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Animals

Dorper sheep — Revolutionizing the meat sheep industry

Raising your own beef for your family

Build a poultry killing cone

Finding, buying, milking, and living with the family milk cow

Building

Dorothy Ainsworth update: Out of the ashes

By Dorothy Ainsworth Issue #38 • March/April, 1996 I got the dreadful call from my son Eric at 2 p.m. on June 29th, 1995, an hour...

Vise Dremel Moto Tool mount

Trusses — Low cost marvels to roof over most large spaces

Tools and hardware for the backwoods home

Stairs — The next level

Farm and Garden

A Small Space Yields a Big Crop of Garlic

By Howard Tuckey Issue #131 • September/October, 2011 In less than an hour last fall, I tilled up a 4x8 foot garden bed and planted 250...

Put Your Garden to Bed for the Winter

An Introduction to Small-Scale Home Hydroponics

The Potato Hole

You Can Make Your Own Fertilizers

Americana and History

The greatest American who was never President

By John Silveira Issue #60a • November/December, 1999 "The election's next year, right?" I asked. Dave Duffy, the publisher of Backwoods Home Magazine, was editing a rather...

the gee-whiz! page: Animals, humans, extraterrestrials, and tools

Fried chicken for breakfast

Remembering what grandma used

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

Food and recipes

Switch your family to goat’s milk

Hot Artichoke Dip

Indian Pudding

Huckleberries purple gold

Self-reliance

Pump water for free

Garden injuries

Gee-Whiz: From Paper to Canning

Vinegar — A splash is all you need for healthful eating, natural healing, and sparkling home

Energy

Walden Pond, the solar version: Part 1

Design calculations for overshot waterwheels

Millenium Vehicles

Build a passive-solar food dehydrator

Guns and Hunting

Firearms and cold weather considerations

By Massad Ayoob Issue #79 • January/February, 2003 Many of our readers have established their abodes in places which, during the winter months, do not exactly...

Reload your own brass

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

Big boomer guns

Firearms handling refresher Part III: Rifles

Science

The MTHFR mutation and why it may matter to you

By John Silveira Issue #170 • March/April, 2018 This is an article with both anecdotal evidence and science. It is about me, anxiety and depression, a...