Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

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

Khaki Campbell ducks — The other egg layer

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

Redworm farming

Building

Build a chicken tractor

By Connie Rabun Issue #127 • January/February, 2011 In the beginning we had chickens...and no coop! Any homesteader knows that the number one rule is to...

Building a $3,000 Barn

Save Time and Energy with the Fenced Chicken Coop/Garden

Vise Dremel Moto Tool mount

Yurt Magic — Building an Enchanting Instant House

Farm and Garden

Starting a Roadside Farm Stand

By John Murray  Issue #158 • March/April, 2016 For country landowners who desire a way to supplement their income, operating a small roadside farm stand is...

The Homestead Greenhouse

Gardening the Year ‘Round

Here’s a Mighty Creative Way to Protect Your Plants from Animals

Pruning Blueberries

Americana and History

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

By John Silveira Issue #49 • January/February, 1998 It was one of those days I love. We were between deadlines and Dave, Bill, Mac, and I...

Biological and chemical weapons through history

The summer of ’35

George Washington Carver — He wrote the book on self-reliance

Doesn’t anyone remember Tom Paine

Food and recipes

The wonderful world of lavender

Artichoke Omelet Appetizer

Pecan Crusted Trout

Dishpan cookies

Self-reliance

Circle of friends

Commonsense preparedness just makes sense

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

Making a great rug from the rag bag

Energy

Grid-tie solar-powered farm

Don’t discount a generator, especially a diesel generator, as your primary power source

Solar suitcase

Energy class: Part 2 — Understanding your electric bill

Guns and Hunting

Moderate power firearms

By Massad Ayoob Issue #110 • March/April, 2008 Robert Ruark, the great American writer of the mid-Twentieth Century, was also a big game hunter. One of...

Hunting, processing, and serving black bear

Firearms handling refresher Part I: Handguns

Reload your own brass

Just because

Science

Subduction zone tsunami — What the residents of the Pacific Northwest...

By John Silveira Issue #94 • July/August, 2004 I was sitting in my cubicle poring over a map of the Oregon coastactually, just that...