Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

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

Raising Rabbits

Goat birthing and raising kids

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

Building

Small engine maintenance for women

By Michelle Richards Issue #24 • November/December, 1993 How many small engines do you have on your homestead? I counted mine the other day and came...

Yurt Magic — Building an Enchanting Instant House

Build a cistern out of corrugated road culvert

Make a Quick and Easy Tipi

Build a Groundhog Snare

Farm and Garden

Prevent Foodborne Illness with Safe Gardening Methods

By Donna Insco  Issue #158 March/April, 2016 According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) website, "CDC estimates that each year roughly 1 in 6 Americans...

Companion Planting

Raised Bed Gardening — Neat and Productive

Plant Your Irish Potatoes This Fall or Winter

Rotten Luck: The Skinny on Composting

Americana and History

The greatest American who was never President

By John Silveira Issue #60a • November/December, 1999 "The election's next year, right?" I asked. Dave Duffy, the publisher of Backwoods Home Magazine, was editing a rather...

Doesn’t anyone remember Tom Paine

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

Catfish Biscuits

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

Food and recipes

Goat milk recipes

Harvesting the wild: Acorns

Broiled fish fillet with piri piri sauce

The healthy and tantalizing pomegranate

Self-reliance

How to Resurrect Old, Rusted Tools

Homestead helpers

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

Your kitchen pharmacy — How common culinary herbs and spices can help you feel better

Energy

Solar Building Design

A solar primer — How it works, how it’s made, what it costs

Why you need to addsolar to your emergencypower backup plans

Solar charge controllers — myths, hype, and facts

Guns and Hunting

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...