Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

How to buy your first sheep without getting shorn

Dorper sheep — Revolutionizing the meat sheep industry

Redworm farming

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Building

Herb Boxes from Fence Boards

By Maggie Larsen Issue #86 • March/April, 2004 During a binge of spring cleaning, I ventured outside and began to renovate the exterior of my home,...

Build a compost tumbler

Parge the ugly out of your concrete wall

For summertime baking needs, build yourself an outdoor horno

Here’s an Easier (and Cheaper) Way to Make Wooden Beams

Farm and Garden

A Child’s Garden — More than Child’s Play

By Jackie Clay Issue #69 • May/June, 2001 There are many things parents can give their children, other than plastic toys or a few bucks to...

Gardening with a Chicken Tractor

The Home Citrus Orchard

The Best City Garden

Nut Trees on Your Homestead

Americana and History

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

By John Silveira Issue #29 • September/October, 1994 (This is a four-part series. Click the links to navigate to parts one, two, three, and four.) It was...

The vanishing outhouse

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

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

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

Food and recipes

Broccoli-Turkey Casserole

Baked Spaghetti

Bologna sandwiches and roasted rabbit

Southern mint julep

Self-reliance

Preparing for civil unrest

Make your own firestarters

Buying the right emergency radio

Life-saving snowshoes

Energy

Walden Pond, the solar version: Part 1

Dim bulbs in California

Keep the Ice On

Waterpower for personal use

Guns and Hunting

Hiding a gun — The rules of three

By Claire Wolfe Issue #140 • March/April, 2013 My friend Jack pulled the car into a grassy clearing. We donned rubber boots, fetched a metal detector...