Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Is that a good pig?

Raising your own beef for your family

How to buy your first sheep without getting shorn

Raising cattle on your own place

Building

Livestock fencing for the small homesteader, part 2

By Don Lewis In the last issue of Backwoods Home Magazine, we covered Part 1 of livestock fencing for the small homesteader. The article included...

Build a pallet fence

Rural Building

Simplify life in your backwoods home by using these easy mountain...

Build a chicken tractor

Farm and Garden

The ‘Chocolate Tree’ Isn’t Just for Kids

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #85 • January/February, 2004 My grandson Tommy was probably 50 feet up off the ground when he hollered, "Catch this one,...

Mid-season planting

Herb Boxes from Fence Boards

Leaf Mold is Another Way to Build Your Soil

Flowers Brighten the Garden

Americana and History

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

By John Silveira Issue #32 • March/April, 1995 It was snowing and three of us were up at the office. Dave Duffy, the fellow who publishes...

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

Grandpa’s justice

Biological and chemical weapons through history

Former first ladies — Beautiful, brilliant, crazy

Food and recipes

Barmbrack

Deconstructing a bowl of red

The dandelion is a healthful, great tasting weed you can eat

Be a Viking: Brew wild-crafted mead

Self-reliance

Digging a shallow well

Moving to the wilderness — Turning the dream to reality

A survival key ring — Your everyday tool for emergency preparedness

Simplifying simplicity

Energy

Walden Pond — the solar version: Part 2

Solar-powered refrigerators

Dim bulbs in California

Power-up bag

Guns and Hunting

Reload your own brass

By Dale Petry Issue #132 • November/December, 2011 Not long ago a friend called to say he had seen an unusual rifle at the local gun...

Get a piece of history — An M1 Garand rifle

The time for modern; the time for traditional

Savage Model 110 — A proven economical backwoods rifle

Understanding the gun debate, part 3

Science

Gee-Whiz: Trees

By O. E. Macdougal September/October 2015, Backwoods Home We’re told they include some of the oldest and largest living organisms on the planet. But do...

Gee-Whiz: Ice Ages, Past and Future

Science and truth. Are they related?

Subduction zone tsunami — What the residents of the Pacific Northwest...

A doomsday scenario to sleep on

Politics and Commentary

Self-reliance is a mindset — A woman’s opinion

Lessons for My Children, Chapter 2: Statistics, history, and the rise of the Underground Economy

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

A Republic vs. A Democracy