Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Broody biddies make sense on the homestead

Build a chicken feeder on the cheep cheep cheep

Build an Old-Fashioned Hotbed and Start Your Seeds in Style

By Roy Martin Issue #104 • March/April, 2007 A hotbed is a miniature greenhouse that is heated to protect new seedlings from cold. The hotbed differs...

Building David’s Cabin, Part One

Here’s an Easier (and Cheaper) Way to Make Wooden Beams

How to Grow Garlic

By Melissa Souza Issue #167 • September/October, 2017 Garlic is easy and rewarding to grow. I use it throughout the year, as it is extremely easy...

An Introduction to Small-Scale Home Hydroponics

Solar-Powered Electric Fencing

A Child’s Garden — More than Child’s Play

Grow Garlic and Reap Health Benefits

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....

Feeling nostalgic? Now you’ll rave! Here’s the story of Burma Shave.

Former first ladies — Beautiful, brilliant, crazy

The greatest American who was never President

Grouse Hunting — The Ultimate Joy of Autumn

Make elderberry syrup for flu season

10 day survival pack for your vehicle for just $25

Step onto the ice and catch tonight’s dinner

Making and using a solar cooker

Solar power for farm and ranch

For a truly independent energy system, your choices are solar, wind, and water

Affordable firearms

By Massad Ayoob Issue #134 • March/April, 2012 Knowing that frugality is one of the cornerstones of rural living, Editor Annie Tuttle suggested that I tackle...

Answering some well asked questions about personal defense

How to shoot a handgun accurately

The MTHFR mutation and why it may matter to you

By John Silveira Issue #170 • March/April, 2018 This is an article with both anecdotal evidence and science. It is about me, anxiety and depression, a...

The gee-whiz! page — Cats: Why they rule our world

Science and truth. Are they related?

Dealing with Liberals and History

Is it time for an education revolution?

Should we scrap our ‘old’ Constitution?

Raising Rabbits

By Linda Gabris Issue #133 • January/February, 2012 If you take pride and pleasure in growing your own organic garden foods and raising your own chemical-free...

Raising rabbits for profit

By Carrie Peterson Issue #106 • July/August, 2007 Whether or not you are fond of rabbit stew, raising rabbits for meat can be a great experience...

Llamas guarding sheep? — Not such a far-fetched idea

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

Finding the best dog for the country life

Dorper sheep — Revolutionizing the meat sheep industry

Getting out of Dodge — 10 Things I am doing to prepare for the move to the country

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

Hypothermia — A real winter danger

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

By Kristina Seleshanko Issue #177 • July/August/September, 2019 Something we heard a lot when we first started raising chickens in the suburbs was, “For the cost of raising those birds, you could buy an awful lot...

Growing the Eternal Tomato

By Leonard Trebor Issue #57 • May/June, 1999 It's an old story to longtime gardeners (and a new story to novices): each spring you buy some superb tomato plants, set them out on May 1 (or...