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Animals

Animal disease traceability

Build a poultry killing cone

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

Fermenting Chicken Feed

Building

Life-long siding with fiber cement board

By Jay Stoler Issue #117 • May/June, 2009 Fiber cement board siding is one of a number of siding materials that is replacing wood these days...

Turning a $10,000 House into a Home — Part 1: Salvaging...

Build a pallet fence

Shake update

Build your own home in two years — Get a PhD...

Farm and Garden

You Can Make Your Own Fertilizers

By Christopher and Dolores Lynn Nyerges Issue #44 • March/April, 1997 For some people, home gardening is an expensive pursuit, which seems a bit backward to...

Clover — From Livestock Forage to Medicinal Tea, This Humble Plant...

Exotic Plants for the Homestead

Growing the Eternal Tomato

Propagating Grapes

Americana and History

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 3

By John Silveira Issue #34 • July/August, 1995 (This is a four-part series. Click the links to navigate to parts one, two, three, and four.) Do I...

From Martha and Abigail to Dolley and Louisa, America’s earliest First...

Gee-Whiz: Presidents

Doesn’t anyone remember Tom Paine

Biological and chemical weapons through history

Food and recipes

Blueberry Vareniki

Adventures of a 9-pound cabbage

Corn cob jelly

How to can chopped garlic

Self-reliance

Water: a safe supply when you’re off the grid

Tips for finding your affordable home

Dollar Store to the Rescue

Better wood heating

Energy

Solar power for farm and ranch

Battery-Powered Tools are Changing

Solar-powered chicken coop

Solar Power 101: Inverters

Guns and Hunting

Answering some well asked questions about personal defense

By Massad Ayoob Issue #97 • January/February, 2006 Jeff Yago, Backwoods Home's energy writer, recently completed a couple of concealed carry handgun courses. The classes apparently...

Of guns and snakes

Firearms and cold weather considerations

Canning game meat

Thoughts on ammunition

Science

Can we make a Tyrannosaurus rex from a chicken?

By John Silveira Issue #169 • January/February, 2018 Do you have chickens, ducks, turkeys, or geese in your yard? They’re not “just birds” because scientists now...