Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Forget the dog, chicken is man’s best friend

Raising quail — A home grown delicacy

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Build your own portable forge

By Corcceigh Green Issue #51 • May/June, 1998 Looking for a handy summer project while building skills, supplies, and knowledge to put away for a rainy...

Dorothy Ainsworth update: Out of the ashes

Building and Using Wattle Fences

Building and using wattle fences

Converting a Gasoline-Powered Rototiller to Electric

By Glenn Willis, Jr. Issue #87 • May/June, 2004 Several years ago my sister and her husband had an 8-horse gas-powered rototiller that went belly up....

Put Your Garden to Bed for the Winter

Growing Productive Strawberries

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...

From Martha and Abigail to Dolley and Louisa, America’s earliest First...

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

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

Cooking from long-term food storage

The dandelion is a healthful, great tasting weed you can eat

How we found our remote backwoods home

Sew a baby quilt in two days… for a lifetime of memories

Standby battery charging techniques can ensure engine startups

Build a passive-solar food dehydrator

Intake and exhaust upgrades for better mileage and performance

Reload your own brass

By Dale Petry Issue #132 • November/December, 2011 Not long ago a friend called to say he had seen an unusual rifle at the local gun...

Firearms handling refresher Part II: Shotguns

The M1A — A rifle that makes a statement

The threat of electromagnetic pulse!

By John Silveira Issue #132 • November/December, 2011 I like "doomsday" scenarios even ridiculous ones, such as the supposed Mayan calendar prophecy for 2012 or...

Can we make a Tyrannosaurus rex from a chicken?

Gee-Whiz: From Paper to Canning

My View: Gaining an Appreciation for Risk

A history lesson from Ayn Rand

Raising Rabbits

By Linda Gabris Issue #133 • January/February, 2012 If you take pride and pleasure in growing your own organic garden foods and raising your own chemical-free...

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

By Kristina Seleshanko Issue #177 • July/August/September, 2019 Something we heard a lot when we first started raising chickens in the suburbs was, “For the cost...

Goat birthing and raising kids

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

Couponing, refunding, and stockpiling will make your money stretch

How to organize an outdoor canning party

A determined Rose Bley escaped the city

The ‘Chocolate Tree’ Isn’t Just for Kids

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #85 • January/February, 2004 My grandson Tommy was probably 50 feet up off the ground when he hollered, "Catch this one, Grandpa!" With those words of warning he dropped another gunny...

The Best City Garden

By Anita Evangelista Issue #103 • January/February, 2007 City gardens and country gardens are differentnot only in the amount of space each can fill, but in the types and quantities of...