{"id":958663,"date":"2024-07-13T15:32:25","date_gmt":"2024-07-13T22:32:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/shop\/?post_type=product&#038;p=958663"},"modified":"2026-03-30T16:17:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T23:17:58","slug":"moving-to-the-country-a-backwoods-home-guide","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/shop\/product\/moving-to-the-country-a-backwoods-home-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Moving to the Country \u2014 A Backwoods Home Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This guide is all about making a successful move to the country. This book is a compilation of updated articles previously published in Backwoods Home Magazine and Self-Reliance.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Making a successful move<\/li>\n<li>Planning is essential<\/li>\n<li>Realistic goals<\/li>\n<li>Tips for older homesteaders<\/li>\n<li>Building a side business in the country<\/li>\n<li>Saving money on the homestead<\/li>\n<li>Quit your job and homestead full time<\/li>\n<li>The good life starts with your garden<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>192 Pages<\/p>\n<h3>Foreword<\/h3>\n<p>If you\u2019d like to move farther into the countryside and be more self-reliant, perhaps even raise a few chickens and goats, plant a garden, and can some of your own food, you\u2019re not alone. For 35 years, <em>Backwoods Home Magazine (BHM)<\/em> and <em>Self-Reliance (SR)<\/em> readers have been extolling the stress-free and healthful lifestyle of living in the country where congestion and crime are low, where there are many opportunities to relax in Nature, and to be able to practice a more self-reliant lifestyle.<\/p>\n<p>This book contains dozens of first-hand accounts taken from the pages of <em>BHM<\/em> and <em>SR<\/em> during those years. They paint a life of varied homesteading adventures in the country that you may find fascinating and educational. They offer valuable real life tips on how to make a successful transition to living in the country, sometimes deep into the wilderness. A common theme in the stories is that a successful move often comes down to how well you plan and whether or not you\u2019ve learned a few homesteading and self-reliance skills <em>before<\/em> you make the move. The stories will show you the planning you should do and the skills you may want to learn.<\/p>\n<p>If you are tired of a stressful life in a congested world full of deadlines and crime, take a few days to unwind by reading some of these stories. They may form part of your getaway plan to escape to the country life. \u2014 <em>Dave Duffy<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This guide is all about making a successful move to the country. This book is a compilation of updated articles previously published in Backwoods Home Magazine and Self-Reliance. Making a successful move Planning is essential Realistic goals Tips for older homesteaders Building a side business in the country Saving money on the homestead Quit your [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1291818,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[8],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-958663","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-bhm-books-and-handbooks","7":"product_shipping_class-small-book","9":"first","10":"instock","11":"shipping-taxable","12":"purchasable","13":"product-type-variable","14":"has-default-attributes"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/958663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=958663"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1291818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=958663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=958663"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=958663"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=958663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}