Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Raising cattle on your own place

Raising your own beef for your family

Build a deluxe barrel stove

By David Lee Issue #108 • November/December, 2007 Winter is coming again, pretty much on schedule in spite of global warming, and it will be cold,...

Free pallet wood and birdhouses add up to big country dollars

Livestock fencing for the small homesteader, part 2

Growing Strawberries

By Patrice Lewis Issue #162 • November/December, 2016 As you read this, the wind may well be howling and the snow piling deep, and you're likely...

Farm baseball … with ghost runners!

By Tom Kovach Growing up on a farm in north-central Minnesota wasn’t all chores and hard work … although there was plenty of that too....

Former first ladies — Beautiful, brilliant, crazy

From Martha and Abigail to Dolley and Louisa, America’s earliest First...

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

Doesn’t anyone remember Tom Paine

Picking and preserving the wild plum

Old-fashioned meat pie casserole

How to begin taking wildlife photographs

Cash in on your household junk

Design calculations for overshot waterwheels

Keep those gadgets working after the power goes out

Use solar landscape lights for emergencies

Military surplus and military “clone” rifles

By Massad Ayoob Issue #116 • March/April, 2009 One reader writes to ask if military surplus rifles are still a good idea for hunting, recreational shooting,...

Firearms handling refresher Part III: Rifles

Hunting, processing, and serving black bear

Gee-Whiz: Bad Fish, Big Fish

By O.E. MacDougal January/February 2015, Backwoods Home Fish were the very first vertebrates. That is, they were the first animals with backbones, the purpose of which...

The threat of electromagnetic pulse!

Is it time for an education revolution?

The parasitic nature of bureaucracy

Every group needs a black sheep

Brooder in a box

By Sylvia Gist Issue #80 • March/April, 2003 It's spring and the farm store has a tempting variety of baby chicks begging for you to take...

Khaki Campbell ducks — The other egg layer

By Amanda J. Kemp Issue #126 • November/December, 2010 Spring brings the pitter-patter of little feet in the mud, games of tag, and raucous quacks. While...

Dorper sheep — Revolutionizing the meat sheep industry

Goat birthing and raising kids

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

Modify an E-Tool to make your own Combi-Tool

Making a great rug from the rag bag

Put Your Garden to Bed for the Winter

By Jackie Clay Issue #95 • September/October, 2005 During the crispy fall afternoons, we listen often and intently to the weather forecasts. "It's going to be clear tonight," I'd tell my late husband, Bob, and my...

Prevent Foodborne Illness with Safe Gardening Methods

By Donna Insco  Issue #158 March/April, 2016 According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) website, "CDC estimates that each year roughly 1 in 6 Americans (or 48 million people) get sick, 128,000 are hospitalized, and...