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Keeping homestead animals healthy

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

Mountain lions — Attacks are still rare, but just in case…

Stairs — The next level

By Skip Thomsen Website Exclusive • August, 2004 Any good carpenter can build a staircase. What we're talking about here is taking that staircase to the...

Build a Vertical Storage Rack for Cans

Building David’s Cabin, Part One

Growing Productive Strawberries

By Edna Manning Issue #86 • March/April, 2004 Here on the Canadian prairies, I have found strawberries to be perhaps one of the most delicious, least-demanding...

An Introduction to Small-Scale Home Hydroponics

Farm baseball … with ghost runners!

By Tom Kovach Growing up on a farm in north-central Minnesota wasn’t all chores and hard work … although there was plenty of that too....

Feeling nostalgic? Now you’ll rave! Here’s the story of Burma Shave.

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

Healthy holiday munchies — Guaranteed to take the sneak out of snacking

The saga of Benjamin, the backwoods, homeschool boy who wanted to get a job

By Hook or Crook: A Billhook is a Handy Homestead Tool

Power Up Light, Water, Communications in Emergencies

Solar system codes — Build it right!

The M1A — A rifle that makes a statement

By Massad Ayoob Issue #45 • May/June, 1997 I take the Springfield Armory rifle out of the box, and savor it. I seldom do that with...

Firearms — Tools of rural living

The light at the end of the gun

Gee-Whiz: Bad Fish, Big Fish

By O.E. MacDougal January/February 2015, Backwoods Home Fish were the very first vertebrates. That is, they were the first animals with backbones, the purpose of which...

Gee-Whiz: Ice Ages, Past and Future

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

How America can be saved from stupid people

What kind of Americans sit on our juries?

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

By James Kash Issue #139 • January/February, 2013 Broodiness is an avian behavior that is frowned upon in the world of agriculture. All industrial agriculturalists cull...

Shearing, carding, spinning, weaving and creating with Margaret Boos

By Annie Duffy Issue #52 • July/August, 1998 "If you're going to make something that you want to last, why not start with good quality material,"...

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

How to buy your first sheep without getting shorn

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

Jackie’s tips for hardcore homesteading

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

Kick the credit card habit and learn to stash cash

A Child’s Garden — More than Child’s Play

By Jackie Clay Issue #69 • May/June, 2001 There are many things parents can give their children, other than plastic toys or a few bucks to play video games at the mall. And one of the...

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 us. At one time, people gardened because home-grown produce was...