoods meat...

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

1911: The classic homeland security pistol

The time for modern; the time for traditional

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 gee-whiz! page — Cats: Why they rule our world

Gee-Whiz: Ice Ages, Past and Future

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

Some thoughts on growing older in the backwoods

Paying for social security with worthless $

Switch your family to goat’s milk

By Tanya Kelley Issue #128 • March/April, 2011 If you milk goats, there's no doubt you've heard it"Eww! Goat's milk! Gross!" To be perfectly honest, goat...

Llamas guarding sheep? — Not such a far-fetched idea

By Karen McGeorge Sanders Issue #19 • January/February, 1993 It seems that farmers always need an extra pair of hands, but finding the money to pay...

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Are aliens stealing our honeybees?

Build a chicken feeder on the cheep cheep cheep

Raising quail — A home grown delicacy

The raging torrent — Respect it even when you play

Just for Kids: Take a nite hike!

In the classroom and at home, this system will help you grow self-reliant kids

Start a Self-Sufficiency Garden Even in a Cramped Apartment

By Nancy Wolcott Issue #61 • January/February, 2000 You are sitting there in your recliner chair in your small city apartment desperately longing for the day when you can escape to the country and become a...

Build a Heated Germination Bed

By Charles Sanders Issue #92 • March/April, 2005 Many of us who garden have learned the benefits of starting our own vegetable and flower plants. There are several benefits to having a spot to start your...