Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Forget the dog, chicken is man’s best friend

Build a chicken feeder on the cheep cheep cheep

Dorper sheep — Revolutionizing the meat sheep industry

Build your own portable forge

By Corcceigh Green Issue #51 • May/June, 1998 Looking for a handy summer project while building skills, supplies, and knowledge to put away for a rainy...

Build an Off-Grid Root Cellar, Garage, and Bunkhouse

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

Livestock fencing for the small homesteader, part 2

Build a Heated Germination Bed

Build Your Own Hoop House

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #171 • May/June, 2018 I’ve had my own garden for more than half a century, and I have learned a few things...

You Can Make Your Own Fertilizers

Plant Your Trees in the Spring

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...

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

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

Creating and maintaining your own sourdough starter

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

Water development for the homestead: Ponds, cisterns, and tanks

Seventeen great tips for caring for windows, mirrors, and other household glass

Homeschooling your dylsexic kid

Frostbite — Don’t flirt with this sneaky danger

Phantom solar — The crucial invisible system needed before you install solar

Canning game meat

By Linda Gabris Issue #166 • July/August, 2017 Attempting to can meat (or any other low acid food, for that matter) without the use of a...

Get a piece of history — An M1 Garand rifle

Firearms handling refresher Part III: Rifles

Firearms — Tools of rural living

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,...

A brief history of health and medicine

Should both drugs and guns be legal?

The Newtown atrocity and “gun control”

Slaughtering and Butchering

By Dynah Geissal Issue #23 • September/October, 1993 Fall is butchering time, a period of joy in the harvest of the year's work and of sadness...

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

By Margaret Wright Issue #35 • September/October, 1995 When we think of a backwoods dog we generally think of a Pyrenees, German Shepherd, or other breed...

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

Dorper sheep — Revolutionizing the meat sheep industry

Building and stocking your pantry

Stashing Junk Silver for Bad Times

Water development for the homestead: Ponds, cisterns, and tanks

Get the most out of your vehicle and your maintenance dollar

By Alice B. Yeager Fall winds down with the ripening of a Japanese persimmon known as the Fuyugaki variety. Issue #104 • March/April, 2007 There's not one of us who...

Starting a Roadside Farm Stand

By John Murray  Issue #158 • March/April, 2016 For country landowners who desire a way to supplement their income, operating a small roadside farm stand is an excellent business venture. Produce which is harvested on a...