Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

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

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

Raising Rabbits

Are aliens stealing our honeybees?

Building

Shake update

By David Lee Website Exclusive • January, 2005 Since my shake article was published in Backwoods Home Magazine, Issue #88, I have learned that some of...

Claw Hammers

New invention— The Fencerunner

Build a cistern out of corrugated road culvert

Making and using a solar cooker

Farm and Garden

Plant Your Irish Potatoes This Fall or Winter

By Robert L. Williams Issue #48 • November/December, 1997 My family has made a practice of planting Irish potatoes in the fall rather than in the...

Meat For the Homestead

Propagating Grapes

Flowers Brighten the Garden

Build a Keyhole 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...

Declaration of Independence: The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States...

Gee-Whiz: Presidents

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

Farm baseball … with ghost runners!

Food and recipes

Chicken Enchiladas

Shiitake mushrooms

Nana V’s holiday corn bread

Brining pickles by the quart or gallon

Self-reliance

Annie on Everfree Farm, Part II

Digging a shallow well

Making maple syrup

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

Energy

Battery powered weekend retreat

Get the most out of your vehicle and your maintenance dollar

You could furnish an entire homestead at Lehman’s ‘Non-electric’ Hardware Store

Energy class: Part 3

Guns and Hunting

Choose your ammo… police style

By Massad Ayoob Issue #93 • May/June, 2005 One of our greatest modern gun experts, Lt. Col. Jeff Cooper, USMC, Ret., once made the observation that...