Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Finding the best dog for the country life

Khaki Campbell ducks — The other egg layer

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

Llamas guarding sheep? — Not such a far-fetched idea

Building

Build A Hybrid Go-Kart For Kids For $150

By Dorothy Ainsworth Website Exclusive • May, 2010 Grandma Clara used to delight in telling us the story of our Dad's first complete sentence at age...

Ambidextrous chainsaw filing

Claw Hammers

Eye-catching signs with mirrors

Stairs — The next level

Farm and Garden

Fruit Trees

By Alice B. Yeager Fall winds down with the ripening of a Japanese persimmon known as the Fuyugaki...

Slug Zapper

How to become a backyard beekeeper

Woodchuck-Proof the Garden

A Child’s Garden — More than Child’s Play

Americana and History

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

By John Silveira Issue #49 • January/February, 1998 It was one of those days I love. We were between deadlines and Dave, Bill, Mac, and I...

Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document

Doesn’t anyone remember Tom Paine

From Martha and Abigail to Dolley and Louisa, America’s earliest First...

Fly it proudly and properly

Food and recipes

Uncooked Peanut-butter Candy

Fish — This gourmet food is fun to catch, relatively easy to cook, and healthy to eat

How to make kombucha

Here are some simple tips on how to store apples for a long, long time

Self-reliance

Help your home survive in the path of a wildfire

Easy-to-make reusable coffee filters

Wash day

Grandma will love this personal ‘Helping Hands’ wall hanging

Energy

Our journey to modern off-grid living

Build Your Own Car Wash

Battery powered weekend retreat

You could furnish an entire homestead at Lehman’s ‘Non-electric’ Hardware Store

Guns and Hunting

An economical battery of guns for the backwoods home

By Massad Ayoob Issue #114 • November/December, 2008 Everything's getting more expensive. Food. Gasoline. Guns and ammunition. Not everyone who appreciates the rural lifestyle was "born...

Canning game meat

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

Affordable firearms

The M1A — A rifle that makes a statement

Science

Three more ways the world can end … and I’m not...

By John Silveira Issue #155 • September/October, 2015 "What are you doing?" a voice asked. I looked up and saw O.E. MacDougal, Dave's poker-playing friend from Southern...