Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

How to buy your first sheep without getting shorn

Mountain lions — Attacks are still rare, but just in case…

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

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

Building

Building David’s Cabin, Part One

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #172 • July/August, 2018 Like most young folks today, our son David graduated high school, got a job, and went to college...

A house a tornado helped build

Adventures with a portable sawmill

New invention— The Fencerunner

PVC pipe in the home, garden, farm, and workshop

Farm and Garden

Solar-Powered Electric Fencing

By Jeffrey Yago, P.E., CEM Issue #147 • May/June, 2014 A new electric fence attached to older traditional wood fencing More and more people are turning to...

The Home Citrus Orchard

Prevent Foodborne Illness with Safe Gardening Methods

Raised Bed Gardening — Neat and Productive

Want More Fruit From Less Space? Espalier Your Trees!

Americana and History

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

By John Silveira Issue #29 • September/October, 1994 (This is a four-part series. Click the links to navigate to parts one, two, three, and four.) It was...

President George Washington’s Farewell Address

Feeling nostalgic? Now you’ll rave! Here’s the story of Burma Shave.

Gee-Whiz: Presidents

The time-travel ad

Food and recipes

Corned Beef Cakes

Vidalia Onion Pie

Pickled nopalitos

Blueberry Vareniki

Self-reliance

Funerals don’t have to be expensive

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

Space heater safety tips

The art of living in small spaces

Energy

Emergency solar power for $950

Solar hot water systems

Keep those gadgets working after the power goes out

Just for Kids: Sun-kabobs and solar sizzle

Guns and Hunting

How long should your gun’s barrel length be?

By Massad Ayoob Issue #136 • July/August, 2012 The person new to guns is like the person new to timepieces. "How many of these things are...

Savage Model 110 — A proven economical backwoods rifle

Firearms — Tools of rural living

The Appleseed Project

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

Science

A brief history of health and medicine

By John Silveira Issue #100 • July/August, 2006 As little as a century ago, the average life span in the United States was 49 years. Today...

Gee-Whiz: Coffee

Theories of the universe

Gee-Whiz: From Paper to Canning

Gee-Whiz: Presidents

Politics and Commentary

Defunding government is a sensible voter solution to reining in local government

A vast cultural divide exists between environmentalists and gun owners

Perspectives on the George Zimmerman/Trayvon Martin shooting

Personal guns getting to be in style

Animals

Hog butchering — Using everything but the squeal

By Charles Sanders Issue #142 • July/August, 2013 A 450-pound hog will provide a lot of delicious meat. Hogs are raised throughout our neighboring Amish community for...

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

By Jackie Clay Issue #111 • May/June, 2008 It goes without saying that preparedness is not for "radicals" or "weirdos" anymore. I picked up a preparedness...

Finding the best dog for the country life

Build a poultry killing cone

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

Once a day milking

Self-Reliance

Caring for wounds in the field

The return of home emergency shelters takes on a dual-purpose approach

Mosquitoes outnumber us and no one likes them

You could furnish an entire homestead at Lehman’s ‘Non-electric’ Hardware Store

Farm and Garden

Vermicomposting — Raise Worms to Consume Waste, Amend Soil, and Earn Income

By Rebekah L. Cowell Photos by Amanda Egdorf-Sand Issue #124 • July/August, 2010 Vermicomposting takes composting to another level using Eisenia foetida (commonly known as red wiggler, brandling, or manure worms) to break down organic matter such...

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How to Grow Great Carrots

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #153 • May/June, 2015 Carrots are an old-time homesteader favorite. They can be frozen, canned, dehydrated, or simply stored in a cool location. They are nutritious, too, being a great source of beta...

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