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Animals

Are aliens stealing our honeybees?

Raising your own beef

Where our farm animals come from

Kinder goats — A small breed for milk and meat

Building

Here’s how to make a musical bamboo flute

By Robert E. Kramer Issue #42 • November/December, 1996 Materials 1 propane or butane torch or campfire to heat up metal rod. 1 steel rod at...

Building Eric’s house

Build a wood crib with free materials

A simple backwoods hay baler

Build a pallet fence

Farm and Garden

Growing the Eternal Tomato

By Leonard Trebor Issue #57 • May/June, 1999 It's an old story to longtime gardeners (and a new story to novices): each spring you buy some...

Vermicomposting — Raise Worms to Consume Waste, Amend Soil, and Earn...

The Home Citrus Orchard

Home-Grown Eggs

Want More Fruit From Less Space? Espalier Your Trees!

Americana and History

George Washington Carver — He wrote the book on self-reliance

By John Silveira Issue #31 • January/February, 1995 "What were you listening to when I got to your house? Sounded nice. I don't think I've ever...

Farm baseball … with ghost runners!

President George Washington’s Farewell Address

Biological and chemical weapons through history

Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document

Food and recipes

Tomato-Avocado-Buttermilk Soup

Pickled Sweet Green Tomatoes

Deconstructing a bowl of red

Nana V’s fire sauce

Self-reliance

Just for Kids: Some good clean fun!

Gee-Whiz: From Paper to Canning

Tips and handy hints for 4X4 living

How to begin taking wildlife photographs

Energy

Intake and exhaust upgrades for better mileage and performance

Keeping your food cold — Solutions to refrigeration when electricity is scarce

Walden Pond — the solar version: Part 2

Solar Food Drying

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...

How to shoot a handgun accurately

Use the right ammunition!

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

Teaching a 10-year-old to shoot

Science

Gee-Whiz: From Paper to Canning

By John Silveira (aka O.E. MacDougal) May/June 2017 Backwoods Home The greatest inventions in history are the ones we now take for granted. Fire and the...