Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Raising rabbits for profit

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

Are aliens stealing our honeybees?

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

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....

A cabin for one

Build your own log home in the woods

Getting logs

Never underestimate a woman

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...

Build a Top-Bar Bee Hive

A Child’s Garden — More than Child’s Play

Plant Once Harvest for Years

Okra — Not Just for the South

Americana and History

Catfish Biscuits

By Danny Fulks Issue #87 • May/June, 2004 Danny Fulks, 71, grew up in southern Ohio where his parents worked the land and milked cows, and...

Remembering what grandma used

Gee-Whiz: Presidents

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

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

Food and recipes

Green Shrimp Soup

Pear honey

Linguini with Clam Sauce

Filipino Chicken Stew

Self-reliance

Take care of your knife

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

Survival/utility vest

Drawing the line on timber trespass

Energy

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

Use solar landscape lights for emergencies

Install a mobile, solar powered toilet

An $89 backup generator

Guns and Hunting

Building the coyote rifle

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #107 • September/October, 2007 Feral dogs, coyotes, and those odd-looking "coy dogs" like to feed on my neighbors' livestock on occasion...

The time for modern; the time for traditional

How to shoot a handgun accurately

A used shotgun bargain: The Browning Auto-5

Tailoring guns to females

Science

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

By John Silveira Issue #114 • November/December, 2008 If you haven't already heard, on September 10, 2008, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), located on the border...

Can we make a Tyrannosaurus rex from a chicken?

The threat of electromagnetic pulse!

The world is ending! … Again?

The MTHFR mutation and why it may matter to you

Politics and Commentary

Loading the gun for a dictatorship

Animal rights loonies save the chickens but ruin the County Fair

My View: Three Cheers for Free Enterprise

Freedom, guns, & boycotts

Animals

Kinder goats — A small breed for milk and meat

By Kathleen Sanderson Issue #95 • September/October, 2005 I have had dairy goats for most of the last 20 years or so and have raised almost...

Dorper sheep — Revolutionizing the meat sheep industry

By Darlene Polachic Issue #75 • May/June, 2002 If Henry Soderberg's predictions are right, Dorper sheep could revolutionize the meat sheep industry. A South African breed...

Forget the dog, chicken is man’s best friend

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

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

Raising your own beef

Self-Reliance

Shopping to beat inflation

The raging torrent — Respect it even when you play

Help your home survive in the path of a wildfire

Jackie’s tips for hardcore homesteading

Farm and Garden

Raised Bed Gardening — Neat and Productive

By Alice B. Yeager Issue #74 • March/April, 2002 Are you tired of raising a big row crop gardenone that keeps you busy from dawn until dusk? Do you really need to raise enough vegetables to...

Use Non-Hybrid Seeds and Save Big Bucks in This Year’s Garden

By Jackie Clay Issue #51 • May/June, 1998 Every person who is striving for self-reliance should, and most do, plant a garden from which to raise a good portion of their own food. But how many...