Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Are aliens stealing our honeybees?

The homestead cat

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

Build a poultry killing cone

Building

Livestock fencing for the small homesteader

By Don Lewis In 1874, a United States patent (#157,124) was issued to Joseph F. Glidden, a long-serving sheriff in DeKalb County, Illinois. His invention...

Renovating old walls

How to build a good fence for your homestead

Build an all-purpose ladder

How to Install a Steel Roof

Farm and Garden

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...

An Introduction to Small-Scale Home Hydroponics

Prevent Foodborne Illness with Safe Gardening Methods

Plant Your Trees in the Spring

Gardening with a Chicken Tractor

Americana and History

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

By O. E. MacDougal Issue #154 • July/August, 2015 There was a time when it was thought that a defining difference between humans and animals was:...

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

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

Constitution of the united States of America

Presidents’ wives of the past Part 4 — Cunning, vindictive, and...

Food and recipes

Fresh cucumber delight

Ruth’s old-fashioned zucchini pickles

Lamb Curry with Yogurt

Texas Fireballs By Randy Young

Self-reliance

Mosquitoes outnumber us and no one likes them

Jackie’s tips for hardcore homesteading

Garden injuries

Breastfeeding — A primer

Energy

Just for Kids: Sun-kabobs and solar sizzle

Walden Pond, the solar version: Part 1

Battery powered weekend retreat

Use solar landscape lights for emergencies

Guns and Hunting

The time for modern; the time for traditional

By Massad Ayoob Issue #137 • September/October, 2012 Traditional "old skool" guns, or the most modern and efficient ballistic hardware that money can buy? I asked...