Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

How to buy your first sheep without getting shorn

How to butcher a chicken in 20 minutes or less

The homestead cat

Build a chicken feeder on the cheep cheep cheep

Building

Five building tricks for super strong framing

By Don Fallick Issue #49 • January/February, 1998 I was standing on the edge of the roof overhang, holding two bundles of asphalt shingles, when my...

Build a poultry killing cone

Woodbarrow

Build a wood-fired stock tank heater

This coop is for the birds

Farm and Garden

How to Grow Potatoes

By Alice B. Yeager Issue #97 • January/February, 2006 Potato plants need plenty of sunshine, a well drained soil, and no weed or grass interference. Ideal...

Elderberries — Hospitality, Health, And Beauty

Start a Self-Sufficiency Garden Even in a Cramped Apartment

Woodchuck-Proof the Garden

The $1 Garden

Americana and History

Former first ladies — Beautiful, brilliant, crazy

By John Silveira Issue #30 • November/December, 1994 (This is a four-part series. Click the links to navigate to parts one, two, three, and four.) (When we...

Gee-Whiz: Presidents

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 4 — Cunning, vindictive, and...

George Washington Carver — He wrote the book on self-reliance

Fried chicken for breakfast

Food and recipes

Apple barbeque sauce

Home canning safety tips

Venison Stew

Venison Chili

Self-reliance

Essential oils

Intake and exhaust upgrades for better mileage and performance

Roasting coffee on a wood stove

Make elderberry syrup for flu season

Energy

Standby battery charging techniques can ensure engine startups

Grid-tied, Grid-connected, Off-grid. What’s the difference?

What if the electricity GOES OFF?

Intake and exhaust upgrades for better mileage and performance

Guns and Hunting

An economical battery of guns for the backwoods home

By Massad Ayoob Issue #114 • November/December, 2008 Everything's getting more expensive. Food. Gasoline. Guns and ammunition. Not everyone who appreciates the rural lifestyle was "born...