Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Forget the dog, chicken is man’s best friend

Build a chicken feeder on the cheep cheep cheep

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

A recycled dresser makes a useful bathroom vanity

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #152 • March/April, 2015 Here's the finished vanity with our unfinished dresser that will store our extra towels and linens. We've had our log...

Trusses — Low cost marvels to roof over most large spaces

Build your own log home in the woods

How to become a backyard beekeeper

By Sheri Jones If you’ve been intrigued by the idea of becoming a beekeeper but think you don’t have the space, resources, or knowledge, you’re...

Want More Fruit From Less Space? Espalier Your Trees!

Prevent Foodborne Illness with Safe Gardening Methods

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...

James Polk — A model for modern presidents

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

Was the first government gun confiscation attempt foiled by an unsung...

Seven secrets of Dutch oven cooking

A young couple moves to the country

Make coiled rugs from scrap material

Design calculations for no-head, low-head waterwheels

Sunny Solutions for north slope applications

Canning game meat

By Linda Gabris Issue #166 • July/August, 2017 Attempting to can meat (or any other low acid food, for that matter) without the use of a...

Inexpensive retired Russian military rifles can be the ideal backwoods meat...

A used shotgun bargain: The Browning Auto-5

Firearms handling refresher Part II: Shotguns

Answering some well asked questions about personal defense

A doomsday scenario to sleep on

By John Silveira Issue #109 • January/February, 2008 I once wrote a science fiction novel that I never tried to sell. Titled The Perfect Defense, its...

A brief history of health and medicine

The Government gorilla in our home

Talking to your kids about death

How to butcher a chicken in 20 minutes or less

...while leaving the carcass and feathers intact! By Dr. Roger W. Grim, D.C. Issue #79 • January/February, 2003 Figure 1. With a trash bag properly fitted around...

Build a chicken feeder on the cheep cheep cheep

By Linda Slate Issue #119 • September/October, 2009 While searching for a large quantity (five pounds or more) feeder for my backyard flock, I kept running...

Mountain lions — Attacks are still rare, but just in case…

Hog butchering — Using everything but the squeal

Are aliens stealing our honeybees?

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

Starting a Roadside Farm Stand

By John Murray  Issue #158 • March/April, 2016 For country landowners who desire a way to supplement their income, operating a small roadside farm stand is an excellent business venture. Produce which is harvested on a...

Gardening for Treasure

By Alice B. Yeager Tomatoes are a boon to mankind in health benefits. It doesn't matter whether they are the large or small varieties. Issue #93 • May/June, 2005 When we dig in...