Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

Dorper sheep — Revolutionizing the meat sheep industry

Brooder in a box

Goat birthing and raising kids

Building

Make your own lumber with a chainsaw mill

By Jacqueline Tresl Issue #39 • May/June, 1996 Milling a board with a chainsaw lumber-maker. Figure1: The pieces. Beams, joists and walls were made with a chainsaw mill. Figure...

Build an Old-Fashioned Hotbed and Start Your Seeds in Style

How to maintain a dirt road

Build a Groundhog Snare

Build a wood-fired stock tank heater

Farm and Garden

Companion Planting

By Beverly Mettot Issue #81 • May/June, 2003 Companion planting is nothing new, and yet in recent years it has made an extraordinary comeback, not only...

Nut Trees on Your Homestead

Propagating Plants

The ‘Chocolate Tree’ Isn’t Just for Kids

Mid-season planting

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....

Constitution of the united States of America

Was the first government gun confiscation attempt foiled by an unsung...

Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document

The summer of ’35

Food and recipes

Layered casserole

Goat milk recipes

Hoppin’ John with fresh asparagus beans

Italian Christmas bread

Self-reliance

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

Life-saving snowshoes

An Introduction to Small-Scale Home Hydroponics

The community treasure chest

Energy

An $89 backup generator

Solar Building Design

Homemade electric power

Power Up

Guns and Hunting

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...

How big a gun do you need?

How long should your gun’s barrel length be?

Savage Model 110 — A proven economical backwoods rifle

Firearms and cold weather considerations

Science

Gee-Whiz: Trees

By O. E. Macdougal September/October 2015, Backwoods Home We’re told they include some of the oldest and largest living organisms on the planet. But do...

The world is ending! … Again?

The coming ice age

Theories of the universe

The gee-whiz! page — Cats: Why they rule our world

Politics and Commentary

Dr. Laura tells her listeners she’s decided to pack a gun

The ‘Curious Guy’ and the ‘Offended Woman’

Our energy crisis Part 1 — It’s our creation, but we can fix it

Libertarian and Conservative

Animals

How to butcher a chicken in 20 minutes or less

...while leaving the carcass and feathers intact! By Dr. Roger W. Grim, D.C. Issue #79 • January/February, 2003 Figure 1. With a trash bag properly fitted around...

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

By Annie Duffy Issue #52 • July/August, 1998 "If you're going to make something that you want to last, why not start with good quality material,"...

Bovine basics for beginners

Good-bye old friend

Home Dairying

Raising your own beef

Self-Reliance

The art of living in small spaces

Used bookstores can be sucessful in the hinterlands

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

Teach speed reading to your children even if you can’t speed read yourself

Farm and Garden

Seven tactics for planning next year’s garden

By Kristina Seleshanko There are few things I enjoy more than snuggling up next to the woodstove with a cup of coffee and my garden planning notebook. Although winter might feel like a time to...

Garden Seeds — A Great Winter Pastime

By Jackie Clay Issue #67 • January/February, 2001 Start your garden this year while the snow is still on the ground. I start all of my own plants from seeds. One of my favorite winter pastimes...