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Building

How safe is your electric fence?

By Eloise Twining I’ve used solar powered electric fencing on my California ranch for at least 35 years. Over that time electric fencing has proved...

Rural Building

Make your own lumber with a chainsaw mill

Adventures with a portable sawmill

How to build a good fence for your homestead

Farm and Garden

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...

Secure and Economical Livestock Feed

Okra — Not Just for the South

For Extra Production, Try Mound Gardening

How to Grow Potatoes

Americana and History

Food and recipes

Self-reliance

Energy

Guns and Hunting

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

By Massad Ayoob Issue #139 • January/February, 2013 Long a supporter of the Appleseed concept, Backwoods Home Magazine hosted one in Gold Beach, Oregon, in second...

Firearms and cold weather considerations

Bury a gun and ammo for 15 years

How big a gun do you need?

Catch your own bait

Science

The world is coming to an end… and this time, I’m...

By John Silveira Issue #114 • November/December, 2008 If you haven't already heard, on September 10, 2008, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), located on the border...

Theories of the universe

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

Can we make a Tyrannosaurus rex from a chicken?

The threat of electromagnetic pulse!

Politics and Commentary

Animals

How to buy your first sheep without getting shorn

By Anita Evangelista Issue #32 • March/April, 1995 Multimillionaire J. Paul Getty was once asked the secret of becoming rich. He's reported to have said, "I...

Goat birthing and raising kids

By Jackie Clay Issue #112 • July/August, 2008 Dairy goats form one of the cornerstones of our homestead. Not only do they provide milk, cheese, ice...

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

Forget the dog, chicken is man’s best friend

Beekeeping basics

Is that a good pig?

Self-Reliance

Farm and Garden

Build Your Own Hoop House

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #171 • May/June, 2018 I’ve had my own garden for more than half a century, and I have learned a few things after all these years. One of the most valuable things...
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Use Plastic to Get a Head Start on Corn in the Fall

By Mark and Lynn Klammer Issue #41 • September/October, 1996 As spring approaches each year, we can hardly wait for the feel of warm earth between our fingers. And so, while most avid gardeners let Mother...
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