Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Once a day milking

Where our farm animals come from

Redworm farming

Raising quail — A home grown delicacy

Building

Build a ski sled

By Kai Moessle Issue #138 • November/December, 2012 Since my property is almost half a mile away from the nearest road and I can't keep the...

Build a graceful footbridge

Tools and hardware for the backwoods home

Claw Hammers

Free pallet wood and birdhouses add up to big country dollars

Farm and Garden

Victory Gardens

By Alice B. Yeager Issue #54 • November/December, 1998 There have been very few times in our nation's history when "We, the people" have banded together...

Flowers Brighten the Garden

Build a Keyhole Garden

Tomatoes, the Essential Garden Crop

Gardening the Year ‘Round

Americana and History

Remembering what grandma used

By Marjorie Burris Issue #57 • May/June, 1999 My grandmother, Mary Etta Dillman Graham, was one of those frontier women who took life as it came;...

Who were the best…and worst U.S. Presidents?

The vanishing outhouse

The greatest American who was never President

Former first ladies — Beautiful, brilliant, crazy

Food and recipes

Hawaiian poha jam

Sourdough simplified

The healthy kitchen — Good spoons, knives, and food

Spicy Beef and Peppers

Self-reliance

Bartering for bad times

Making a great rug from the rag bag

Moving on: A small town can be a haven during a depression

Tale of a country family

Energy

Grid-tie solar-powered farm

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

Waterpower for personal use

Power-up bag

Guns and Hunting

The Appleseed Project

By Massad Ayoob Issue #123 • May/June, 2010 There is nothing else in the shooting world quite like the Appleseed Project, which combines American Revolutionary War...