Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

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

Animal disease traceability

Brooder in a box

Bovine basics for beginners

Building

Build a stone wall

By Charles Sanders Issue #70 • July/August, 2001 The natural beauty of a stone wall has been romanticized in poem and picture for hundreds of years....

Vise Dremel Moto Tool mount

How to build a good fence for your homestead

Radiant floor heating — Alternative to forced-air heating is solar-powered, too...

Build a Groundhog Snare

Farm and Garden

Clover — From Livestock Forage to Medicinal Tea, This Humble Plant...

By Eugene Mitchell Issue #130 • July/August, 2011 Whether young or old, lying in the grass and searching for four-leafed clovers is timeless fun. Sometimes they're...

Okra — Not Just for the South

Use Plastic to Get a Head Start on Corn in the...

Pruning Blueberries

Build a Composter

Americana and History

Farm baseball … with ghost runners!

By Tom Kovach Growing up on a farm in north-central Minnesota wasn’t all chores and hard work … although there was plenty of that too....

Declaration of Independence: The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States...

President George Washington’s Farewell Address

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

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

Food and recipes

Pears in Caramel Syrup

Asparagus Pasta Salad

Crawfish fettucine

Pastoral bread

Self-reliance

Building and stocking your pantry

Intake and exhaust upgrades for better mileage and performance

The raging torrent — Respect it even when you play

Shopping to beat inflation

Energy

Power Up Light, Water, Communications in Emergencies

Make your own biodiesel for 80¢ per gallon

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

Generators alone are not enough

Guns and Hunting

Building the coyote rifle

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #107 • September/October, 2007 Feral dogs, coyotes, and those odd-looking "coy dogs" like to feed on my neighbors' livestock on occasion...