Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Home Dairying

Khaki Campbell ducks — The other egg layer

The homestead cat

Is that a good pig?

Building

Choosing a chain saw

By Steven Gregersen Issue #119 •September/October, 2009 Winter will be here soon and along with winter comes cold weather and high heating bills. Obviously there's nothing...

Vise Dremel Moto Tool mount

Here’s how to make a musical bamboo flute

A salvaged oak floor for $5

Building and Using Wattle Fences

Farm and Garden

Vermicomposting — Raise Worms to Consume Waste, Amend Soil, and Earn...

By Rebekah L. Cowell Photos by Amanda Egdorf-Sand Issue #124 • July/August, 2010 Vermicomposting takes composting to another level using Eisenia foetida (commonly known as red wiggler,...

Build a Keyhole Garden

Solar-Powered Electric Fencing

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

Garden Seeds — A Great Winter Pastime

Americana and History

the gee-whiz! page: Animals, humans, extraterrestrials, and tools

By O. E. MacDougal Issue #154 • July/August, 2015 There was a time when it was thought that a defining difference between humans and animals was:...

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 3

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

The vanishing outhouse

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 4 — Cunning, vindictive, and...

Food and recipes

Ruth’s old-fashioned zucchini pickles

Kugel

Stovetop Teriyaki

Chicken chili

Self-reliance

Sewing and using cloth diapers is easier than you think

Buy your country place from the government

An Introduction to Small-Scale Home Hydroponics

35 country jobs — How folks make a living near my hometown

Energy

Homemade electric power

Build a simple solar-powered outdoor light

Emergency solar power for $950

Build a community assistance recharging station

Guns and Hunting

Affordable firearms

By Massad Ayoob Issue #134 • March/April, 2012 Knowing that frugality is one of the cornerstones of rural living, Editor Annie Tuttle suggested that I tackle...