Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Goat birthing and raising kids

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

Is that a good pig?

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Building

Determined woman builds distinctive vertical log studio

By Dorothy Ainsworth Issue #27 • May/June, 1994 When I graduated from high school in 1960, my father wrote in my autograph book, "When you get...

Free pallet wood and birdhouses add up to big country dollars

Shake update

The house that Dorothy built

Adventures with a portable sawmill

Farm and Garden

How to Grow Potatoes

By Alice B. Yeager Issue #97 • January/February, 2006 Potato plants need plenty of sunshine, a well drained soil, and no weed or grass interference. Ideal...

Clover — From Livestock Forage to Medicinal Tea, This Humble Plant...

Okra — Not Just for the South

Gardening Tips and Tricks

The ‘Chocolate Tree’ Isn’t Just for Kids

Americana and History

Grandpa’s justice

By Tom Kovach Issue #65 • September/October, 2000 Having the best vegetable garden in the village might put food on the table and make some money...

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

The time-travel ad

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

Remembering what grandma used

Food and recipes

Traditional trail foods — Transportable calories

Fail-proof white bread

Potato Latkes

Easy raspberry jam

Self-reliance

A young couple moves to the country

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

Brood X

Teach speed reading to your children even if you can’t speed read yourself

Energy

Generators alone are not enough

Make your own biodiesel for 80¢ per gallon

Is steam power in your future?

You could furnish an entire homestead at Lehman’s ‘Non-electric’ Hardware Store

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...

Of guns and snakes

Just because

Get a piece of history — An M1 Garand rifle

Understanding the gun debate, part 3

Science

Can we make a Tyrannosaurus rex from a chicken?

By John Silveira Issue #169 • January/February, 2018 Do you have chickens, ducks, turkeys, or geese in your yard? They’re not “just birds” because scientists now...