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Are aliens stealing our honeybees?

Llamas guarding sheep? — Not such a far-fetched idea

Trusses — Low cost marvels to roof over most large spaces

By Martin Harris Issue #23 • September/October, 1993 When you strip away all the frills, building construction is nothing more than enclosing a volume of space...

Build a Vertical Storage Rack for Cans

Making Apple Cider with a Homemade Press

Livestock fencing for the small homesteader

Tomatoes, the Essential Garden Crop

By Charles Sanders Issue #123 • May/June, 2010 Tomatoes are one of the most favored of all garden crops. They originated in South America, but in...

Grow Open Pollinated Seeds for Self-Reliant Gardening

Grow Garlic and Reap Health Benefits

Quilts — Masterpieces of the heart and windows into women’s history

By Marlene Parkin Issue #22 • July/August, 1993 Many of the quilts of yesterday took a lifetime to make. Perhaps the mystical part of quiltsthe aspect...

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 3

Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document

The art of living in small spaces

How we found our remote backwoods home

Just for Kids: Killing some time (Create an afternoon time warp)

Radiant floor heating — Alternative to forced-air heating is solar-powered, too An interview with Stephen Heckeroth

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...

Military surplus and military “clone” rifles

The time for modern; the time for traditional

Gee-Whiz: Coffee

By O.E. MacDougal May/June 2018, Backwoods Home Every second of every day about 26,000 cups of coffee are drunk around the world. That’s about 2¼ billion...

A doomsday scenario to sleep on

Can we make a Tyrannosaurus rex from a chicken?

Can the U.N. Ban America’s Guns?

Beekeeping basics

Issue #88 • July/August, 2004 Bees have been managed for their honey production for about 5000 years or so. Especially for the...

Are aliens stealing our honeybees?

By John Silveira Issue #106 • July/August, 2007 What would happen if all the honeybees disappeared? According to some pundits we'd see a collapse in much...

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

Forget the dog, chicken is man’s best friend

Raising quail — A home grown delicacy

Annie on Everfree Farm, Part I

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

By Roy Martin Issue #104 • March/April, 2007 A hotbed is a miniature greenhouse that is heated to protect new seedlings from cold. The hotbed differs from a cold frame in that it has an internal...

Secure and Economical Livestock Feed

By Sherry Willis Issue #145 • January/February, 2014 The recent droughts in the midwest have meant hard times for many livestock owners. Areas without irrigation saw parched earth without a scrap of green anywhere. Corn withered...