Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Raising rabbits for profit

Forget the dog, chicken is man’s best friend

The homestead cat

Finding, buying, milking, and living with the family milk cow

Building

Choosing a chain saw

By Steven Gregersen Issue #119 •September/October, 2009 Winter will be here soon and along with winter comes cold weather and high heating bills. Obviously there's nothing...

Livestock fencing for the small homesteader, part 2

Build a log crib

The house that Dorothy built

A house a tornado helped build

Farm and Garden

Gardening the Year ‘Round

By Alice B. Yeager Website Exclusive • September, 2006 Normally, we gardeners tend to make plans to begin planting our gardens during early spring. We select...

You Can Make Your Own Fertilizers

Plant Once Harvest for Years

Fruit Trees

Garden Spaces for Small Places

Americana and History

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

By Martin Waterman Issue #37 • January/February, 1996 I can remember taking a trip as a child and seeing my first Burma Shave signs. Technically speaking,...

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

President George Washington’s Farewell Address

The summer of ’35

Grandpa’s justice

Food and recipes

Basic brown stock

Ashe Torsh

Baked barbeque beans

Creamed Carrot Soup

Self-reliance

Self-reliance for women — Surviving a biochemical attack

Get out of debt, stay out of debt

Survival storeroom

The poor man’s ultra-light dual-fuel backpacking stove

Energy

Power Up

How to select the right backup generator

Generators alone are not enough

Solar power for farm and ranch

Guns and Hunting

A used shotgun bargain: The Browning Auto-5

By Brad Rohdenburg Website Exclusive • September, 2014 A 1958 "Light Twelve" Browning Auto-5, with a 28" Improved Cylinder barrel and 'Speedfeed' loading. It weighs less...