Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Kinder goats — A small breed for milk and meat

Build a chicken feeder on the cheep cheep cheep

Dorper sheep — Revolutionizing the meat sheep industry

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

Building

Making and using a solar cooker

By Joe Radabaugh Issue #30 • November/December, 2004 Solar cooking is a delightful alternative to conventional cooking methods. The solar cookers available today really work and...

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

Build a Top-Bar Bee Hive

Tools and hardware for the backwoods home

Turning a $10,000 House into a Home — Part 1: Salvaging...

Farm and Garden

Gleaning — An Old Tradition Made New

By Daniel Furtney Issue #147 • May/June, 2014 Gleaning. You may remember the term from Sunday School or your Bible studies. In the book of Ruth,...

Leaf Mold is Another Way to Build Your Soil

Prevent Foodborne Illness with Safe Gardening Methods

Plant Your Trees in the Spring

Swiss Chard — The Leaf Vegetable That Keeps on Giving!

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....

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

Declaration of Independence: The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States...

Fly it proudly and properly

Fried chicken for breakfast

Food and recipes

Hunting, processing, and serving black bear

Veal Goulash

Challah

Indian Fry Bread

Self-reliance

Just for Kids: Sun-kabobs and solar sizzle

Getting logs

Water: a safe supply when you’re off the grid

Clover — From Livestock Forage to Medicinal Tea, This Humble Plant is One of Nature’s Best Gifts

Energy

Solar Power 101 — Batteries: Part 2

Add solar power to your truck camper

Dim bulbs in California

A small creek provides plenty of power for this off-grid home

Guns and Hunting

Big boomer guns

By Massad Ayoob Issue #125 • September/October, 2010 For you long time readers, I know what you're thinkin'"Hey, isn't this the guy who within the last...