Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

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

Beekeeping basics

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

Fermenting Chicken Feed

Building

Building and Using Wattle Fences

By Kathryn Wingrove Issue #139 • January/February, 2013 Wattle fences are made by weaving material in and out of posts in the ground. They were often...

Build an inexpensive but durable jackleg fence

Build a wood crib with free materials

Build a chicken house in a day

The poor man’s ceramic knife sharpener

Farm and Garden

Elderberries — Hospitality, Health, And Beauty

By Gail Butler Issue #124 • July/August, 2010 When friends stop by for a visit I like to offer them a hospitable and healthful libation of...

Want More Fruit From Less Space? Espalier Your Trees!

How to Grow Great Carrots

Exotic Plants for the Homestead

Green or Yellow: Grow Your Best Bush Beans Ever

Americana and History

The greatest American who was never President

By John Silveira Issue #60a • November/December, 1999 "The election's next year, right?" I asked. Dave Duffy, the publisher of Backwoods Home Magazine, was editing a rather...

Doesn’t anyone remember Tom Paine

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

The time-travel ad

Remembering what grandma used

Food and recipes

Picnicking with class!

Baby bok choy with tofu

A few favorite recipes and books

Homemade baking extracts

Self-reliance

Dealing with heat stress

Power Up

Hypothermia — A real winter danger

Building and stocking your pantry

Energy

Solar charge controllers — myths, hype, and facts

Standby battery charging techniques can ensure engine startups

Walden Pond, the solar version: Part 1

Are hydrogen-fueled cars pie-in-the-sky?

Guns and Hunting

Firearms handling refresher Part I: Handguns

By Massad Ayoob Website Exclusive • December, 2003 One of our readers e-mailed John Silveira to tell him that taking a handgun afield after a long...

Tailoring guns to females

The Appleseed Project

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

Building the coyote rifle

Science

Three more ways the world can end … and I’m not...

By John Silveira Issue #155 • September/October, 2015 "What are you doing?" a voice asked. I looked up and saw O.E. MacDougal, Dave's poker-playing friend from Southern...