Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Goat birthing and raising kids

Are aliens stealing our honeybees?

Build a graceful footbridge

By Harrison Stone Issue #77 • September/October, 2002 Tap your heels together three times and repeat after me, "There is no place like homeThere is no...

Parge the ugly out of your concrete wall

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

By R.E. Rawlinson Issue #173 • September/October, 2018 When compared to our ancestors, we are very lucky to have readily-available tools. Stores are full of anything...

Garden Seeds — A Great Winter Pastime

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 4 — Cunning, vindictive, and...

By John Silveira Issue #35 • September/October, 1995 (This is a four-part series. Click the links to navigate to parts one, two, three, and four.) Do you...

Quilts — Masterpieces of the heart and windows into women’s history

Former first ladies — Beautiful, brilliant, crazy

Farm baseball … with ghost runners!

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 3

Lenie in the kitchen: Pumpkin sweet bread with walnuts

Poor man’s shrimp cocktail on perch

Homemade Toys! — Easy to make, fun to play with, and great for gifts!

Breastfeeding — Babies love it, and for good reason

Make your own biodiesel for 80¢ per gallon

Consider the 20-gauge shotgun

By Massad Ayoob Issue #120 • November/December, 2009 A year or more ago in these pages, I made the suggestion that sometimes less is more, and...

How to shoot a handgun accurately

The subtleties of safe firearms handling

Testing Soil

By Tom Kovach Issue #119 • September/October, 2009 Testing the soil content of a garden is very important and is quite easy to do. Soil tests...

Science and truth. Are they related?

Next time you see me, don’t be afraid to say, ‘Hello.’

The chances of global disaster

The current ‘Gun control’ push — A cop’s eye view

This St. Bernard backwoods hero saved old Grandma’s life

By Margaret Wright Issue #35 • September/October, 1995 When we think of a backwoods dog we generally think of a Pyrenees, German Shepherd, or other breed...

Raising quail — A home grown delicacy

By Allen Easterly Issue #101 • September/October, 2006 Raising quail is inexpensive, easy, provides very healthy low-fat white meat, and supplies the fertilizer you need for...

Switch your family to goat’s milk

Dorper sheep — Revolutionizing the meat sheep industry

A contrary guide to feeding animals

SARS — Is this a glimpse of the future?

Get the most out of your vehicle and your maintenance dollar

10 ways to make money on your land

10 day survival pack for your vehicle for just $25

Gleaning — An Old Tradition Made New

By Daniel Furtney Issue #147 • May/June, 2014 Gleaning. You may remember the term from Sunday School or your Bible studies. In the book of Ruth, "gleaning" refers to poor people being allowed to follow a...

A New Use for Old Tires: A Garden Using Tires

By Charles Sanders Issue #98 • March/April, 2006 There are mountains of old tires out there. Americans keep on rolling and tires keep on wearing out. Every year there is almost one scrap tire created for...