Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Forget the dog, chicken is man’s best friend

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Hog butchering — Using everything but the squeal

Finding, buying, milking, and living with the family milk cow

Building

A simple backwoods hay baler

By Rev. J.D. Hooker Issue #82 • July/August, 2003 During the winter months, Steve and his wife Tandy feed between 120 and 150 bales of hay...

A Kid-Friendly Chicken Coop

Build a wood crib with free materials

Ambidextrous chainsaw filing

Build your own repeating mouse trap

Farm and Garden

Use Non-Hybrid Seeds and Save Big Bucks in This Year’s Garden

By Jackie Clay Issue #51 • May/June, 1998 Every person who is striving for self-reliance should, and most do, plant a garden from which to raise...

Jackie’s Garden Primer

Growing and Using Peppers

Save Time and Energy with the Fenced Chicken Coop/Garden

Seven tactics for planning next year’s garden

Americana and History

Former first ladies — Beautiful, brilliant, crazy

By John Silveira Issue #30 • November/December, 1994 (This is a four-part series. Click the links to navigate to parts one, two, three, and four.) (When we...

Fly it proudly and properly

Oregon Trail preparedness: What supplies did the settlers carry?

President George Washington’s Farewell Address

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

Food and recipes

Gather rose hips for health

Ham & Kidney Bean Soup

Growing and Using Cilantro

Cheddar Breakfast Pizza

Self-reliance

Choosing a chain saw

Shearing, carding, spinning, weaving and creating with Margaret Boos

Commonsense preparedness just makes sense

Making a great rug from the rag bag

Energy

Energy class: Part 2 — Understanding your electric bill

Build your own solar-powered water pumping station

Installing your own small, remote off-grid solar system

Build a community assistance recharging station

Guns and Hunting

Choose your ammo… police style

By Massad Ayoob Issue #93 • May/June, 2005 One of our greatest modern gun experts, Lt. Col. Jeff Cooper, USMC, Ret., once made the observation that...