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Animals

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Fermenting Chicken Feed

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

Are aliens stealing our honeybees?

Building

Make your own lumber with a chainsaw mill

By Jacqueline Tresl Issue #39 • May/June, 1996 Milling a board with a chainsaw lumber-maker. Figure1: The pieces. Beams, joists and walls were made with a chainsaw mill. Figure...

Build a Concrete Root Cellar

Here’s an Easier (and Cheaper) Way to Make Wooden Beams

Build a wood crib with free materials

Build a Top-Bar Bee Hive

Farm and Garden

Here’s a Mighty Creative Way to Protect Your Plants from Animals

By Joy Lamb Issue #39 • May/June, 1996 A huge brown beast stared at me as I drove through our apple orchard toward the house. I...

Love Those Green Beans

Plant Your Trees in the Spring

No Worrying About Fire Blight with Orient and Kieffer Pears

Build an Old-Fashioned Hotbed and Start Your Seeds in Style

Americana and History

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...

Was the first government gun confiscation attempt foiled by an unsung...

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

The time-travel ad

The summer of ’35

Food and recipes

Southern cooking that doesn’t just whistle Dixie

Baking Bread

Blueberry wine jam

Traditional trail foods — Transportable calories

Self-reliance

Jackie’s tips for hardcore homesteading

Stay clear of young wild animals

Funerals don’t have to be expensive

Homestead burnout — What it is and how to avoid it

Energy

Solar Building Design

Our journey to modern off-grid living

Grid-down battery devices

Waterpower for personal use

Guns and Hunting

How to shoot a handgun accurately

By Massad Ayoob Issue #85 • January/February, 2004 "I want you to do an article on how to shoot a handgun accurately," Dave Duffy told me....

Understanding the gun debate, part 3

Firearms handling refresher Part III: Rifles

Teaching a 10-year-old to shoot

Use the right ammunition!

Science

Gee-Whiz: Presidents

By O.E. MacDougal November/December 2016, Backwoods Home I could spend all day coming up with interesting trivia about the Presidents and those who surround them —...