Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Keeping homestead animals healthy

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

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

Simplify life in your backwoods home by using these easy mountain...

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #54 • November/December, 1998 Backwoods folk, or in my case, mountain folk, are typically very resourceful, utilizing whatever is on hand...

Build a cistern out of corrugated road culvert

Here’s an Easier (and Cheaper) Way to Make Wooden Beams

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

By Rebekah L. Cowell Photos by Amanda Egdorf-Sand Issue #124 • July/August, 2010 Vermicomposting takes composting to another level using Eisenia foetida (commonly known as red wiggler,...

Caring for your chickens in winter

Exotic Plants for the Homestead

Catfish Biscuits

By Danny Fulks Issue #87 • May/June, 2004 Danny Fulks, 71, grew up in southern Ohio where his parents worked the land and milked cows, and...

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

President George Washington’s Farewell Address

Freeze a holiday turkey to enjoy it all year long

A guide to buying silver and gold

Tips and handy hints for 4X4 living

Keep those gadgets working after the power goes out

Make your own biodiesel for 80¢ per gallon

Teaching a 10-year-old to shoot

By John Moody Issue #174 • November/December, 2018 In my youth, I remember my dad dragging my brother and me out of bed in the middle...

The M1A — A rifle that makes a statement

Bury a gun and ammo for 15 years

The many benefits of garlic

By Joe Knight Issue #113 • September/October, 2008 Garlic, used throughout the world for the taste it adds to foods, is also well known for its...

Armed citizens: the deterrent factor

Dr. Laura tells her listeners she’s decided to pack a gun

Terrorism in America — The armed citizen’s view

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

By Jackie Clay Issue #109 • January/February, 2008 When I was a child, I used to read and re-read the chick section in our Sears and...

The homestead cat

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson We have had at least one cat in our home ever since I was a young child. So it’s no wonder we...

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

Raising quail — A home grown delicacy

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

The poor man’s ultra-light dual-fuel backpacking stove

Everybody talks about lightning and yes, there are things you can do about it

Jackie’s tips for hardcore homesteading

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

By Kristina Seleshanko Issue #177 • July/August/September, 2019 Something we heard a lot when we first started raising chickens in the suburbs was, “For the cost of raising those birds, you could buy an awful lot...

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...