Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Get to know your spiders

Fermenting Chicken Feed

Slaughtering and Butchering

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....

Never underestimate a woman

Install rafters alone the easy way

Choosing a chain saw

Free pallet wood and birdhouses add up to big country dollars

Farm and Garden

No Worrying About Fire Blight with Orient and Kieffer Pears

By Alice B. Yeager Issue #52 • July/August, 1998 Everyone likes a good success story, and if I were called upon to name the most successful...

Save Time and Energy with the Fenced Chicken Coop/Garden

Leafy Green Vegetables — The Underrated Heroes of the Garden

Growing Potatoes in Straw

Plant Once Harvest for Years

Americana and History

The summer of ’35

By John Graesch Issue #64 • July/August, 2000 Sixty five years ago I was living in that part of Seattle, Washington, known as South Park. Few...

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

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

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

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

Food and recipes

Blueberry wine jam

Easy-to-make farmer’s cheese

Bread — The staff of life

Cornmeal sour cream biscuits

Self-reliance

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

Finding wealth you can wear at yard sales

Preparing for civil unrest

Just for Kids: Take a nite hike!

Energy

Solar-powered water purifiers

Battery powered weekend retreat

What if the electricity GOES OFF?

Get the most out of your vehicle and your maintenance dollar

Guns and Hunting

Air power superiority

When a well-placed shot is required, when stealth and quiet are called for, an air rifle may be the best option. By Gary Lewis Issue #151 • January/February,...

Tailoring guns to females

Of guns and snakes

The Appleseed Project

Teaching a 10-year-old to shoot

Science

Three more ways the world can end … and I’m not...

By John Silveira Issue #155 • September/October, 2015 "What are you doing?" a voice asked. I looked up and saw O.E. MacDougal, Dave's poker-playing friend from Southern...