Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

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

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

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

Protein — The Cornerstone of a Survival Diet

Building

Build a chicken house in a day

By Anita Evangelista Issue #136 • July/August, 2012 We built our chicken house for around $200. We could have done it for less if we were...

Herb Boxes from Fence Boards

Three Raised Bed Designs

Building your chicken coop

Building Eric’s house

Farm and Garden

Here’s a Mighty Creative Way to Protect Your Plants from Animals

By Joy Lamb Issue #39 • May/June, 1996 A huge brown beast stared at me as I drove through our apple orchard toward the house. I...

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

Build a Top-Bar Bee Hive

Making Apple Cider with a Homemade Press

Use Old Newspapers to Make Your Starter Pots

Americana and History

The barnyard scramble

By Michelle Hampton Issue #106 • July/August, 2007 Each year during our local county fair, one of the best-attended events happens when farm animals, donated by...

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

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

Farm baseball … with ghost runners!

Former first ladies — Beautiful, brilliant, crazy

Food and recipes

The convenience of a bread bucket

Switch your family to goat’s milk

Dilled oyster crackers

Sorrento Salad

Self-reliance

A young couple moves to the country

Storm survivors

Breastfeeding — A primer

A canoe livery — An honest, clean business

Energy

Energy class: Part 1

Power-up bag

Build your own solar-powered water pumping station

Build Your Own Car Wash

Guns and Hunting

Women and guns

By Massad Ayoob Issue #121 • January/February, 2010 In a time when what used to be called "the women's liberation movement" has achieved many of its...

How to shoot a handgun accurately

Hiding a gun — The rules of three

Firearms handling refresher Part II: Shotguns

Canning game meat

Science

The world is coming to an end… and this time, I’m...

By John Silveira Issue #114 • November/December, 2008 If you haven't already heard, on September 10, 2008, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), located on the border...