Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Goat birthing and raising kids

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Hog butchering — Using everything but the squeal

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

Building

Build a 6500-gallon concrete water tank for $1500

By Dorothy Ainsworth Issue #101 • September/October, 2006 When I bought 10 dry barren "affordable" acres back in 1981 I got what I paid for: No...

The Mini-Skyline — A homemade yarder to bring firewood up a...

Build a chicken tractor

Claw Hammers

Build a Trapper’s Tilt

Farm and Garden

The $1 Garden

By Jonathan Nunan Issue #122 • March/April, 2010 The dollar garden is simple in concept: buy as many seeds as you can for one dollar and...

Growing Productive Strawberries

Build a Heated Germination Bed

Gardening the Year ‘Round

Solar-Powered Electric Fencing

Americana and History

Former first ladies — Beautiful, brilliant, crazy

By John Silveira Issue #30 • November/December, 1994 (This is a four-part series. Click the links to navigate to parts one, two, three, and four.) (When we...

The vanishing outhouse

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

Fly it proudly and properly

Habeeb Salloum — Poet, Traveler, Recipe Writer

Food and recipes

Garlic Soup

Creating and maintaining your own sourdough starter

Southern mint julep

Bread pudding

Self-reliance

Preparing for winter

Tips for finding your affordable home

Picking your pressure canner — All American or Presto?

Building and stocking your pantry

Energy

Get the most out of your vehicle and your maintenance dollar

Solar suitcase

Solar Building Design

For a truly independent energy system, your choices are solar, wind, and water

Guns and Hunting

Hiding a gun — The rules of three

By Claire Wolfe Issue #140 • March/April, 2013 My friend Jack pulled the car into a grassy clearing. We donned rubber boots, fetched a metal detector...