Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Keeping homestead animals healthy

Goat birthing and raising kids

Dorper sheep — Revolutionizing the meat sheep industry

Brooder in a box

Building

For summertime baking needs, build yourself an outdoor horno

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #57 • May/June, 1999 My family has always been big on birthdays and holidaysincluding Thanksgiving, Christmas, Memorial Day, Fourth of July,...

The house that Dorothy built

Build an Off-Grid Root Cellar, Garage, and Bunkhouse

Building and Using Wattle Fences

Build a wood crib with free materials

Farm and Garden

Growing Strawberries

By Patrice Lewis Issue #162 • November/December, 2016 As you read this, the wind may well be howling and the snow piling deep, and you're likely...

Caring for your chickens in winter

Herb Boxes from Fence Boards

Leafy Green Vegetables — The Underrated Heroes of the Garden

Put Your Garden to Bed for the Winter

Americana and History

the gee-whiz! page: Animals, humans, extraterrestrials, and tools

By O. E. MacDougal Issue #154 • July/August, 2015 There was a time when it was thought that a defining difference between humans and animals was:...

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document

Former first ladies — Beautiful, brilliant, crazy

Food and recipes

Winter baking warms the house

Crabapple jelly

Smoked Salmon

Indian Fry Bread

Self-reliance

Make a quilt out of Levis

Raising kids simply

I heat my house by burning corn

Breastfeeding — Babies love it, and for good reason

Energy

Sunny Solutions for north slope applications

Power your bug-out bag

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

Energy class: Part 1

Guns and Hunting

Understanding the gun debate, part 3

By Massad Ayoob Issue #163 • January/February, 2017 Click Here to read Part 1 Click Here to read Part 2 As noted in the two previous parts of...

Firearms — Tools of rural living

Teaching a 10-year-old to shoot

Military surplus and military “clone” rifles

An economical battery of guns for the backwoods home

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...