Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Dorper sheep — Revolutionizing the meat sheep industry

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Slaughtering and Butchering

Are aliens stealing our honeybees?

Building

How to build a good fence for your homestead

By Charles Sanders Issue #103 • January/February, 2007 One of the basic fixtures on a homestead...

Livestock fencing for the small homesteader, part 2

Build an all-purpose ladder

Build a portable woodstove for $30

The Mini-Skyline — A homemade yarder to bring firewood up a...

Farm and Garden

Gardening in the Desert Using Only Rainwater

By Joe Mooney Issue #147 • May/June, 2014 I've always found the use of seasonal rains by native peoples very fascinating. From the diversion of floodwaters...

Gardening Tips and Tricks

Elderberries — Hospitality, Health, And Beauty

Build a Keyhole Garden

Growing Microgreens

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...

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

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

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

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

Food and recipes

Vegetarian pies

Blueberry Vareniki

Artichoke Omelet Appetizer

Making apple pectin

Self-reliance

Based on years of personal experience, here are 10 good tips for homeschooling your children

Making apple pectin

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

Build a holz hausen to dry firewood

Energy

Portable solar power

Solar hot water systems

Waterpower for personal use

7 Solar Water Heating System Designs

Guns and Hunting

Hiding a gun — The rules of three

By Claire Wolfe Issue #140 • March/April, 2013 My friend Jack pulled the car into a grassy clearing. We donned rubber boots, fetched a metal detector...

Of guns and snakes

Choose your ammo… police style

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

Cold weather shooting considerations

Science

Gee-Whiz: From Paper to Canning

By John Silveira (aka O.E. MacDougal) May/June 2017 Backwoods Home The greatest inventions in history are the ones we now take for granted. Fire and the...