Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Gabion walls for form and function

By Joe Mooney Issue #153 • May/June, 2015 I think there has to be something ingrained in the human brain that loves things built of stone....

Build your own home in two years — Get a PhD...

Victory Gardens

By Alice B. Yeager Issue #54 • November/December, 1998 There have been very few times in our nation's history when "We, the people" have banded together...

Growing Productive Strawberries

Use Old Newspapers to Make Your Starter Pots

Fried chicken for breakfast

By Danny Fulks Issue #88 • July/August, 2004 Danny Fulks, 71, is one of those rare writers capable of painting a vivid picture of life back...

Biological and chemical weapons through history

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

George Washington Carver — He wrote the book on self-reliance

The healthy and tantalizing pomegranate

How we found our remote backwoods home

Generators alone are not enough

Build a simple solar-powered outdoor light

Firearms handling refresher Part II: Shotguns

By Massad Ayoob Website Exclusive • December, 2003 In Part I, we began a series of refreshers on safety and proper handling of firearms. This time,...

Firearms and cold weather considerations

1911: The classic homeland security pistol

Hiding a gun — The rules of three

The many benefits of garlic

By Joe Knight Issue #113 • September/October, 2008 Garlic, used throughout the world for the taste it adds to foods, is also well known for its...

Subduction zone tsunami — What the residents of the Pacific Northwest...

The black man’s worst enemy is not racism

An American dollar worth two cents

Should both drugs and guns be legal?

My view: Socialism’s promises always end in disaster

Bovine basics for beginners

By Patrice Lewis Issue #122 • March/April, 2010 Congratulations. You've escaped the city life and are now the proud owners of your little plot of rural...

Slaughtering and Butchering

By Dynah Geissal Issue #23 • September/October, 1993 Fall is butchering time, a period of joy in the harvest of the year's work and of sadness...

Are aliens stealing our honeybees?

Mountain lions — Attacks are still rare, but just in case…

How to buy your first sheep without getting shorn

Dorper sheep — Revolutionizing the meat sheep industry

The return of home emergency shelters takes on a dual-purpose approach

What to do when there’s no doctor

Clover — From Livestock Forage to Medicinal Tea, This Humble Plant is One of...

By Eugene Mitchell Issue #130 • July/August, 2011 Whether young or old, lying in the grass and searching for four-leafed clovers is timeless fun. Sometimes they're so elusive, like the leprechaun, it seems they don't exist....

Growing Microgreens

By Lisa Nourse Issue #176 • April/May/June, 2019 The small town where I live has two small grocery stores and getting a good variety of organic produce during the winter months is difficult. I find myself...