Articles - Backwoods Home Magazine

Animals

Beekeeping basics

How to buy your first sheep without getting shorn

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

Raising quail — A home grown delicacy

Building

Composite lumber helps outdoor projects resist water, weather, and sun

By Steve Maxwell How many times have you built an outdoor project out of wood, only to be disappointed by the deterioration that hit after...

Build a Concrete Root Cellar

Build a 6500-gallon concrete water tank for $1500

Free pallet wood and birdhouses add up to big country dollars

Install rafters alone the easy way

Farm and Garden

Mid-season planting

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson As the saying goes “Life happens…” Maybe events have kept you from getting your garden planted early in the spring. When we...

Build a Top-Bar Bee Hive

Plant Once Harvest for Years

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

Growing Productive Strawberries

Americana and History

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

By John Silveira Issue #31 • January/February, 1995 "What were you listening to when I got to your house? Sounded nice. I don't think I've ever...

Catfish Biscuits

The Great Depression — A reminiscence

The vanishing outhouse

Former first ladies — Beautiful, brilliant, crazy

Food and recipes

Boost your immune system with fast and easy fish dishes

Blueberry tofu frappe

Hoppin’ John with fresh asparagus beans

Food security 101: part 2 — Convenience mixes make life easier

Self-reliance

The 7 core areas of preparedness

Fire resistant property

The coffee mug knife sharpener

Fully Involved

Energy

A small creek provides plenty of power for this off-grid home

Solar-Powered Electric Fencing

Power Up

Battery powered weekend retreat

Guns and Hunting

Hiding a gun — The rules of three

By Claire Wolfe Issue #140 • March/April, 2013 My friend Jack pulled the car into a grassy clearing. We donned rubber boots, fetched a metal detector...

Of guns and snakes

The time for modern; the time for traditional

Firearms handling refresher Part I: Handguns

Get a piece of history — An M1 Garand rifle

Science

Gee-Whiz: Bad Fish, Big Fish

By O.E. MacDougal January/February 2015, Backwoods Home Fish were the very first vertebrates. That is, they were the first animals with backbones, the purpose of which...