Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Raising quail — A home grown delicacy

Fermenting Chicken Feed

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

How to buy your first sheep without getting shorn

Building

Build a Concrete Root Cellar

By Dorothy Ainsworth Issue #168 • November/December, 2017 I should have been a mole — it feels so safe and cool and quiet to be underground....

Here’s how to make a musical bamboo flute

Building your chicken coop

Three Raised Bed Designs

The Forever Floor

Farm and Garden

Tomatoes, the Essential Garden Crop

By Charles Sanders Issue #123 • May/June, 2010 Tomatoes are one of the most favored of all garden crops. They originated in South America, but in...

Want More Fruit From Less Space? Espalier Your Trees!

Build a Composter

Okra — Not Just for the South

Gardening Tips and Tricks

Americana and History

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

By Alice B. Yeager and James O. Yeager Issue #115 • January/February, 2009 I was a girl of 8 when the stock market crashed in 1929....

Gee-Whiz: Presidents

George Washington Carver — He wrote the book on self-reliance

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

Remembering what grandma used

Food and recipes

Pita bread

Jo’s Kentucky-fried cole slaw

Here are some tasty ways to use those end-of-season green tomatoes

Crawfish fettucine

Self-reliance

Survival/utility vest

Easy-to-make reusable coffee filters

Dehydrating eggs at home

Homeschooling through high school

Energy

Solar Building Design

Our journey to modern off-grid living

Phantom solar — The crucial invisible system needed before you install solar

Build your own battery charging station

Guns and Hunting

Affordable firearms

By Massad Ayoob Issue #134 • March/April, 2012 Knowing that frugality is one of the cornerstones of rural living, Editor Annie Tuttle suggested that I tackle...

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

Sight and sound enhancement

The M1A — A rifle that makes a statement

Answering some well asked questions about personal defense

Science

Subduction zone tsunami — What the residents of the Pacific Northwest...

By John Silveira Issue #94 • July/August, 2004 I was sitting in my cubicle poring over a map of the Oregon coastactually, just that...

A doomsday scenario to sleep on

The coming ice age

Gee-Whiz: Dinosaurs

The MTHFR mutation and why it may matter to you

Politics and Commentary

Our ‘unenumerated’ rights

Man vs. the machine

If you want to survive an emergency, look to yourself, not the Government

Is it time for an education revolution?

Animals

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

By Jackie Clay Issue #109 • January/February, 2008 When I was a child, I used to read and re-read the chick section in our Sears and...

Build a chicken feeder on the cheep cheep cheep

By Linda Slate Issue #119 • September/October, 2009 While searching for a large quantity (five pounds or more) feeder for my backyard flock, I kept running...

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

Raising your own beef for your family

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

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

Self-Reliance

Vinegar — A splash is all you need for healthful eating, natural healing, and sparkling home

A young couple moves to the country

Teach your kids math with the banking game

Seed art — It’s fun to collect the seeds and create these unusual pictures

Farm and Garden

Leaf Mold is Another Way to Build Your Soil

By John Fuchs Issue #41 • September/October, 1996 Leaves are an excellent way to add organic matter to the garden. However, using rawor unprocessedleaves has some drawbacks. Raw leaves are more acidic than composted leaves, and...

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Flowers Brighten the Garden

By Alice B. Yeager Photos by James O. Yeager Website Exclusive • March, 2006 Along with raising food plants, I like to tuck in a few flowers both annuals and perennials. There's something about bright orange...

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