Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Finding the best dog for the country life

Chickens — The most valuable animal on the homestead

Slaughtering and Butchering

Switch your family to goat’s milk

Building

Build a wood-fired stock tank heater

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #138 • November/December, 2012 Keeping fresh water in front of our livestock in the winter has always been somewhat of a problem....

A recycled dresser makes a useful bathroom vanity

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

Build a pizza oven

Never underestimate a woman

Farm and Garden

Fermenting Chicken Feed

By Melissa Souza Issue #174 • November/December, 2018 On our homestead, we eat yogurt, kombucha (fermented tea), sauerkraut, and kimchi to add probiotics to our diet....

Solar-Powered Electric Fencing

Put Your Garden to Bed for the Winter

The Home Citrus Orchard

Testing Soil

Americana and History

Catfish Biscuits

By Danny Fulks Issue #87 • May/June, 2004 Danny Fulks, 71, grew up in southern Ohio where his parents worked the land and milked cows, and...

Emancipation Proclamation by Historical Document

President George Washington’s Farewell Address

Constitution of the united States of America

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

Food and recipes

Baklava

Kids in the Kitchen

Never too busy to make bread

Cauliflower-Ham Chowder

Self-reliance

A survival key ring — Your everyday tool for emergency preparedness

Breastfeeding — A primer

Your kitchen pharmacy — How common culinary herbs and spices can help you feel better

Making maple syrup

Energy

Battery powered weekend retreat

Build a community assistance recharging station

Water: a safe supply when you’re off the grid

Grid-down battery devices

Guns and Hunting

Consider the 20-gauge shotgun

By Massad Ayoob Issue #120 • November/December, 2009 A year or more ago in these pages, I made the suggestion that sometimes less is more, and...

Affordable firearms

BHM hosts Appleseed marksmanship event

Just because

1911: The classic homeland security pistol

Science

Gee-Whiz: Time

By O.E. MacDougal July/August 2016, Backwoods Home Time. We can’t see, feel, hear, smell, or taste it, but we can measure it and we break it...

The world is ending! … Again?

The threat of electromagnetic pulse!

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

Gee-Whiz: Presidents

Politics and Commentary

Science and truth. Are they related?

Is it time for an education revolution?

Terrorist attack! Was this predictable?

A government with not enough to do, but lots of hungry mouths to feed

Animals

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

By Margaret Wright Issue #35 • September/October, 1995 When we think of a backwoods dog we generally think of a Pyrenees, German Shepherd, or other breed...

Keeping homestead animals healthy

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Issue #169 • January/February, 2018 As a veterinary field technician for more than 20 years, I saw firsthand the frustration and heartbreak when...

Raising rabbits for profit

Cheaper than Store-Bought Eggs

The homestead cat

How to buy your first sheep without getting shorn

Self-Reliance

Small camp security

SARS — Is this a glimpse of the future?

Teaching the joy of reading

Homemade Toys! — Easy to make, fun to play with, and great for gifts!

Farm and Garden

Converting a Gasoline-Powered Rototiller to Electric

By Glenn Willis, Jr. Issue #87 • May/June, 2004 Several years ago my sister and her husband had an 8-horse gas-powered rototiller that went belly up. They fussed with it a bit, but couldn't get it...

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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 soil is a loose sandy loam with plenty of humus...

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