Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Goat birthing and raising kids

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

How to buy your first sheep without getting shorn

Once a day milking

Building

How to maintain a dirt road

By Marjorie Burris Issue #48 • November/December, 1997 It is our job to maintain two and one half miles of dirt road if we want to...

Build a lean-to greenhouse

Making and using a solar cooker

Trusses — Low cost marvels to roof over most large spaces

Rural Building

Farm and Garden

Hügelkultur for the Homestead

By Rose Shelton Issue #176 • April/May/June, 2019 Last spring, I finally completed a long-planned homestead project of constructing two hügelkultur beds. What is hügelkultur? It’s...

Tea for the garden

Jackie’s Garden Primer

Fermenting Chicken Feed

Propagating Grapes

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...

Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document

From Martha and Abigail to Dolley and Louisa, America’s earliest First...

Farm baseball … with ghost runners!

President George Washington’s Farewell Address

Food and recipes

Making dandelions palatable

Black Bean and Avocado Dip

Apricot stuffed Lamb Chops

Maple Spiced Broiled Salmon

Self-reliance

Small Town America: Thermopolis, WY — Horses and hot springs

The community treasure chest

For safety’s sake, homestead fuel storage must be handled properly

No dentist? Oh, no!

Energy

Millenium Vehicles

Powering medical equipment during a utility blackout

Grid-tie solar-powered farm

Solar Power 101 — Batteries: Part 2

Guns and Hunting

Firearms handling refresher Part II: Shotguns

By Massad Ayoob Website Exclusive • December, 2003 In Part I, we began a series of refreshers on safety and proper handling of firearms. This time,...

Understanding the gun debate, part 3

Women and guns

Get a piece of history — An M1 Garand rifle

Reload your own brass

Science

The world is ending! … Again?

By John Silveira Issue #85 • January/February, 2004 People love to talk about scary stuff. Especially when it's end-of-the-world scary, such as the big asteroid recently...