Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

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

Livestock fencing for the small homesteader, part 2

By Don Lewis In the last issue of Backwoods Home Magazine, we covered Part 1 of livestock fencing for the small homesteader. The article included...

Make your own lumber with a chainsaw mill

Gabion walls for form and function

The Best City Garden

By Anita Evangelista Issue #103 • January/February, 2007 City gardens and country gardens are differentnot only in the amount of space...

Fly it proudly and properly

By Roger Meyer Issue #130 • July/August, 2011 Since September 11, 2001, more Americans are displaying the national flag. Our flag gives us a sense of...

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

Who were the best…and worst U.S. Presidents?

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

Lenie in the kitchen: Hamburger and potato casserole

I heat my house by burning corn

Growing and Using Bamboo on the Homestead

Amateur Ham Radio – The Ultimate Tool for Survival Communications

What if the electricity GOES OFF?

Centennial of the All-American .30-06

By Massad Ayoob Issue #100 • July/August, 2006 In the long love affair between America and the rifle, there has never been an interlude quite as...

Savage Model 110 — A proven economical backwoods rifle

Frontier style handguns for the modern backwoods home

Firearms — Tools of rural living

Testing Soil

By Tom Kovach Issue #119 • September/October, 2009 Testing the soil content of a garden is very important and is quite easy to do. Soil tests...

The MTHFR mutation and why it may matter to you

Can we make a Tyrannosaurus rex from a chicken?

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

The world is coming to an end… and this time, I’m...

Magnesium and the International Criminal Court

Talking to your kids about death

Why we have no “constitutional” rights

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,"...

Raising your own beef for your family

By Charles Sanders Issue #57 • May/June, 1999 For most homesteaders, the raising of livestock plays a crucial role in the home based economy. The types...

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Switch your family to goat’s milk

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

Moving to the wilderness — Turning the dream to reality

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

Tips and handy hints for 4X4 living

How we found our remote backwoods home

Swiss Chard — The Leaf Vegetable That Keeps on Giving!

By Raymond Nones Issue #92 • March/April, 2005 For years every spring I planted spinach in my garden. For those who have never tasted home grown spinach, there is a world of difference between its taste...

Put Your Garden to Bed for the Winter

By Jackie Clay Issue #95 • September/October, 2005 During the crispy fall afternoons, we listen often and intently to the weather forecasts. "It's going to be clear tonight," I'd tell my late husband, Bob, and my...