Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Slaughtering and Butchering

The homestead cat

How to buy your first sheep without getting shorn

Raising cattle on your own place

Building

Livestock fencing for the small homesteader, part 2

By Don Lewis In the last issue of Backwoods Home Magazine, we covered Part 1 of livestock fencing for the small homesteader. The article included...

Woodbarrow

Our Unconventional House

Build a lean-to greenhouse

Build a Concrete Root Cellar

Farm and Garden

Saving Seeds

By Jackie Clay Issue #129 • May/June, 2011 I go through dozens of garden seed catalogs in preparation for each year's new (and better!) garden. I...

Garden Spaces for Small Places

Growing Potatoes in Straw

Grow Open-Pollinated Tomatoes

Build a Composter

Americana and History

Doesn’t anyone remember Tom Paine

By Robert L. Williams Issue #19 • January/February, 1993 Many years ago, before I came to my senses and left public education for good, I was...

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

Feeling nostalgic? Now you’ll rave! Here’s the story of Burma Shave.

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

Constitution of the united States of America

Food and recipes

Apricot stuffed Lamb Chops

Raspberry Pears with Chocolate Sauce

Kentucky Country Ribs

Crabapple jelly

Self-reliance

Take care of your knife

The fire wick fire starter

Breastfeeding — Babies love it, and for good reason

Survival firebuilding skills

Energy

A solar primer — How it works, how it’s made, what it costs

Don’t discount a generator, especially a diesel generator, as your primary power source

Why you need to addsolar to your emergencypower backup plans

Power Up

Guns and Hunting

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

By Massad Ayoob Issue #139 • January/February, 2013 Long a supporter of the Appleseed concept, Backwoods Home Magazine hosted one in Gold Beach, Oregon, in second...

Hunting, processing, and serving black bear

The time for modern; the time for traditional

Cold weather shooting considerations

A used shotgun bargain: The Browning Auto-5

Science

Avian Flu — How afraid of this

Issue #97 • January/February, 2006 There's been a lot of talk in the mass media...