Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Raising Rabbits

Keeping homestead animals healthy

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

Home Dairying

Building

The Mini-Skyline — A homemade yarder to bring firewood up a...

By James F. Deaton Website Exclusive • January, 2006 The need to get firewood from a draw below my house to my woodshed started me on...

A river rock shower

Building Eric’s house

Build a chicken tractor

A house a tornado helped build

Farm and Garden

How to Grow Potatoes

By Alice B. Yeager Issue #97 • January/February, 2006 Potato plants need plenty of sunshine, a well drained soil, and no weed or grass interference. Ideal...

Your Manure Pile — For Fuel, Fertilizer, and Maybe Even Improved...

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

Gardening in the Desert Using Only Rainwater

Pruning Blueberries

Americana and History

Declaration of Independence: The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States...

Action of Second Continental Congress, July 4, 1776 When in the Course of human Events, it becomes necessary for one People to dissolve the Political...

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

Who were the best…and worst U.S. Presidents?

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

Was the first government gun confiscation attempt foiled by an unsung...

Food and recipes

Corn cob jelly

Thai fried rice

Blueberry tofu frappe

Beef & Wild Mushroom Lasagna

Self-reliance

Breastfeeding — Babies love it, and for good reason

Just for Kids: Visit the great prairies

Building and stocking your pantry

Grandma will love this personal ‘Helping Hands’ wall hanging

Energy

Build Your Own Car Wash

Powering medical equipment during a utility blackout

Prepper power! Part 2

Don’t discount a generator, especially a diesel generator, as your primary power source

Guns and Hunting

Picking a holster

By Massad Ayoob Issue #69 • May/June, 2001 One good thing about being out in the boonies by yourself is that you can carry a gun...

Hunting, processing, and serving black bear

Canning game meat

How long should your gun’s barrel length be?

Affordable firearms

Science

Gee-Whiz: Presidents

By O.E. MacDougal November/December 2016, Backwoods Home I could spend all day coming up with interesting trivia about the Presidents and those who surround them —...