Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

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

Bovine basics for beginners

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Once a day milking

Building

Build a Heated Germination Bed

By Charles Sanders Issue #92 • March/April, 2005 Many of us who garden have learned the benefits of starting our own vegetable and flower plants. There...

Build a graceful footbridge

Build a wood-fired stock tank heater

Install rafters alone the easy way

Making and using a solar cooker

Farm and Garden

Garden Seeds — A Great Winter Pastime

By Jackie Clay Issue #67 • January/February, 2001 Start your garden this year while the snow is still on the ground. I start all of my...

Start a Self-Sufficiency Garden Even in a Cramped Apartment

Pruning Blueberries

Build a Composter

Growing Microgreens

Americana and History

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 4 — Cunning, vindictive, and...

By John Silveira Issue #35 • September/October, 1995 (This is a four-part series. Click the links to navigate to parts one, two, three, and four.) Do you...

Remembering what grandma used

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 3

Food and recipes

Honey Roasted Pheasant

Blackened Chicken With Guacamole And Black Beans

Picking and preserving the wild plum

Asparagus Pasta Salad

Self-reliance

An Introduction to Small-Scale Home Hydroponics

Bartering for bad times

Homeschooling your dylsexic kid

Getting out of Dodge — 10 Things I am doing to prepare for the move to the country

Energy

Build a simple solar-powered outdoor light

Power your bug-out bag

Prepper power! Part 2

Keep those gadgets working after the power goes out

Guns and Hunting

The Appleseed Project

By Massad Ayoob Issue #123 • May/June, 2010 There is nothing else in the shooting world quite like the Appleseed Project, which combines American Revolutionary War...