Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

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

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Installing a steel roof

By Norman Bennett Issue #126 • November/December, 2010 One of the reasons steel roofs have become so popular is the simplicity and economy with which they...

For large quantity food dehydration try this homemade gem from the...

Making Apple Cider with a Homemade Press

Want More Fruit From Less Space? Espalier Your Trees!

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #79 • January/February, 2003 After originating in the semi-arid regions of the middle east, espaliering (is-'pal-yer-ing) became a commonly employed fruit...

Plant Your Irish Potatoes This Fall or Winter

Gardening with a Chicken Tractor

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

Exotic Plants for the Homestead

Was the first government gun confiscation attempt foiled by an unsung...

By John Silveira Issue #119 • September/October, 2009 Gun control people don't seem to get just how deeply etched into the American psyche gun ownership goes...

Constitution of the united States of America

Seed art — It’s fun to collect the seeds and create these unusual pictures

Advice from second-time homesteaders

Don’t discount a generator, especially a diesel generator, as your primary power source

Intake and exhaust upgrades for better mileage and performance

7 Solar Water Heating System Designs

Of guns and snakes

By Massad Ayoob Issue #151 • January/February, 2015 Mas safely kills a rattlesnake in a populated area. (Note angle of gun and trajectory.) Pistol is a...

Firearms and cold weather considerations

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

The threat of electromagnetic pulse!

By John Silveira Issue #132 • November/December, 2011 I like "doomsday" scenarios even ridiculous ones, such as the supposed Mayan calendar prophecy for 2012 or...

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

Some thoughts on growing older in the backwoods

My View: Learn to Do One Thing Well

Raising quail — A home grown delicacy

By Allen Easterly Issue #101 • September/October, 2006 Raising quail is inexpensive, easy, provides very healthy low-fat white meat, and supplies the fertilizer you need for...

Switch your family to goat’s milk

By Tanya Kelley Issue #128 • March/April, 2011 If you milk goats, there's no doubt you've heard it"Eww! Goat's milk! Gross!" To be perfectly honest, goat...

Are aliens stealing our honeybees?

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

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

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

Help your home survive in the path of a wildfire

With commonsense planning, you can survive hard times

Annie on Everfree Farm, Part II

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...

A New Use for Old Tires: A Garden Using Tires

By Charles Sanders Issue #98 • March/April, 2006 There are mountains of old tires out there. Americans keep on rolling and tires keep on wearing out. Every year there is almost one scrap tire created for...