Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Once a day milking

Get to know your spiders

Finding, buying, milking, and living with the family milk cow

Finding the best dog for the country life

Building

Build a portable woodstove for $30

By David Scott Matthews Issue #78 • November/December, 2002 I had a problem. Other men love football, baseball, basketball, or golf. I love to hunt. And...

Build a lean-to greenhouse

Yurt Magic — Building an Enchanting Instant House

Build a stone wall

Solar Building Design

Farm and Garden

Hügelkultur for the Homestead

By Rose Shelton Issue #176 • April/May/June, 2019 Last spring, I finally completed a long-planned homestead project of constructing two hügelkultur beds. What is hügelkultur? It’s...

Gardening in the Desert Using Only Rainwater

Testing Soil

For Extra Production, Try Mound Gardening

Propagating Grapes

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;...

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

The summer of ’35

Gee-Whiz: Presidents

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 4 — Cunning, vindictive, and...

Food and recipes

Dehydrating food

Creamed Carrot Soup

Maple Spiced Broiled Salmon

More tips and tricks for the kitchen

Self-reliance

Circle of friends

Pump water for free

What to do when there’s no doctor

The saga of Benjamin, the backwoods, homeschool boy who wanted to get a job

Energy

Power Up Light, Water, Communications in Emergencies

Energy class: Part 1

Keeping your food cold — Solutions to refrigeration when electricity is scarce

Solar Food Drying

Guns and Hunting

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

By Massad Ayoob Issue #139 • January/February, 2013 Long a supporter of the Appleseed concept, Backwoods Home Magazine hosted one in Gold Beach, Oregon, in second...