Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Switch your family to goat’s milk

Build a chicken feeder on the cheep cheep cheep

Finding the best dog for the country life

Build a portable woodstove for $30

By David Scott Matthews Issue #78 • November/December, 2002 I had a problem. Other men love football, baseball, basketball, or golf. I love to hunt. And...

Build a Simple, Inexpensive Greenhouse

Build a wood crib with free materials

How to Resurrect Old, Rusted Tools

Leaf Mold is Another Way to Build Your Soil

By John Fuchs Issue #41 • September/October, 1996 Leaves are an excellent way to add organic matter to the garden. However, using rawor unprocessedleaves has some...

The barnyard scramble

By Michelle Hampton Issue #106 • July/August, 2007 Each year during our local county fair, one of the best-attended events happens when farm animals, donated by...

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

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

Habeeb Salloum — Poet, Traveler, Recipe Writer

Piccalilli — A late summer bonus

How to organize an outdoor canning party

Start a post-construction cleaning business

Installing your own small, remote off-grid solar system

Build your own solar-powered water pumping station

Firearms handling refresher Part I: Handguns

By Massad Ayoob Website Exclusive • December, 2003 One of our readers e-mailed John Silveira to tell him that taking a handgun afield after a long...

A used shotgun bargain: The Browning Auto-5

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

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,...

The threat of electromagnetic pulse!

A reason for the Second Amendment

My View: Gaining an Appreciation for Risk

Reflecting on a life in the woods, and looking ahead

The current ‘Gun control’ push — A cop’s eye view

Where our farm animals come from

Issue #105 • May/June, 2007 We don't know how far back the domestication of animals goes. But we...

Raising Rabbits

By Linda Gabris Issue #133 • January/February, 2012 If you take pride and pleasure in growing your own organic garden foods and raising your own chemical-free...

Raising quail — A home grown delicacy

This St. Bernard backwoods hero saved old Grandma’s life

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

Picking your pressure canner — All American or Presto?

Your survival depends on water

Advice from second-time homesteaders

Save Time and Energy with the Fenced Chicken Coop/Garden

By John Silveira Issue #44 • March/April, 1997 My engineer father was not fond of wasting time or energy. He was always searching for a better, more efficient way to perform chores, especially chores that reoccurred...

How to become a backyard beekeeper

By Sheri Jones If you’ve been intrigued by the idea of becoming a beekeeper but think you don’t have the space, resources, or knowledge, you’re about to be pleasantly surprised. Backyard beekeeping is a lot...