Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

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

Once a day milking

Mountain lions — Attacks are still rare, but just in case…

Keeping homestead animals healthy

Building

Build a Simple, Inexpensive Greenhouse

By Jennifer Poindexter Issue #157 • January/February, 2016 Since my family is homesteading on a budget, the task of building a greenhouse had to be done...

A simple backwoods hay baler

Building your chicken coop

Install rafters alone the easy way

Vise Dremel Moto Tool mount

Farm and Garden

Jackie’s Garden Primer

By Jackie Clay Issue #117 • May/June, 2009 The birds are singing. The sunshine makes the day feel soft and warm. The soil is mellow and...

Growing Microgreens

The Homestead Greenhouse

Gardening Tips and Tricks

Save Time and Energy with the Fenced Chicken Coop/Garden

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;...

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

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

Biological and chemical weapons through history

The time-travel ad

Food and recipes

Dublin Coddle

A few favorite recipes and books

Venison — From the Field to the Fork

Pickled nopalitos

Self-reliance

Breastfeeding — Babies love it, and for good reason

Teaching the joy of reading

SARS — Is this a glimpse of the future?

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

Energy

Energy class: Part 3

Solar power trailer Part 1

Handy Keychain Mini-Gadgets

Solar Power 101 — Batteries: Part 1

Guns and Hunting

A used shotgun bargain: The Browning Auto-5

By Brad Rohdenburg Website Exclusive • September, 2014 A 1958 "Light Twelve" Browning Auto-5, with a 28" Improved Cylinder barrel and 'Speedfeed' loading. It weighs less...

An economical battery of guns for the backwoods home

Moderate power firearms

Military surplus and military “clone” rifles

Centennial of the All-American .30-06

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...