Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Switch your family to goat’s milk

Finding the best dog for the country life

Goat birthing and raising kids

Are aliens stealing our honeybees?

Easy awnings

By Dorothy Ainsworth Issue #149 • September/October, 2014 A window without an awning is like a lamp without a shade bare and glaring. In my...

How to build a good fence for your homestead

Make your own lumber with a chainsaw mill

Growing Strawberries

By Patrice Lewis Issue #162 • November/December, 2016 As you read this, the wind may well be howling and the snow piling deep, and you're likely...

Exotic Plants for the Homestead

Seven tactics for planning next year’s garden

The vanishing outhouse

By Tom Kovach Issue #79 • January/February, 2003 A person recently wrote to a large Midwest newspapers' advice column asking for information about outdoor privies. It...

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

Who were the best…and worst U.S. Presidents?

President George Washington’s Farewell Address

Make sourdough with wild yeast

Cash in on your household junk

Just for Kids: Some farinaceous folly

Just for Kids: Some good clean fun!

What if the electricity GOES OFF?

Solar system codes — Build it right!

Frontier style handguns for the modern backwoods home

By Massad Ayoob Issue #101 • September/October, 2006 The year was 1873. Samuel Colt had invented the revolveror at least introduced it to Americain 1836. The...

Savage Model 110 — A proven economical backwoods rifle

1911: The classic homeland security pistol

The M1A — A rifle that makes a statement

Hiding a gun — The rules of three

Gee-Whiz: Bad Fish, Big Fish

By O.E. MacDougal January/February 2015, Backwoods Home Fish were the very first vertebrates. That is, they were the first animals with backbones, the purpose of which...

Tackling the real problems that face us

The unheralded roots of America’s freedoms

Where our farm animals come from

Issue #105 • May/June, 2007 We don't know how far back the domestication of animals goes. But we...

Finding the best dog for the country life

By Anita Evangelista Issue #63 • May/June, 2000 When you're looking for a dog to fit into your country life, there are few other topics as...

Khaki Campbell ducks — The other egg layer

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

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

Here’s how to make a musical bamboo flute

What to do when there’s no doctor

Your kitchen pharmacy — How common culinary herbs and spices can help you feel better

By Lisa Nourse Issue #176 • April/May/June, 2019 The small town where I live has two small grocery stores and getting a good variety of organic produce during the winter months is difficult. I find myself...

Woodchuck-Proof the Garden

By Setanta O'Ceillaigh  Issue #160 • July/August, 2016 The cycle never ends: As soon as one garden pest is dealt with, another takes its place. Last...