Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Dorper sheep — Revolutionizing the meat sheep industry

Keeping homestead animals healthy

Fermenting Chicken Feed

A contrary guide to feeding animals

Building

Build a stone wall

By Charles Sanders Issue #70 • July/August, 2001 The natural beauty of a stone wall has been romanticized in poem and picture for hundreds of years....

Building a $3,000 Barn

For summertime baking needs, build yourself an outdoor horno

This coop is for the birds

Vise Dremel Moto Tool mount

Farm and Garden

How to Grow Garlic

By Melissa Souza Issue #167 • September/October, 2017 Garlic is easy and rewarding to grow. I use it throughout the year, as it is extremely easy...

Growing Productive Strawberries

Herb Boxes from Fence Boards

Build a Keyhole Garden

Seven tactics for planning next year’s garden

Americana and History

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

By Marlene Parkin Issue #22 • July/August, 1993 Many of the quilts of yesterday took a lifetime to make. Perhaps the mystical part of quiltsthe aspect...

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

Habeeb Salloum — Poet, Traveler, Recipe Writer

Fly it proudly and properly

Was the first government gun confiscation attempt foiled by an unsung...

Food and recipes

Linguini with Clam Sauce

Salmon candy and pickles — Two unique ways to enjoy your next catch

Baking Bread

Lamb and black bean tamale pie

Self-reliance

A young couple moves to the country

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

Water: a safe supply when you’re off the grid

Circle of friends

Energy

Waterpower for personal use

Keep those gadgets working after the power goes out

Solar power trailer Part 2

Standby battery charging techniques can ensure engine startups

Guns and Hunting

Tailoring guns to females

By Massad Ayoob Issue #131 • September/October, 2011 So, I'm sitting here in a hotel writing this, less than three hours after getting off the witness...

1911: The classic homeland security pistol

The Appleseed Project

Savage Model 110 — A proven economical backwoods rifle

Hiding a gun — The rules of three

Science

Gee-Whiz: Bad Fish, Big Fish

By O.E. MacDougal January/February 2015, Backwoods Home Fish were the very first vertebrates. That is, they were the first animals with backbones, the purpose of which...