Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Forget the dog, chicken is man’s best friend

Is that a good pig?

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

Home Dairying

Building

Woodbarrow

By Setanta O’Ceillaigh When I first abandoned a slum town and fled back to the countryside I gathered and carried firewood with a laundry basket....

A salvaged oak floor for $5

Rural Building

Free pallet wood and birdhouses add up to big country dollars

PVC pipe in the home, garden, farm, and workshop

Farm and Garden

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

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...

Nut Trees on Your Homestead

The ‘Chocolate Tree’ Isn’t Just for Kids

Start a Self-Sufficiency Garden Even in a Cramped Apartment

Prevent Foodborne Illness with Safe Gardening Methods

Americana and History

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

By Alice B. Yeager and James O. Yeager Issue #115 • January/February, 2009 I was a girl of 8 when the stock market crashed in 1929....

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

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 3

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

Grandpa’s justice

Food and recipes

Chilies rellenos

Pickled Sweet Green Tomatoes

Boiled crawfish

Elderberries — Hospitality, Health, And Beauty

Self-reliance

By Hook or Crook: A Billhook is a Handy Homestead Tool

Finding wealth you can wear at yard sales

A determined Rose Bley escaped the city

Tale of a country family

Energy

Standby battery charging techniques can ensure engine startups

7 Solar Water Heating System Designs

Energy class: Part 2 — Understanding your electric bill

Dim bulbs in California

Guns and Hunting

Firearms — Tools of rural living

By Massad Ayoob Issue #91 • January/February, 2005 So, editor Dave Duffy and I got to talking about guns. We agreed that for some people they...

Firearms handling refresher Part I: Handguns

How big a gun do you need?

Moderate power firearms

Canning game meat

Science

A doomsday scenario to sleep on

By John Silveira Issue #109 • January/February, 2008 I once wrote a science fiction novel that I never tried to sell. Titled The Perfect Defense, its...