Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Finding the best dog for the country life

Raising cattle on your own place

Simplify life in your backwoods home by using these easy mountain...

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #54 • November/December, 1998 Backwoods folk, or in my case, mountain folk, are typically very resourceful, utilizing whatever is on hand...

Life-long siding with fiber cement board

Build your own home in two years — Get a PhD...

Tomatoes, the Essential Garden Crop

By Charles Sanders Issue #123 • May/June, 2010 Tomatoes are one of the most favored of all garden crops. They originated in South America, but in...

Gleaning — An Old Tradition Made New

How to become a backyard beekeeper

Graft Your Own Designer Fruit Trees

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

By John Silveira Issue #119 • September/October, 2009 Gun control people don't seem to get just how deeply etched into the American psyche gun ownership goes...

Quilts — Masterpieces of the heart and windows into women’s history

Feeling nostalgic? Now you’ll rave! Here’s the story of Burma Shave.

Just for Kids: Take a nite hike!

Just for Kids: Life in the forest

A solar primer — How it works, how it’s made, what it costs

Emergency solar power for $950

Powering medical equipment during a utility blackout

The subtleties of safe firearms handling

By Massad Ayoob Issue #103 • January/February, 2007 There are so many makes and models of firearms in existence that no one has ever counted them...

Teaching a 10-year-old to shoot

An economical battery of guns for the backwoods home

Science and truth. Are they related?

By John Silveira Issue #46 • July/August, 1997 It was an argument about science. Dave and I were on one side, Dave's friends Tom and Bill,...

Armed citizens: the deterrent factor

Mountain lions — Attacks are still rare, but just in case…

By Gene Sheley Issue #50 • March/April, 1998 Near the top of North America's wildlife food chain is the mountain lion, a close second to bears...

Home Dairying

By Marcella Shaffer Issue #64 • July/August, 2000 There is a big difference between home dairying to produce food for your family and dairying to sell...

Keeping homestead animals healthy

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

Jackie’s tips for hardcore homesteading

The return of home emergency shelters takes on a dual-purpose approach

Just for Kids: Visit the great prairies

By Alice B. Yeager Photos by James O. Yeager Website Exclusive • March, 2006 Along with raising food plants, I like to tuck in a few flowers both annuals and perennials. There's something about bright orange...

Clover — From Livestock Forage to Medicinal Tea, This Humble Plant is One of...

By Eugene Mitchell Issue #130 • July/August, 2011 Whether young or old, lying in the grass and searching for four-leafed clovers is timeless fun. Sometimes they're so elusive, like the leprechaun, it seems they don't exist....