Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Keeping homestead animals healthy

Raising rabbits for profit

Building

Make a fully functional cold storage pit/mound and enjoy your garden’s...

By Armand O. Deblois Issue #47 • September/October, 1997 Cold stored fruits and vegetables are the next best thing to fresh-picked. Flavor and texture change little...

Build a pizza oven

Ambidextrous chainsaw filing

Our Unconventional House

Build a portable woodstove for $30

Farm and Garden

Use Old Newspapers to Make Your Starter Pots

By Darlene Polachic Issue #49 • January/February, 1998 Why spend money buying plant starter packs when you can make all you need from old newspapers? The...

Companion Planting

Fruit Trees

Elderberries — Hospitality, Health, And Beauty

Growing and Using Bamboo on the Homestead

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...

Remembering what grandma used

Constitution of the united States of America

Fly it proudly and properly

Food and recipes

Keep the Ice On

Four Pepper Pheasant

Tahini — A health food par-excellence

Sweet Ginger Eggs

Self-reliance

Wash day

Garden injuries

Funerals don’t have to be expensive

Finding wealth you can wear at yard sales

Energy

Build a simple solar-powered outdoor light

Prepper power! Part 1

Solar-powered refrigerators

Add solar power to your truck camper

Guns and Hunting

Understanding the gun debate, part 3

By Massad Ayoob Issue #163 • January/February, 2017 Click Here to read Part 1 Click Here to read Part 2 As noted in the two previous parts of...

Catch your own bait

Answering some well asked questions about personal defense

Hunting, processing, and serving black bear

1911: The classic homeland security pistol

Science

A brief history of health and medicine

By John Silveira Issue #100 • July/August, 2006 As little as a century ago, the average life span in the United States was 49 years. Today...

Avian Flu — How afraid of this

Gee-Whiz: Sleep

The coming ice age

Gee-Whiz: Ice Ages, Past and Future

Politics and Commentary

The black man’s worst enemy is not racism

Body language and threat recognition

Magnesium and the International Criminal Court

The Informed Juror — How an informed jury helps safeguard liberty

Animals

The homestead cat

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson We have had at least one cat in our home ever since I was a young child. So it’s no wonder we...

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

By James Kash Issue #139 • January/February, 2013 Broodiness is an avian behavior that is frowned upon in the world of agriculture. All industrial agriculturalists cull...

Raising your own beef

Raising Rabbits

Slaughtering and Butchering

Dorper sheep — Revolutionizing the meat sheep industry

Self-Reliance

The return of home emergency shelters takes on a dual-purpose approach

Drive your own freshwater well

Seventeen great tips for caring for windows, mirrors, and other household glass

Fire resistant property

Farm and Garden

Grow some winter squash this year

By Lisa Nourse I love summertime — I love the green of the trees, the warm weather, and growing my own food. I especially love growing vegetables that will store well and provide that great...

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No Worrying About Fire Blight with Orient and Kieffer Pears

By Alice B. Yeager Issue #52 • July/August, 1998 Everyone likes a good success story, and if I were called upon to name the most successful tree in our small orchard I'd have to say it's...

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