Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Home Dairying

Hog butchering — Using everything but the squeal

Where our farm animals come from

Are aliens stealing our honeybees?

Building

Build a chicken tractor

By Connie Rabun Issue #127 • January/February, 2011 In the beginning we had chickens...and no coop! Any homesteader knows that the number one rule is to...

Dorothy Ainsworth update: Out of the ashes

Building a Ferro-Cement Shed

Make a Quick and Easy Tipi

From triumph to tragedy to triumph again. Dorothy Ainsworth makes her...

Farm and Garden

Tea for the garden

By Lisa Nourse We have poor soil and do our best to amend it with compost and manure every year. However, we feel our plants...

Plant Once Harvest for Years

Growing Productive Strawberries

Secure and Economical Livestock Feed

Sweet Potato Greens

Americana and History

The summer of ’35

By John Graesch Issue #64 • July/August, 2000 Sixty five years ago I was living in that part of Seattle, Washington, known as South Park. Few...

Gee-Whiz: Presidents

The barnyard scramble

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

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

Food and recipes

Apple slaw

Southern mint julep

Salmon candy and pickles — Two unique ways to enjoy your next catch

Green tomato kosher dill pickles

Self-reliance

Advice from second-time homesteaders

A young couple moves to the country

Survival storeroom

Getting out of Dodge — 10 Things I am doing to prepare for the move to the country

Energy

Energy class: Part 2 — Understanding your electric bill

What if the electricity GOES OFF?

Portable solar power

Power-up bag

Guns and Hunting

Frontier style handguns for the modern backwoods home

By Massad Ayoob Issue #101 • September/October, 2006 The year was 1873. Samuel Colt had invented the revolveror at least introduced it to Americain 1836. The...

Get a piece of history — An M1 Garand rifle

The time for modern; the time for traditional

Firearms handling refresher Part I: Handguns

Air power superiority

Science

The world is ending! … Again?

By John Silveira Issue #85 • January/February, 2004 People love to talk about scary stuff. Especially when it's end-of-the-world scary, such as the big asteroid recently...