Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Finding the best dog for the country life

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

Build a ski sled

By Kai Moessle Issue #138 • November/December, 2012 Since my property is almost half a mile away from the nearest road and I can't keep the...

Making a wooden kitchen countertop

Saving Seeds

By Jackie Clay Issue #129 • May/June, 2011 I go through dozens of garden seed catalogs in preparation for each year's new (and better!) garden. I...

An Introduction to Small-Scale Home Hydroponics

Plant Your Trees in the Spring

Time to Forget About Snail and Slug Bait

Doesn’t anyone remember Tom Paine

By Robert L. Williams Issue #19 • January/February, 1993 Many years ago, before I came to my senses and left public education for good, I was...

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

President George Washington’s Farewell Address

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

Bologna sandwiches and roasted rabbit

Making delicious, unthinkable wines

SARS — Is this a glimpse of the future?

Make coiled rugs from scrap material

Homestead burnout — What it is and how to avoid it

Keep those gadgets working after the power goes out

Why you need to addsolar to your emergencypower backup plans

Standby battery charging techniques can ensure engine startups

Choose your ammo… police style

By Massad Ayoob Issue #93 • May/June, 2005 One of our greatest modern gun experts, Lt. Col. Jeff Cooper, USMC, Ret., once made the observation that...

Firearms handling refresher Part I: Handguns

Inexpensive retired Russian military rifles can be the ideal backwoods meat...

Gee-Whiz: Dinosaurs

By O.E. MacDougal July/August 2014 Backwoods Home Biologists and paleontologists are now pretty certain that birds are part of the dinosaur lineage. Their extinct relatives include...

A brief history of health and medicine

Consider the trades when it comes to your future ability to make money

How America can be saved from stupid people

Getting rich through generosity

Gun control, race, and rotten politicians

Raising cattle on your own place

By Charles Sanders Issue #85 • January/February, 2004 Winter won't last forever. It won't be long before spring will arrive and pastures will start to green...

Mountain lions — Attacks are still rare, but just in case…

By Gene Sheley Issue #50 • March/April, 1998 Near the top of North America's wildlife food chain is the mountain lion, a close second to bears...

Are aliens stealing our honeybees?

Hog butchering — Using everything but the squeal

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

Finding, buying, milking, and living with the family milk cow

Pysanki — You can make those biddies pay!

Advice from second-time homesteaders

Build a holz hausen to dry firewood

Food security 101, part 3: Why I love my vacuum sealer (and more)

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #164 • March/April, 2017 I’ve been growing peppers for more than 50 years now and can’t imagine a garden without them. There are so many different varieties that no matter where you...

Grow Garlic and Reap Health Benefits

By Alice B. Yeager Photos by James O. Yeager Issue #98 • March/April, 2006 Garlic is one of our oldest herbs on record. Anyone can grow garlic without having to hover over it, hoping that it produces....