Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Fermenting Chicken Feed

Dorper sheep — Revolutionizing the meat sheep industry

Raising your own beef for your family

Raising quail — A home grown delicacy

Building

Build a lean-to greenhouse

By Dorothy Ainsworth Issue #154 • July/August, 2015 Just thinking about a greenhouse can stimulate the senses. In our minds' eyes, we can see the filtered...

Herb Boxes from Fence Boards

Eye-catching signs with mirrors

How to Install a Steel Roof

Livestock fencing for the small homesteader, part 2

Farm and Garden

Plant Your Irish Potatoes This Fall or Winter

By Robert L. Williams Issue #48 • November/December, 1997 My family has made a practice of planting Irish potatoes in the fall rather than in the...

Gleaning — An Old Tradition Made New

Rotten Luck: The Skinny on Composting

Pruning Blueberries

Put Your Garden to Bed for the Winter

Americana and History

Fly it proudly and properly

By Roger Meyer Issue #130 • July/August, 2011 Since September 11, 2001, more Americans are displaying the national flag. Our flag gives us a sense of...

Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document

Former first ladies — Beautiful, brilliant, crazy

Grandpa’s justice

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

Food and recipes

Old-fashioned hot dog pepper relish

Filipino Chicken Stew

Polish Chicken

Four Breads for the Bread Machine

Self-reliance

Flea market stories and strategies

Caring for wounds in the field

Just for Kids: Life in the forest

By Hook or Crook: A Billhook is a Handy Homestead Tool

Energy

Prepper power! Part 2

Power Up

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

Generators alone are not enough

Guns and Hunting

Picking a holster

By Massad Ayoob Issue #69 • May/June, 2001 One good thing about being out in the boonies by yourself is that you can carry a gun...

Reload your own brass

Frontier style handguns for the modern backwoods home

Moderate power firearms

Use the right ammunition!

Science

Avian Flu — How afraid of this

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