Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

How to buy your first sheep without getting shorn

The homestead cat

Hog butchering — Using everything but the squeal

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,...

Three Raised Bed Designs

The Mini-Skyline — A homemade yarder to bring firewood up a...

Build a Composter

For large quantity food dehydration try this homemade gem from the...

Farm and Garden

Propagating Grapes

By Sylvia Gist Issue #107 • September/October, 2007 As a kid in western South Dakota, I enjoyed picking wild grapes and using the delightful juice they...

Your Manure Pile — For Fuel, Fertilizer, and Maybe Even Improved...

Elderberries — Hospitality, Health, And Beauty

The $1 Garden

The Potato Hole

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,...

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

the gee-whiz! page: Animals, humans, extraterrestrials, and tools

Biological and chemical weapons through history

Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document

Food and recipes

Two beans and wild asparagus salad

Recipes from my mother’s kitchen

Jambalaya stew

Black Beans & Rice

Self-reliance

Moving to the wilderness — Turning the dream to reality

Food security 101

A survival key ring — Your everyday tool for emergency preparedness

10 ways to make money on your land

Energy

Power Up

Solar Power 101: Inverters

Battery-Powered Tools are Changing

Solar power trailer Part 1

Guns and Hunting

The Appleseed Project

By Massad Ayoob Issue #123 • May/June, 2010 There is nothing else in the shooting world quite like the Appleseed Project, which combines American Revolutionary War...

Big boomer guns

1911: The classic homeland security pistol

Women and guns

Firearms and cold weather considerations

Science

The world is coming to an end… and this time, I’m...

By John Silveira Issue #114 • November/December, 2008 If you haven't already heard, on September 10, 2008, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), located on the border...