Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Animal disease traceability

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

Brooder in a box

Kinder goats — A small breed for milk and meat

Building

How to build a good fence for your homestead

By Charles Sanders Issue #103 • January/February, 2007 One of the basic fixtures on a homestead...

Make your own lumber with a chainsaw mill

Livestock fencing for the small homesteader

Build your own repeating mouse trap

Yurt Magic — Building an Enchanting Instant House

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...

Meat For the Homestead

Time to Forget About Snail and Slug Bait

Build a Heated Germination Bed

Want More Fruit From Less Space? Espalier Your Trees!

Americana and History

The greatest American who was never President

By John Silveira Issue #60a • November/December, 1999 "The election's next year, right?" I asked. Dave Duffy, the publisher of Backwoods Home Magazine, was editing a rather...

Habeeb Salloum — Poet, Traveler, Recipe Writer

Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document

Catfish Biscuits

Constitution of the united States of America

Food and recipes

How to tell a bad egg

Hearty breakfast fillets

Successful cold storage

Quince preserves

Self-reliance

Building and stocking your pantry

Survival storeroom

The Trigger Line

Woolen winter mittens in minutes

Energy

Generators alone are not enough

Walden Pond — the solar version: Part 2

Portable solar power

Grid-down battery devices

Guns and Hunting

How to shoot a handgun accurately

By Massad Ayoob Issue #85 • January/February, 2004 "I want you to do an article on how to shoot a handgun accurately," Dave Duffy told me....

Reload your own brass

Building the coyote rifle

Firearms handling refresher Part I: Handguns

Hunting, processing, and serving black bear

Science

Avian Flu — How afraid of this

Issue #97 • January/February, 2006 There's been a lot of talk in the mass media...